Should Beluga whales be kept in captivity?

[ColleenT]

i do not like the enclosure at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. i don't think it is large enough. but how big would be large enough for whales? it's not an easy thing to do.

[Bombina Bob]

usually whales require an enclosure that is immensely huge as the size of a football field. Sea world has in my opinion one of the largest enclosures for orca whales, but in my opinion is overcrowded with 2 too many whales with Shamu. they aren't an animal that can be easily kept in captivity.

Lija, I agree that their horned frog enclosure is unacceptable with the gravel, i think that they should be improving their facilities as you mentioned in space.

[Strider18]

IMO 2-6 million gallons is the bare minimum to keep them happy-ish. They would probably be more happy in the wild. The aquarium near me has a 100,000 gallon aquarium with some giant sea bass and a 350,000 gallon aquarium and those even look small for some of the 10 foot sharks they have in there. But It is still really cool there