WTF Japan? Theme park freezes 5000 goldfish *into* ice skating rink attraction, closes it due to backlash [PHOTOS]

A Japanese theme park has apologized for freezing 5,000 fish into the floor of an ice skating rink and has closed the attraction after facing backlash from the public.
Japan’s Space World theme park froze 25 different types of fish, crabs, and other shellfish into the ice as part of a winter attraction called “Freezing Port,” CNN reported.

The park showed pictures of some fish half-submerged into the ice with their mouths open and other fish arranged into arrows and other shapes.

The photos had captions such as, “I am d… d… drowning, s … s… suffocating.”

Online commenters flooded the site with negative reviews.

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“We were shocked to hear the reaction"

“(But) we had endless opinions about the project, we were shocked. … We are sorry for the project and decided to close the rink on that night.”

Takeda said the park would unfreeze the skate rink to remove the fish, hold a memorial ceremony for the fish, and reuse them as fertilizer.

[link to www.breitbart.com]