Posted on 11/28/2016 7:59:28 AM PST by dayglored
A Japanese amusement park faced a deluge of criticism after opening an ice skating rink featuring thousands of dead fish suspended in ice.
Space World, in the southwestern city of Kitakyushu, closed the aquarium-themed skating rink on Nov. 17 after an online campaign called the attraction, “immoral,” “cruel” and “disrespectful of life,” reports the Guardian.
The outcry began after a local TV report on the rink, which featured about 5,000 dead mackerel and other fish embedded in ice. Some of the frozen fish were positioned to spell out “hello,” while others formed arrows to guide skaters in the correct direction around the rink.
According to the newspaper Asahi Shimbun, Space World wanted visitors to “have a sense of sliding on the sea.” The amusement park’s website touted the rink as the first attraction of its kind in the world.
In the face of mounting criticism, officials told Asahi Shimbun that the fish were already dead before they embedded them into the ice. “Misunderstanding spread on the Internet that the fish were frozen alive, but that was not the case. We should have explained more.”
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Some of the frozen fish were positioned to spell out “hello”
Where are the dolphins?
Thaw, fry, eat!
Mmmmmmmm, yeah...... like Godzilla is a mega-legend.
Maybe this could be called Godfisha?
Won't ever use GEICO again, but their ads can sometimes be really funny.
I like the Marco Polo one.
I have not the slightest quarrel with fishing or the eating of fish.
Wasting life solely for decorative purposes however, does not sit well with me.
The fish were already dead. That seems to me a key fact here.
Were there other fish, or were they wholly mackerel?
sushi
More creepy than anything else.
How were they put to death?
“Lightly killed”, as in Monty Python?
...and very Japanese!! lol...they do weird things.
If the fish were already dead, I have no objection. Think cryogenics.
Ditto
That happened to my mother in law!
A catfish came back alive after being frozen in the freezer for six months!
She froze the fish in a large pan of water and placed it in the freezer whole!.................
Memorial?
Yes, Sushi on ice!..................
In Miami, 7-4-0.................
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