Marine Life Park
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Marine Life Park will be an oceanarium located in Resorts World Sentosa, Sentosa Island, Singapore
. It is set to debut as the largest oceanarium in the world when it opens in 2012. The 8 hectares (19.8 acre) park will feature exhibits containing a total of 20000000 gallons (90,921,800 l) of water, for 700,000 aquatic residents The park's largest lagoon contains 6600000 gallons (30,004,194 l) of water.
s, but conceded that it might not be feasible to house them and has dropped the plan. There is ongoing controversy over captures of wild dolphins from Solomon Islands and the facilities in which they are kept in Subic Bay
, Philippines, some of which have reportedly died. A petition for Resorts World Singapore to release 25 dolphins held in captivity exceeded the 100,000 mark in August 2011.
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
. It is set to debut as the largest oceanarium in the world when it opens in 2012. The 8 hectares (19.8 acre) park will feature exhibits containing a total of 20000000 gallons (90,921,800 l) of water, for 700,000 aquatic residents The park's largest lagoon contains 6600000 gallons (30,004,194 l) of water.
Controversies
The resort originally planned to include whale sharkWhale shark
The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is a slow-moving filter feeding shark, the largest extant fish species. The largest confirmed individual had a length of and a weight of more than , but unconfirmed claims report considerably larger whale sharks...
s, but conceded that it might not be feasible to house them and has dropped the plan. There is ongoing controversy over captures of wild dolphins from Solomon Islands and the facilities in which they are kept in Subic Bay
Subic Bay
Subic Bay is a bay forming part of Luzon Sea on the west coast of the island of Luzon in Zambales, Philippines, about 100 kilometers northwest of Manila Bay. Its shores were formerly the site of a major United States Navy facility named U.S...
, Philippines, some of which have reportedly died. A petition for Resorts World Singapore to release 25 dolphins held in captivity exceeded the 100,000 mark in August 2011.