Claims noise and vibration could hurt seals' hearing, but council says they are being monitored.
"All our animals and especially the seals are at serious risk of harm," she added, saying she was concerned about the wellbeing of the aquarium's 100 different species.The future of the SeaQuarium is threatened by the sea defences work, it claims
"Construction workers will have protective equipment to protect their hearing from noise and vibrations, but our animals won't.Ms MacDonald said an plan to rehome the centre's seals is "urgently needed". Denbighshire council said in a statement the animal's welfare was "a matter of great importance to the council".
It said an independent expert was using CCTV cameras to monitor the seals and instruments to measure noise and vibration. "If the independent expert determines that the seals are in distress as a result of the work they can ask for noise levels to be reduced or for the work to be halted," the council said.Repairs to the sea defences, it added, were essential to 548 residential and 44 non-residential properties in Rhyl at risk from flooding.
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