MIAMI — Three black-footed penguins named Daisy, Blueberry and Tinker wobbled outside their enclosure Sunday and found an unusually robust crowd of several dozen people waiting.

It was the last day of the Miami Seaquarium, a South Florida landmark for 70 years, and residents came for a final glimpse of the beloved animals that reminded them of childhood. Penguins on their daily march. Sea lions performing tricks. The dolphin show named after "Flipper," the television series that helped make the Seaquarium famous more than half a century ago.

"It's sad, like a last hurrah," said Sue Chatlos, 76, who was visiting the park for the first time in two decades along with her husband, Mark, and their 55-year-old son, Jason. "I'm going to start crying."

Outside the aquatic park, protesters poppe

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