Japanese ‘Aquarium of Ice’ skating rink that frozen 5000 FISH underneath it
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A Japanese skating rink that froze 5,000 fish into the ice as an attraction for visitors has been forced to close after receiving a barrage of criticism, with one labelling the attraction 'sinful'. Amusement park Space World is now melting the rink - which could take about a week - and will hold a memorial service for the fish, the company said. The rink in southwestern Japan opened on November 12, after 5,000 fish were frozen under the surface of the ice as a decorative effect while customers skated above. But the concept was slammed as unethical and the rink in the city of Kitakyushu was forced to close on Sunday, Space World spokesman Koji Shibata said. 'We received critical voices saying it is not good to use creatures as a toy, and that it is bad to let food go to waste,' he told AFP on Monday. Social media erupted, with one visitor to the park's Facebook page writing: 'An event on an ice rink with frozen fish... How sinful.' 'This is not personal but a social issue. They made food into a toy where children go and play,' said another. Shibata said the fish were all already ded at the time of purchase and were considered unfit to be sold in markets. 'Internally we'd had discussions over the morality of the idea' before the display was set up,' he said. Toshimi Takeda, general manager of Space World, said the intention was for customers to have fun while also learning about fish. 'We wanted customers to experience the feeling of skating on the sea, but after receiving criticism, we decided that we could not operate it any more', he said. 'We are planning to hold a memorial service for the fish inviting a Shinto priest, which we'd planned before getting criticised.' Music: "Jellyfish in Space" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Blog: https://patrynworldlatestnews.blogspot.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/patryn.worldlatestnews
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The fish were already unfit to eat so no one would buy the, and that's an awesome idea and who sued them PETA if they did they kill most of the animals they save anyways and so do other animal saving companies if the animals aren't adopted quickly and that would've been so cool to see fish under you as you skate fucking people who don't appreciate creativity.
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It's unethical cause people could copy the idea then they will need more fish and they won't use disposable fish anymore, plus Japan is breaking marine creatures protection rules that shark shouldn't even be there in the first place
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That was pretty neat. Very creative.
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BETTER TO PAINT FISH ON THE FLOOR, they have great painters , japanese people are so talented, so they can paint the ocean on the floor and use frozen water on top.
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BUT ALL THE FISH WOULDVE BEEN THROWN OUT SINCE THEY WERE DEEMED UNFIT TO EAT!
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why did they froze a whale shark
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Oh good they were dead
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Thats awesome!
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thats is beautiful I wish I was there to skate on it Myself ! great job, too bad some people are close minded ....
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They were already dead and unfit to be sold in stores. No one would've eaten them...
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DISGUSTING ! No one should waste precious food for entertainment ! This general manger and his management should be fired immediately !
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Human Stupidity.
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i prefer to sea fish swimming about they are so good at it
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