There were several animal welfare groups launching an online campaign opposing plans by a Singapore casino developer to import whale sharks for its planned aquarium, Marine Life Park Aquarium in Resorts World at Singapore Sentosa. Marine Life Park Aquarium is set to become the world’s largest sea water aquarium. The oceanarium will accomodate approximately 700,000 fish in 20 million gallons (76 million litres) of water, based on information stated in Resorts World at Sentosa’s website.
The animal welfare organisations opposed having whale sharks in the facility. The sharks are listed as “vulnerable” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Sharks can grow longer than 10 metres (33 feet) long, and can dive up to 980 metres deep and migrate over 13,000 kilometres. As they require tremendous amount of space, it is believed that they will fare poorly in captivity. There were 2 reported cases of the death of two whale sharks in a ”state-of-the-art” aquarium in the United States.
The casino project in Resorts World at Sentosa is expected to open from early 2010. It will also feature hotels and a Universal Studios theme park.
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9:06 am on March 3rd, 2010
Thanks … this is what makes our hobby exciting!