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18A Sun-Sentinel, Sunday, October 21, 1990 5 dolphins join Mirage menagerie in Las Vegas Alan Feldman said on Friday. "The dol-' and visitors. Wynn fought animal rights activists in a Washington, D.C., hearing last year when they protested his idea of putting dolphins in a desert environment. "They're not in a desert; they're in the, water," Wynn said, watching the three females and two males dive to the bottom of the 26-foot-deep lagoon, then shoot up, leaping above the water. "They don't know whether they're in Baja or Seattle." Wynn has been focusing on the dolphin habitat since opening his $630 million resort on the Las Vegas Strip in November.

The habitat, budgeted at $4 million, ended up costing an extra $10 million because of perks Wynn added. The resort was designed with, the help of veterinarians Lanny Cornell of El Ca-jon and Marty Dinnes of Los Angeles, two experts whose credits include work with some of the nation's foremost mammal parks. Dinnes is also the veterinarian for illusionists Siegfried Roy, who perform at The Mirage and keep many of their 22 rare white tigers in a habitat and compound at the hotel. Dinnes located four of the dolphins in Marathon and took care of them for eight months until they were ready for the trip to Las Vegas. The fifth was found in Texas.

Their habitat consists of three large pools and water that is climate controlled and cleaned every 2 'A hours through computerized equipment, maintaining a temperature of 70-74 degrees. The dolphins were flown to Las Vegas on Thursday aboard a chartered 727 jet. Their arrival was not announced in advance because of concerns over possible action by animal rights activists. "We're always concerned about the animal rights issue," Mirage spokesman The Associated Press LAS VEGAS Five bottle-nosed dolphins, including four from Florida, are getting VIP treatment at The Mirage Hotel after checking into their new $14 mil-, libn high-tech habitat. "This is the dream of a lifetime for me," Mirage Chairman Steve Wynn said as he fed his new guests on Friday afternoon.

"This adds a dimension to Las Vegas," he said, walking around a 1.6 million-gallon lagoon where the dolphins will be showcased to Las Vegas schoolchildren phin issue is a hotly contested issue wnn a lot of misinformation. We just wanted to keep this as confidential as possible until they were here." The Mirage plans to develop educational programs for Clark County schoolchil-i dren as part of the dolphin exhibit. The exhibit will be closed to the public every weekday morning so S00 children a day'-can view the five dolphins and learn more about marine biology, Wynn said. The schoolchildren and hotel guests will be admitted free. Others will pay $3 for children, $5 for adults.

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