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...killer whales and two short-finned pilot whales are held in the U.S. -- the debate is not so simple. Because of government regulation and adverse publicity in the past, cases of outright abuse and neglect at aquariums and theme parks have become rare. Says Sam Sadove, of the Okeanos Ocean Research Foundation in Hampton Bays, New York: "By and large, the facilities are pretty good. Sure, there are things that are questionable, but that doesn't mean you should condemn the entire industry." Sea World, whose four parks make it one of the largest exhibitors of killer whales and dolphins...
...International Wildlife Coalition: "We foster the ideology that these creatures should be performing for us. What kind of education is that? It's a gross injustice." Not so, says Kevin Walsh, director of training at New York's aquarium: "You can see them jumping and doing flips in the ocean. The flips just aren't as clean." Some "tricks" have dual purposes, as when beluga whales learn to put their tail in the air both for performances and for giving veterinarians access to do medical tests. Moreover, the narration that goes with many shows is full of facts about marine...
...spare? But the weather can also be unpredictable, the waves petulant and uneven, the flotsam yucky. Now those who don't want to risk a less than perfect holiday can frolic at the Seagaia complex in Miyazaki, on the Japanese island of Kyushu, 930 miles south of Tokyo. The ocean that surges and rolls within it, chlorinated and free of salt, has a clearly defined width of 462 ft. and washes a shoreline 280 ft. long, composed of 600 tons of crushed, polished pebbles, all under a 660-ft. retractable roof. The chirping of birds is filtered through a sound...
Meanwhile, 440 yds. away is the Pacific Ocean...
...name Seagaia is a paradisiacal melding of the English word for ocean and the Greek word for earth. And the sea labors to be as close to the original as possible -- if not better. A computer creates perfect tubular waves four or five times a day, manipulating 10 large vacuum pumps that suck water into 40 chambers, then spew it out into surfable crests that allow expert hotdoggers to demonstrate their skills...