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Keeping them in a pool in your yard for entertainment is not the same as conservation.

• ironmagma 4y ago
  Try telling that to some of the world's best-known conservationists who supported SeaWorld: Julie Scardina, Jack Hanna, Guy Harvey, Bindi Irwin...
  • throwaway67743 4y ago
    3 of those encourage actual conservation in sea pens, not tanks - one of which actively swims with them. More importantly, the orcas taken didn't need conservation they were fine before
    • ironmagma 4y ago
      1. Then that should provide credence to their stances in your book. And yet they still supported SeaWorld? 2. That’s a statement that would hold true for any species and for conservation as a whole. In essence, denying the need for conservation in the first place. Ignorant of the daily catastrophe that’s happening in the wild.
      • throwaway67743 4y ago
        Allowing injured or rejected juveniles to explore is not the same as a tank. Taking a calf from the wild that would otherwise be fine for 60 years is not conservation. At this point I'm not sure if you're stupid or just evil.
        • ironmagma 4y ago
          The ocean is rapidly becoming uninhabitable for all kinds of life, orcas included. While we would previously expect a calf to live 60 years, that number is slowly dwindling and may accelerate in a downward direction. Contaminants like BPAs and BFRs are a big deal and already starting to have an effect in New Zealand on the orca population’s food supply. I don’t know how you expect injured and rejected juveniles to survive outside of an artificial environment. Orcas are social animals, and they need a pod. As far as stupid/evil, well believe what you like but I just believe in resilience. The same way we should have an arctic seed vault backing up seeds we should have a backup for different kinds of sea life.