Shut Down Austin Aquarium

What's so bad about Austin Aquarium?

(Summary goes here)

News articles about Austin Aquarium's animal abuse and visitor endangerment:

• Austin Aquarium hit with another warning from USDA after multiple animal attacks (KVUE, August 1, 2025)
• Austin Aquarium receives warning from USDA regarding animal handling ‘violation’ (KXAN, August 1st 2025)
• Austin Aquarium under scrutiny after reported animal attacks on visitors, staff (The Daily Texan, June 12, 2023)
• Woman says lemur attacked her at Austin Aquarium (KXAN, May 19, 2023)
• Austin Aquarium Under Scrutiny Again After PETA Investigation (Austin Chronicle, Sep 22, 2022)
• Austin Aquarium owners on trial for alleged conspiracy, obstructing justice following lemon shark controversy (The Daily Texas, September 19, 2013)
• UT Halts Partnership With Controversial Austin Aquarium (KUT, August 26th 2013)

How can I help?

Anyone at all can:

• Sign the change.org petition
• Let PogoPass know you will not purchase their Austin/San-Antonio card as long as it contains abusive attractions like Austin Aquarium and San Antonio Aquarium.
• Upvote reviews detailing animal neglect on review sites like TripAdvisor, Yelp, and Google Reviews.
• Spread the word about the Covino brothers, and see if they have an "aquarium" near you you can protest.

Anyone in the Austin area can:

Anyone who's visited the Austin Aquarium can:

• Leave a negative review on Google, Yelp, and TripAdvisor.
• Check out the USDA guidelines for animal welfare, and submit a complaint if you have a photo of or experienced anything from the Austin Aquarium that violates them. (This is the specific subset that Austin Aquarium has been cited under before.)

Austin locals can: write to City Council, attend a protest outside the Aquarium (these are usually announced on r/Austin)

Austin parents can: organize and demand that AISD stop taking school field trips to Austin Aquarium

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Coming soon:

• Who are the Covino brothers?
• "Why has it been so hard to shut this place down?" Why animal welfare laws are lacking, and how we can change that
• Links to places people are talking about the Austin Aquarium (Like Facebook)

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