dolphinarium

British

/ ˌdolfɪˈnɛərɪəm /

noun

a pool or aquarium for dolphins, esp one in which they give public displays

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A year later it was moved from a facility owned by a dolphinarium in St Petersburg to the military programme in the Russian Arctic, where his trainers and vets remained in contact.

From BBC

Last year, the dolphinarium took in four dolphins and three sea lions alongside their trainers and doctors fleeing the shelling in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.

From Reuters

The Constanta dolphinarium, part of a wider natural science museum and research complex, has been home to female dolphins Ni Ni and Chen Chen since 2010.

From Reuters

In Kharkiv, the local dolphinarium sought to move their dolphins and sea lions as soon as the shelling started last February.

From Reuters

"We want them to stay with us for as long as possible," the dolphinarium's manager Iulian Calin said.

From Reuters

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