SeaQuest Littleton Fined Again, Frequent Visitor Cites Poor Conditions

Ann Bernstein first visited SeaQuest Littleton, the local branch of the interactive aquarium chain, with her granddaughter, who’d gone with a babysitter and loved the close contact with animals afforded by the facility, which is located inside Southwest Plaza.

“I was a little skeptical at first when she talked about the place, thinking, ‘Animals in a shopping mall that you can pet and feed? That can’t be right,’” Bernstein recalls. “Needless to say, I was pretty horrified when I saw the place and how it operates.”

She observed what she considered to be poor conditions — small, dirty and unsafe enclosures — and has returned every so often without her granddaughter in tow to check on the SeaQuest creatures and their habitats.

Bernstein feels for them. If she sees…