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RE: @Herpetologyguy's Views on SeaWorld
Yes, I totally I agree and it´s a very controversial topic. Maybe the whales are more safe for humans in the seaworld than in the ocean where they are getting killed every day... As I already said, if the conditions are good, it´s a great thing for animal protection and I never visited the sea world, so I can´t say something about the conditions for the animals there.
I wouldn't say the conditions are bad there, I think it is just too difficult to create an artificial environment for an organism as large and complex as a whale, ya know? A species that needs so much space, and with such an intelligent and communal nature, I just don't know how you recreate that in captivity. I'm all for protecting animals using captive programs, but I think we have a ways to go before we can reliably protect whales that way. All species are unique; what works for one animal doesn't always work for another, so perhaps we need to consider that captive programs are not the way to protect whales.