Marineland of Florida, USA — dolphin show, 1964.

The orca "Shamu" performing at SeaWorld San Diego

A marine mammal park (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. Tourists enjoying a dolphin show : Marineland, Florida, 1964. ... Tourists enjoying a dolphin show : Marineland, Florida, 1964. ... Genera See article below. ... Download high resolution version (1025x633, 138 KB)Shamu at SeaWorld, San Diego, California This picture/image was taken/created by me. ... Download high resolution version (1025x633, 138 KB)Shamu at SeaWorld, San Diego, California This picture/image was taken/created by me. ... Shamu is the name of SeaWorlds iconic orca (killer whale) show. ... The Oceanarium in Lisbon, Portugal opened in 1998. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... “Aquaria” redirects here. ... A Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), a member of Order Cetacea A Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), a member of infrafamily Pinnipedia A West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus), a member of Order Sirenia A pair of Sea Otters (Enhydra lutris), a member of family Mustelidae yeahh boii ♥ A marine mammal is a... Genera See article below. ... This article refers to the whale, beluga. ... For other uses, see Sea Lion (disambiguation). ... Dolphinarium is a great aquarium for dolphins. ... A stilt-walker entertaining shoppers at a shopping centre in Swindon, England Entertainment is an event, performance, or activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation to an audience (although, for example, in the case of a computer game the audience may be only one person). ... “Aquaria” redirects here. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For the public park of the same name, see Marine Park, Brooklyn. ...

History

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". The Oceanarium in Lisbon, Portugal opened in 1998. ... Nickname: Location in St. ... Dolphin Show, Marineland of Florida, 1964. ...

The first park keeping orcas in captivity was Sea World at San Diego in the 1960s, soon followed by Marineland of the Pacific on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, in California, which closed down in 1986. Binomial name Orcinus orca Linnaeus, 1758 Orca range (in blue) The Orca or Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) is the largest species of the oceanic dolphin family (Delphinidae). ... Animal husbandry Animals that live under human care are in captivity. ... Marineland of the Pacific was a public aquarium and tourist attraction located on the Palos Verdes Peninsula coast above the Pacific Ocean in Los Angeles County California, USA. It operated from 1954 through 1987, when it was purchased by the owners of SeaWorld, who moved Marinelands popular Killer Whales... Palos Verdes is often used to refer to a group of coastal cities on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in the Los Angeles/South Bay area of California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ...

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 Sea World USA evolved as the most prominent chain of marine mammal parks, with operations in Orlando, Florida, San Diego, California, San Antonio, Texas, and Cleveland, Ohio (which has since closed down). For the unrelated theme park with a similar name in Australia, see Sea World. ... Nickname: Location in Orange County and the state of Florida Coordinates: , Country State Counties Orange Government  - Mayor Buddy Dyer (D) Area  - City 101 sq mi (261. ... “San Diego” redirects here. ... San Antonio redirects here. ... Cleveland redirects here. ...

List of Parks

North America

Discovery Cove is an Orlando, Florida theme park in which guests can interact with a variety of marine animals, most notably bottlenose dolphins. ... Skyline of Orlando at night, from across Lake Eola The city of Orlando is the county seat of Orange County, Florida. ... Dolphin Discovery is a Mexican company which offers interactive programs with dolphins in four locations in Mexico: Puerto Aventuras (Riviera Maya), Cozumel and Cancun-Isla Mujeres, and Nuevo Vallarta (Pacific Coast). ... Isla Mujeres Isla Mujeres Isla Mujeres is the name of a small island, as well as the town on that island, a short distance off the coast of the north east of the Yucatan Peninsula in the Caribbean Sea. ... Dolphin Discovery is a Mexican company which offers interactive programs with dolphins in four locations in Mexico: Puerto Aventuras (Riviera Maya), Cozumel and Cancun-Isla Mujeres, and Nuevo Vallarta (Pacific Coast). ... Location of Cozumel State Quintana Roo Presidente municipal Gustavo Ortega Joaquín Political Party PAN Area   â€“Land   â€“Water 647 km² Population   â€“Total (2005)   â€“Density 73,193 (2005 census) Time zone UTC –6 Latitude Longitude 20°30′ N 86°57′ W Cozumel (Mayan: Island of the Swallows) is an island in... Dolphin Discovery is a Mexican company which offers interactive programs with dolphins in four locations in Mexico: Puerto Aventuras (Riviera Maya), Cozumel and Cancun-Isla Mujeres, and Nuevo Vallarta (Pacific Coast). ... Riviera Maya is a tourism district following the highway 307 of Quintana Roo, Mexico. ... For the unrelated theme park with a similar name in Australia, see Sea World. ... “San Diego” redirects here. ... For the unrelated theme park with a similar name in Australia, see Sea World. ... Nickname: Location in Orange County and the state of Florida Coordinates: , Country State Counties Orange Government  - Mayor Buddy Dyer (D) Area  - City 101 sq mi (261. ... For the unrelated theme park with a similar name in Australia, see Sea World. ... San Antonio redirects here. ... Image of Oahu from space taken by NASA. O‘ahu is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous island in the state of Hawai‘i. ... Dolphin Show, Marineland of Florida, 1964. ... Nickname: Location in St. ... A 1967 flyer for Marineland, using the older name Marineland and Game Farm Marineland is a themed amusement and animal exhibition park in the city of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. ... Skyline of Niagara Falls, Canada, as seen from Niagara Falls State Park across the river. ... “Marine World” redirects here. ... Vallejo (pronounced IPA: in English; in the original Spanish) is a city in Solano County, California, United States. ... Islamorada, Village of Islands is a village located in Monroe County, Florida, on an island of the same name in the Florida Keys. ... Palm trees in Islamorada The Florida Keys is an archipelago of about 1700 islands in the southeast United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami metropolitan area Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²)  - Width 361 miles (582 km)  - Length 447 miles (721 km)  - % water 17. ...

Australia

Sea World is a marine park on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. ... “Gold Coast” redirects here. ... The Entrance to UnderWater World at Mooloolaba, Queensland UnderWater World at Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia is a marine park and wildlife sanctuary. ... Mooloolaba Beach with Alexandra Headland (at right) Mooloolaba is a tourist resort township in the centre of the Sunshine Coast, in Queensland, Australia, 100 km north of Brisbane. ...

France

Marineland is an animal exhibition park in Antibes, France. ... Antibes (Provençal Occitan: Antíbol in classical norm or Antibo in Mistralian norm) is a resort town of southeastern France, on the Mediterranean Sea in the Côte dAzur, located between Cannes and Nice. ...

Argentina

Mundo Marino is the largest aquarium in South America. ...

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. Animal welfare is the viewpoint that animals, especially those under human care, should not suffer unnecessarily, including where the animals are used for food, work, companionship, or research. ... The World Society for the Protection of Animals (commonly WSPA) is an international non-profit animal welfare organisation and also a federation of such organisations and active in over 130 countries with some 600 member groups. ... Animal husbandry Animals that live under human care are in captivity. ...

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. Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United...

Books

• Lou Jacobs, Wonders of an oceanarium: The story of marine life in captivity. Golden Gate Junior Books, 1965.
• Joanne F. Oppenheim, Oceanarium. Bantam Books, 1994. ISBN 0-553-09520-X

See also

• Dolphinarium
• List of dolphinariums
• Aquarium
• Zoo
• WSPA

Dolphinarium is a great aquarium for dolphins. ... Because of the large amount of dolphinariums world wide, this list may not contain all current dolphinariums or list some that have since closed, moved or have changed their names. ... “Aquaria” redirects here. ... Giraffes in Sydneys Taronga Zoo A zoological garden, zoological park, or zoo is a facility in which animals are confined within enclosures and displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred. ... The World Society for the Protection of Animals (commonly WSPA) is an international non-profit animal welfare organisation and also a federation of such organisations and active in over 130 countries with some 600 member groups. ...

External links

• Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums
• Recommended EAAM dolphin housing standards
• Site sur les differents orques et leur mode de reproduction évitant la consanguinité. (French)