Animal rights activists rejoiced last week when the Miami Seaquarium, a marine park, announced it would release its orca to a sea pen off the coast of Washington state. But unlike Free Willy, this story is unlikely to have a Hollywood ending.
Animal rights activists, who generally oppose zoos and aquariums, have argued that animals such as orcas should be released to the wild — or at a minimum, to an enclosure away from the public that functions like a halfway house. It’s an appealing sentiment that tugs at the heartstrings. But the challenges are immense.Putting an orca back into the wild has been attempted once before.
Nature is not Disney. Transplanting an animal from a zoo or aquarium into the wild is like abandoning your dog in Yellowstone Park. It’s not equipped to survive. “Blindly releasing killer whales to the wild is irresponsible and dangerous,” said Mark Simmons, a marine mammal expert who worked on Keiko’s release and authored the book Killing Keiko.
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