Miami Seaquarium Closes Its Doors

Miami Seaquarium closes its doors

MIAMI (AP) — The Miami Seaquarium, an old-Florida style tourist attraction that gained international attention as the filming location for the 1960s television series “Flipper” and thrilled generations of tourists with trained dolphin and orca shows, has closed its doors.

Miami Seaquarium, where NW orca Tokitae died, shuts down

The Seaquarium opened in 1955 and was a mainstay Miami tourist attraction. Long a target of animal-rights activists, it recently lost its lease.

The cherished and controversial Miami Seaquarium goes under

MIAMI — The Miami Seaquarium, an old-Florida style tourist attraction that gained international attention as the filming location for the 1960s television series “Flipper” and thrilled generations of tourists with trained dolphin and orca shows, has closed its doors. Sunday’s closure of the park that opened in 1955 was celebrated by animal rights activists who had lobbied for decades to free the marine mammals inside. Located across a causeway f…

The cherished and controversial Miami Seaquarium closes its doors - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports

MIAMI (AP) — The Miami Seaquarium, an old-Florida style tourist attraction that gained international attention as the filming location for the 1960s television series “Flipper”

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Miami Seaquarium closes after 70 years; plans for redevelopment pending - The Miami Hurricane

The Miami Seaquarium has welcomed visitors for the last time, Sunday, Oct. 12. The decision follows years of federal scrutiny, reports of animal cruelty and public outrage after the death of resident orca Lolita in 2023.  Regulators and animal rights groups repeatedly cited the Seaquarium for poor water quality, unsafe enclosures and neglect of aging […] The post Miami Seaquarium closes after 70 years; plans for redevelopment pending first appea…