City's aquarium loses its accreditation (Boston)

[MaineDem]

By Katherine Lutz, Globe Correspondent, 8/14/2003

The financially struggling New England Aquarium has lost its accreditation from the American Zoo and Aquarium Association, making it apparently the only major aquarium in the country that does not have the blessing of the nonprofit organization that monitors care for animals in exhibits.

Aquarium officials declined to make the report public, but said that the accrediting group's main complaint centered on the aquarium's financial woes and the need for repairs to the 34-year-old waterfront facility. The association's team decided to withhold accreditation after concluding that the aquarium lacked the resources to make the necessary improvements within a year, aquarium officials said. The aquarium is in danger of losing money this year due to declining attendance

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2003/08/14/citys_aquarium_loses_its_accreditation

[THUNDER HANDS]

1. wow

No world series and no aquarium. Boston just can't catch a break!

:evilgrin:

[Atlant]

2. I dunno. This whole story sounds fishy to me.

"ba-dump-bump"!

Thank you folks, I'll be here all week.

(Groan!)

Seriously, we're members. And the Aquarium is a GREAT
place to go on steamy summer days; cool and dark inside with
a big pool of multiple penguin colonies to give you that
Antarctic feeling.

If you're in the Boston area, maybe you could become a member
too? You don't even need to drive there; the New England
Aquarium is right at the "Aquarium" T stop on the Blue line
and just down the hill from the "State Street" stop on both
the Orange and Blue lines.

http://www.neaq.org/index.flash4.html

http://www.neaq.org/support/index.html

Atlant

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3. Bad Management? Poor Advertising?

My son and his girlfriend wanted to visit the Aquarium last Sunday, but changed their minds upon arrival and saw "10,000 people waiting in line to get in." (an slight exaggeration, of course)