What are facts about whales in captivity?

Answer 1

Here are some facts about whales that are kept in captivity

• The most common named whale known in captivity is the killer whale (even though it's a dolphin, so it's not a whale but when whales are mentioned in captivity, the first though is killer whales)
• It's a known fact that some whale species kept in captivity survives around half of their life compare to if they just lived in the wild
• Sometimes whales are kept in captivity to reserve the population (promote breeding) and to make sure they are safe as they may be injured
• Aquariums have no intention of returning captive breed animals to the wild
• Some would say that whales that have been kept in captivity ma disturb there own natural behavior.

There are debates and disputes about whether, Whales and Dolphins should be kept in captivity and there have been some known films like 'blackfish' which doesn't help the debate.

Answer 2

absolutly not!!!a whale is a fascinating creature that needs alot of space.they get really bored in the small pools. they also live in families called pods, when they are captured and taken to aquariums they are often separated from their families and forced to live with strange animals.if they too bored,they may become aggressive and attack. more often than not, the calves( baby whales) die at birth in captivity. sometimes the zoo kepers will hide the newborns from the mothers until they are sure they will survive. recently(today is 3/8/10) in 'Seaworld' in Orlando Florida a whale attacked a trainer;it drowned her. the cause of this tragedy more than likely happened because the whale was bored. this is a sign; and i hope that people will relize how dangerouse this is and how wrong it is. i don't think this was the whales fault or the trainer's fualt, but i do beleve this could have been prevented. this is my opinion,but i hope you agree!

Answer 3

Whales definitely should not be kept in captivity when there is more than one. Often times they get into fights. Where can they swim away to if they are in a tank. On the other hand whales alone or in a group usually suffer from physiological effects and their life span is shorter by about 10 years.

Answer 4

No, because when you keep whales in captivity, they suffer mentally, physically and psychologically.

Answer 5

because the Wales are living creaturs and there fat and wrinkerly