Animal Rights Activists Want Winnipeg Zoo to Shut Down Stingray Exhibit

Stingrays swim through the water at the Stingray Beach pavillion in Assiniboine Park Zoo, in Winnipeg, in an undated handout photo. HO-Assiniboine Park Zoo, Wayne Hewitt,/ The Canadian Press

WINNIPEG—Animal rights activists want the Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg to permanently shut down its interactive stingray exhibit.

“Stingray Beach” allows visitors to get up close to a shallow pool, and touch and feed the animals.