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Case 1:13-cv-03241-AT Document 1 Filed 09/30/13 Page 20 of 64Having a self-sustaining beluga whale population in human care will allowGeorgia Aquarium and other U.S. public display facilities to continue and expandbeluga whale education programs.C. The Aquarium’s Commitment to Animal Health42. Georgia Aquarium is also home to the Correll Center for AquaticAnimal Health, a state-of-the-art animal health facility with more than 10,500square feet designed by 12 world-renowned veterinary and conservationprofessionals for the purpose of caring for the animals at Georgia Aquarium,conducting research, and teaching aquatic medicine. The Correll Center forAquatic Animal Health is a fully equipped hospital and diagnostic laboratorystaffed by five clinical veterinarians, two veterinary pathologists, a parasitologist, anutritionist, and four veterinary technicians. It is one of the largest and mostmodern aquarium veterinary hospitals in the world.43. Georgia Aquarium is the only facility in the United States with aprogram that integrates an aquarium and a veterinary teaching hospital in thespecialty fields of wildlife medicine and veterinary pathology. To accomplish this,Georgia Aquarium established a partnership with the University of GeorgiaCollege of Veterinary Medicine. The University’s veterinary teaching hospitalenhances Georgia Aquarium’s ability to provide a complete aquatic animal20
Case 1:13-cv-03241-AT Document 1 Filed 09/30/13 Page 21 of 64pathology and clinical medicine program while also providing joint training forveterinary residents, interns, and students.44. The Aquarium’s partnership with the University of Georgia’s Collegeof Veterinary Medicine creates a combined clinical and pathology academicprogram that contributes significantly to the scientific community’s understandingof the underwater world and helps marine mammal experts apply new discoveriesto the husbandry, health care, and conservation of aquatic life. GeorgiaAquarium’s discoveries are published in peer-reviewed scientific publications andshared with other aquariums and academic organizations throughout the world. In2012 alone, 26 peer-reviewed papers were published by Georgia Aquarium.45. The addition of 18 whales to the North American breeding populationwill also allow participating facilities such as Georgia Aquarium to enhanceexisting breeding programs. More than half of the 33 beluga whales currently inaccredited facilities in North America were born in captivity. However, givencurrent population age and dynamics, the current North American breedingpopulation is unsustainable. Thus, Georgia Aquarium and its zoological partnershave created a strategic plan that maximizes the appropriate social groupings forcourtship, breeding, delivery, and post-delivery care. While the 18 whales will beowned by Georgia Aquarium, some will be distributed to other U.S. facilities21
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