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RE: @Herpetologyguy's Views on SeaWorld
Exactly. I would never say that SeaWorld provides these whales with poor care or bad conditions; I think the level of care is top notch. That being said, I don't think it is possible to recreate the conditions necessary for a whale to thrive in captivity the way other species do. It's not a "animal care problem" as some people put it, it's simply that even with the best care, we cannot create a suitable environment even under the best conditions.
Correct. It would require basins of hundreds, may be thousands of square miles in size. And that even without taking long distance migration into account.
Thats not possible, and even if it would be, it wouldn't make sense, because the visitors would hardly ever get to see the whales. At least not easier than it is now, by going out on the ocean with a ship to observe whales or dolphins.