Aquarium agrees to delay beluga whale delivery amid lawsuit
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U S aquarium agrees to delay beluga whale delivery from Marineland amid lawsuit
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US: Aquarium Agrees To Delay Beluga Whale Delivery Amid Lawsuit
Mystic Aquarium will not import the whales before March 31 to allow time for a judge to decide the lawsuit and avoid an effort by Friends of Animals to obtain a preliminary injunction to stop the delivery, according to documents filed in federal court in Hartford on Dec. 23.
A Connecticut aquarium has agreed to delay its acquisition of five beluga whales for research amid a lawsuit by an animal rights group trying to stop the delivery.
Mystic Aquarium will not import the whales before March 31 to allow time for a judge to decide the lawsuit and avoid an effort by Friends of Animals to obtain a preliminary injunction to stop the delivery, according to documents filed in federal court in Hartford on Dec. 23.
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Staff writer Dec 28, 2020
Dec 28, 2020
Motorists drive down a portion of I-35 near California Street in Gainesville earlier this month. Megan Gray-Hatfield | Gainesville Daily Register, file
An estimated $800 million interstate upgrade through Cooke County has gotten federal clearance.
The Wichita Falls District of the Texas Department of Transportation received approval by the Federal Highway Administration on Dec. 16 stating the I-35 National Environmental Protection Act procedures have been followed, according to a press release from TxDOT spokeswoman Adele Lewis. That, officials said, paves the way for the I-35 expansion project in Cooke County to begin.