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Brazil prosecutors investigate death of thousands of aquarium fish Brazil prosecutors investigate death of thousands of aquarium fish
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A Brazilian plan to create the world’s largest freshwater aquarium has backfired spectacularly as more than 10,000 fish in temporary holding tanks died suddenly. A Brazilian plan to create the world’s largest freshwater aquarium has backfired spectacularly after more than 10,000 fish in temporary holding tanks died suddenly.
Prosecutors in Campo Grande, the capital of Mato Grosso do Sul state, are probing who is at fault after the local government and the company that dealt with the fish blamed each other. Prosecutors in Campo Grande, the capital of Mato Grosso do Sul state, are investigating who is at fault after the local government and the company that dealt with the fish blamed each other.
Billed as “the biggest freshwater aquarium in the world” by the former governor of the state, work on the $53m (£34m) facility was supposed to have finished at the end of last year but has been delayed, the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper reported. Billed as “the biggest freshwater aquarium in the world” by the former governor of the state, work on the $53m (£34m) facility was supposed to have been completed at the end of last year but has been delayed, the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper reported.
Since November, the fish had been in quarantine with a firm called Anambi, which won a contract to care for the animals.Since November, the fish had been in quarantine with a firm called Anambi, which won a contract to care for the animals.
Some of the fish were imported from Africa, Asia and Oceania. An Anambi document states that 80% of the fish died from a temperature drop as winter approached in the southern hemisphere country. Some of the fish were imported from Africa, Asia and Oceania. An Anambi document said 80% of the fish died from a temperature drop as winter approached in Brazil.
“The transfer of fish was planned between January and February, but the tanks were not ready,” Anambi’s Augusto Silva told the newspaper. “The transfer of fish was planned between January and February, but the tanks were not ready,” ugusto Silva, a spokesman for the company, told the newspaper.
But government officials say they have identified several technical failures in the temporary tanks, including poor oxygenation, the presence of bacteria and inadequate cleaning.But government officials say they have identified several technical failures in the temporary tanks, including poor oxygenation, the presence of bacteria and inadequate cleaning.
A final date for completion of the aquarium has still not been finalised. A final date for completion of the aquarium has syet to be finalised.