Sea Life Kansas City: Difference between revisions

{{Infobox amusement parkzoo

| name = Sea Life Kansas City

| resort = [[Crown Center]]

| location = [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]]

| location2 = Missouri

| location3 = United = USAStates

| theme = Aquarium

| homepage = {{URL|https://www.visitsealife.com/kansas-city/}}

| statusowner = [[Merlin = OperatingEntertainments]]

SEA'''Sea LIFELife Kansas City''' is an interactive [[aquarium]] located at the [[Crown Center]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], [[Missouri]]. The aquarium contains thousands of aquatic creatures, plus interactive touch pools and a 360° ocean tunnel. SEASea LIFELife Kansas City is owned and operated by [[Merlin Entertainments]].

==Main Speciesspecies==

| [[Blacktip Reefreef Sharkshark]]

| Great[[Giant Pacific Octopusoctopus]]

| [[Hermit Crabcrab]]

| [[Cownosed Rayray]]

| [[Green Seasea Turtleturtle]]

SEASea LIFELife is involved with a number of conservation activities. These include:

===Seahorse Breedingbreeding===

SEASea LIFELife has successfully bred and reared nine different of species of seahorse to date, helping prevent the breeds from becoming extinct. This means that no seahorses will ever be taken from the wild for their exhibitions, and they may be able to resupply seahorses if they become extinct in the wild.

===Seal Rescuesrescues===

SEASea LIFELife works with Sealseal Sanctuariessanctuaries to care for orphaned and injured seal pups. Over 100 seals are successfully rescued and returned to the wild each year.

===Re-Hominghoming===

SEASea LIFELife provides permanent homes for injured or disabled aquatic creatures who would have otherwise been killed or put[[Animal to sleepeuthanasia|euthanized]].

===Protection of Turtlesturtles===

A fundraising campaign run by SEASea LIFELife has enabled a new Sea Turtle Rescue and Wildlife Information Centre to be built on the Greek island of Zaykynthos[[Zakynthos]] to treat turtles whowhich have been injured in collisions with pleasure craft or entanglement in [[fishing net|fishing gear]].<ref>[{{Cite web|url=http://earth-sea-sky-global.org/turtle-rescue-centre/]|title = Turtle Rescue Centre Zakynthos &#124; Gerakas marine conservation}}</ref>