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BUSINESS, Page 89Business NotesRESORTSDeath of the Dolphins
From the moment Hyatt's fantasy-filled $360 million Regency
Waikoloa hotel opened on Hawaii last year, one of its most popular
attractions was a high-tech lagoon containing eight bottle-nosed
dolphins. Guests signed up for 30-minute sessions of cavorting with
the gregarious 300-lb. mammals. Then tragedy struck: two of the
dolphins suddenly died, prompting speculation that their demise
might have been caused by abuse or infection from human playmates.
Last week an autopsy report disclosed that the dolphins had
suffered lethal doses of food poisoning from eating fish
contaminated by naturally occurring marine toxins. The fish had
invaded the dolphins' domain through inlets connecting the lagoon
to the ocean. The inlets have now been sealed to protect the
surviving dolphins.