September 10, 2009

r.i.p. Akituusaq

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The Coney Island Aquarium lost its 2 yr old baby walrus, Akituusaq this week.
Both his parents were orphaned wild walruses whose parents had been killed in legal Inuit hunts.
He was a big sensation in New York, and his keepers loved him very much.

Akituusaq,  2-year-old Pacific walrus
Akituusaq, 2-year-old Pacific walrus

NY Times article here