ABC News
@ABCNews·19.3M subscribers·117.3K videos
Makeshift aquarium in flooded Brooklyn sidewalk draws controversy
Posted
August 12, 2024
Views
22,623
Likes
355
Comments
64
Engagement
1.85%
August 12, 2024
22,623
355
64
1.85%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
0:37Now PlayingAs several Brooklyn residents were lounging outside in the New York City heat last week, they stared at a sidewalk tree pit that's often flooded by a leaky fire hydrant and came up with a strange idea: Let's create a makeshift aquarium.
After fortifying the edges of the tree bed with rocks, they bought 100 goldfish from a pet store and dumped them inside the sidewalk aquarium that's about two inches deep.
But as stories about the fish pit circulated online, the project began to draw concern from both city officials and now animal rights advocates.
–––
Subscribe to ABC News on YouTube
ABC News Digital is your daily source of breaking national and world news, exclusive interviews and 24/7 live streaming coverage.
Download the ABC News app for the latest headlines and alerts
Watch 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events on ABC News Live
Watch full episodes of World News Tonight with David Muir here
Read ABC News reports online
ABC News is the home to the #1 evening newscast “World News Tonight” with David Muir, “Good Morning America,” “20/20,” “Nightline,” “This Week” with George Stephanopoulos, “ABC News Live Prime” with Linsey Davis, plus the daily news podcast “Start Here.”
Connect with ABC News on social media:
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
