Marine mammal park




See also: Animal theme park



An orca performs as "Shamu" at SeaWorld San Diego


A marine mammal park (also known as marine animal park and sometimes oceanarium) is a commercial theme park or aquarium where marine mammals such as dolphins, beluga whales and sea lions are kept within water tanks and displayed to the public in special shows. A marine mammal park is more elaborate than a dolphinarium, because it also features other marine mammals and offers additional entertainment attractions. It is thus seen as a combination of a public aquarium and an amusement park. Marine mammal parks are different from marine parks, which include natural reserves and marine wildlife sanctuaries such as coral reefs, particularly in Australia.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 List of parks


    • 2.1 Asia


    • 2.2 Australia


    • 2.3 Europe


    • 2.4 North America


    • 2.5 South America




  • 3 Criticism and animal welfare


  • 4 Books


  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





History


Sea Lion Park opened in 1895 at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York City with an aquatic show featuring 40 sea lions. It closed in 1903.


The second marine mammal park, then called an oceanarium, was established in St. Augustine, Florida in 1938. It was initially a large water tank used to exhibit marine mammals for filming underwater movies, and only became later a public attraction. Today Marineland of Florida claims to be "the world’s first oceanarium".


In November 1961, Marineland of the Pacific on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, near Los Angeles in California was the first park to display an orca in captivity, although the orca died after two days.[1]
The Vancouver Aquarium was responsible for the first orca ever held alive in captivity, Moby Doll, for 3 months in 1964.[2]


Between the 1970s and the 1990s, technical advances and the public's increasing interest in aquatic environments prompted a shift to large marine mammal parks with cetaceans (mostly orcas and other species of dolphin) as attractions. Within this time SeaWorld USA evolved as the most prominent chain of marine mammal parks, with operations in Orlando, Florida, San Diego, California, San Antonio, Texas, and Aurora, Ohio (which has since closed down).



List of parks


For for parks which keep only dolphins, see List of dolphinariums.


Asia













Name
 Location
 External link

Ocean Park Hong Kong
Wong Chuk Hang (Hong Kong)
Ocean Park Hong Kong


Australia























Name
 Location
 External link
Dolphin Marine Magic
Coffs Harbour (Australia)
Dolphin Marine Magic

Sea World
Gold Coast, Queensland (Australia)
Sea World Australia

UnderWater World
Mooloolaba, Queensland (Australia)
UnderWater World Australia


Europe

































Name
 Location
 External link

Dolfinarium Harderwijk
Harderwijk (Netherlands)
Dolfinarium Harderwijk

Marineland (Antibes)
Antibes (France)
Marineland Antibes

Mediterraneo Marine Park
Malta
Mediterraneo Marine Park

Loro Parque
Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife (Spain)
Loro Parque

Onmega Dolphintherapy Center
Marmaris, Mediterranean (Turkey)
Onmega Dolphin Therapy Center


North America












































































































Name
 Location
 External link

Miami Seaquarium
Miami, FL (USA)
Miami Seaquarium - Miami, FL

Discovery Cove
Orlando, FL (USA)
Discovery Cove - Orlando, FL
Delphinus Dreams Cancún
Cancun, Q.Roo (Mexico)
Delphinus Dreams - Cancun
Delphinus Riviera Maya
Riviera Maya, Q.Roo (Mexico)
Delphinus - Riviera Maya
Delphinus Xcaret
Riviera Maya, Q.Roo (Mexico)
Delphinus - Xcaret
Delphinus Xel-Ha
Riviera Maya, Q.Roo (Mexico)
Dephinus - Xel-Ha
Delphinus Costa Maya
Costa Maya, Q.Roo (Mexico)
Delphinus - Costa Maya

Dolphin Discovery
Isla Mujeres, Q. Roo (Mexico)
Dolphin Discovery - Cancún, Isla Mujeres

Dolphin Discovery
Cozumel, Q. Roo (Mexico)
Dolphin Discovery - Cozumel

Dolphin Discovery
Riviera Maya, Q. Roo (Mexico)
Dolphin Discovery - Puerto Aventuras

Dolphin Research Center
Marathon, FL (USA)
Dolphin Research Center - Marathon, FL

SeaWorld
San Diego, California (United States)
SeaWorld USA

SeaWorld
Orlando, Florida (United States)
SeaWorld USA

SeaWorld
San Antonio, Texas (United States)
SeaWorld USA

Sea Life Park Hawaii
Oahu, Hawaii (USA)
Sea Life Park Hawaii

Sea Life Park Vallarta
Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit (Mexico)
Sea Life Park Vallarta

Marineland of Florida
St. Augustine, Florida (United States)
Marineland of Florida

Marineland (Ontario)
Niagara Falls, Ontario (Canada)
Marineland of Niagara

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
Vallejo, California (USA)
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

Theater of the Sea
Islamorada, Florida Keys, Florida (United States)
Theater of the Sea


South America













Name
 Location
 External link

Mundo Marino
 San Clemente del Tuyu (Argentina)
Mundo Marino San Clemente del Tuyu


Criticism and animal welfare


Many animal welfare groups, such as the WSPA, consider keeping whales and dolphins in captivity a form of abuse. The main argument is that whales and dolphins do not have enough freedom of movement within their artificial environments. The existence of marine mammal parks is thus very controversially discussed.


Although sizable pools for whales and dolphins require an extraordinarily technical and financial expenditure and are usually nearly impossible to provide and maintain, many marine mammal parks endeavour to improve the conditions of captivity and attempt to engage in public education as well as scientific studies. For that purpose many marine mammal parks joined together in the "Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums", an international association dedicated to high standard of care of marine mammals. It was founded in 1987 and established offices near Washington, DC, in 1992.


In 2010, the practice of keeping animals in captivity as trained show performers was heavily criticized when a trainer was killed by an Orca Whale at SeaWorld Orlando in Florida.[3] Orcas attacks have been documented in the film Blackfish, released in 2013. In 2015, the California Coastal Commission banned the breeding of captive killer whales.[4]



Books



  • Lou Jacobs, Wonders of an oceanarium: The story of marine life in captivity. Golden Gate Junior Books, 1965.

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    ISBN 0-553-09520-X

  • Reed M. Swim with Dolphins Guide: A Guide to Wild Dolphin Swims, Dolphin Swim Resorts and Dolphin Assisted Therapy 2012.



See also



  • List of dolphinariums

  • WSPA



References




  1. ^ "Eye to Eye with Orky and Corky". Marinelandofthepacific.org. Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-04-29.


  2. ^ The Capture of Orcas. Archived October 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine


  3. ^ Talk of the Nation (2010-03-01). "Limited Understanding Of Animals In Theme Parks". NPR. Retrieved 2014-04-29.


  4. ^ "California bans captive breeding of SeaWorld killer whales". The Guardian. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2016.



External links



  • Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums

  • Recommended EAAM dolphin housing standards


  • Site sur les différents orques et leur mode de reproduction évitant la consanguinité. (in French)










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