The Marineland park near Niagara Falls has asked the Canadian government for emergency funding to feed and care for its whales, saying euthanasia is otherwise imminent.
They would most definitely die. It may be more ethical and humane to simply euthanize them.
Whales in captivity are trained to eat dead fish, and can struggle to recognize living fish as food. They are trained to look for their human trainers for their meals and everything. They do not know how to hide and defend themselves. The wild is a foreign environment to them. While I understand the aspect of giving free meat to the wild, there is an argument that this is cruel, it’s a disruption to the wild, and the captive whales are our responsibility.
Cant they just release them? Whats the worse that happens? They die?
They would most definitely die. It may be more ethical and humane to simply euthanize them.
Whales in captivity are trained to eat dead fish, and can struggle to recognize living fish as food. They are trained to look for their human trainers for their meals and everything. They do not know how to hide and defend themselves. The wild is a foreign environment to them. While I understand the aspect of giving free meat to the wild, there is an argument that this is cruel, it’s a disruption to the wild, and the captive whales are our responsibility.