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A theme park in Japan has closed a skating rink featuring frozen fish after receiving complaints that it was being "disrespectful" to animals. Space World, in the southern city of Kitakyushu, had opened its aquarium-themed attraction earlier this month. Skaters could glide over 5,000 fish frozen in the rink's ice. The park has since encountered a barrage of criticism online, and has apologised. It also said the fish were already dead when they were frozen. A statement on Space World's website said: "We have received a lot of opinions such as 'Using animals as entertainment and in events is bad' and 'Poor fish'. We sincerely apologise." General manager Toshimi Takeda told the AFP news agency said the theme park would now hold a memorial ceremony for the fish.