Exotic Incident #2386
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Pittsburgh, PA - USA
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01/02/2006
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Summary:
Zoo officials said human error was to blame for the ozone-poisoning deaths of 10 black-tip reef sharks. The deaths occurred during a routine, weekly backwash procedure that put purified water into the aquarium.