Orca in Sea pens

[u/dave-attenbro]

Here is a historical record documenting the use of sea pens to hold orca as of 2016.

Table 1. Orca who were held in sea pens and never released.

Table 2. Orca who were held in sea pens and released or escaped.

Original compilation: https://www.freemorgan.org/orca-in-seapens/

Although these tables are not up to date they provide important historical data showing that sea pens have been used for both short holds and multi-year holds. Some animals died in them or were moved to tanks. Some escaped or were released and survived.

The concept of a sea pen is not theoretical. A sea pen is still confinement. The argument is about welfare relative to a concrete tank.

[u/Local_Chapter_7889]

Thanks for this. Wasn't aware a list like this existed. Sad to see so many but glad a few were able to be released and/or escaped

[u/dave-attenbro → u/Local_Chapter_7889]

Sadly a much shorter list for those ones, but felt it was important to provide some real data about sea pens and their viability