Art for Aquarists

A quarter of the proceeds earned from each sale in this collection will be donated to the NC Aquarium Society. 

Those of you who follow along on TikTok may remember the Charlotte the Stingray situation I splashed into (quite by accident!!!!) this May. The too long don’t read version of that story is that my partner and I wandered into a Main Street mountain attraction of an aquarium and came face to face with a stingray who had gone mega viral and featured in dozens of international news stories about being “pregnant”. 

When I saw her I was immediately concerned. I took to social media to tell the story of what I’d seen and the comments were flooded with questions and concerns from others, the videos quickly went viral, and I found myself talking to marine biologists from across the country about this stingray and the situation of her deteriorating health. 

Charlotte sadly passed away from a long term illness which was mistaken, and then wrongly celebrated, as a pregnancy. Her case is a cautionary tale about animal welfare, the lack of regulations for aquatic non mammal species, and the importance of supporting AZA accredited facilities.