(upvoted because is a logical answer to the question provided. The title don't say nothing about alive or not).
But I wonder why we want a marine animal to travel by air or in a closed container when you can easily provide it with a "migration experience" just putting a submerged cage in a jib and use water instead fuel to fully support their body weight.
Some problemas with this idea that I can see is how avoid the motorship noise (Helicopters and planes do a lot of noise also) and speed of the cruise vs speed of the animals. and the relationship between the cage and the ship
If we could solve those points the most human way to move a beluga should be by sea in a mix of a submerged sea cage next the prow (if wheater permits) and pool.
Yes, remember, we have huge ships with huge swimming pools!. People even could pay an extra price by a "extra-luxe-best-and-first-cruise-in-the-world-with-whale-shark-experience" (if you need to put the animal safely in a harbour or if a puntual danger appears you use the jib and put the whale or the shark in the pool).
You can put all fish and material that you want for the whale in the hold of the cruise (you could even save some costs of their feeding if you just fish for the whale in the meanwhile).
If properly done, this will be also a really great publicity for both the aquarium and the cruise company. No troubles with faeces, the best place to swim effortless, and the best water quality than a beluga can dream with. Put some fake whales in front of the cage and the beluga probably will try to follow them. Less stress, richer life and a healthy exercise for the whale. Both animals, whale and shark are designed to migrate huge distances and love it...
Yes, definitely we should explore the idea of creating mobile dolphinariums.
But I wonder why we want a marine animal to travel by air or in a closed container when you can easily provide it with a "migration experience" just putting a submerged cage in a jib and use water instead fuel to fully support their body weight.
Some problemas with this idea that I can see is how avoid the motorship noise (Helicopters and planes do a lot of noise also) and speed of the cruise vs speed of the animals. and the relationship between the cage and the ship
If we could solve those points the most human way to move a beluga should be by sea in a mix of a submerged sea cage next the prow (if wheater permits) and pool.
Yes, remember, we have huge ships with huge swimming pools!. People even could pay an extra price by a "extra-luxe-best-and-first-cruise-in-the-world-with-whale-shark-experience" (if you need to put the animal safely in a harbour or if a puntual danger appears you use the jib and put the whale or the shark in the pool).
You can put all fish and material that you want for the whale in the hold of the cruise (you could even save some costs of their feeding if you just fish for the whale in the meanwhile).
If properly done, this will be also a really great publicity for both the aquarium and the cruise company. No troubles with faeces, the best place to swim effortless, and the best water quality than a beluga can dream with. Put some fake whales in front of the cage and the beluga probably will try to follow them. Less stress, richer life and a healthy exercise for the whale. Both animals, whale and shark are designed to migrate huge distances and love it...
Yes, definitely we should explore the idea of creating mobile dolphinariums.