Why don’t they just take stranded marine mammals to a place like Sea World?
Most marine mammal parks and aquariums will no longer take stranded marine mammals into their facilities. There are very good reasons for this. One, they don’t want to infect the captive populations with whatever disease or infection a stranded marine mammal may have. This lesson was learned the hard way in 1991. Second, most facilities no longer have the space or personnel to treat sick and injured marine mammals. Third, most facility personnel should not interact with stranded marine mammals offsite due to the danger of disease tranmission to the captive population.
