No cetacean should live in captivity, period.

This transport "issue" just shows why we have no business transporting them in the first place.

For reference, the CNN documentary Blackfish is a good place to start.

Right at the end of the article:

> Why not release the belugas into the ocean?

> It's geopolitically difficult to return many belugas to their native waters, because many come from Russia, Lott said.

> Sending the Marineland belugas into the wild would have been "inhumane," Trites said. At least half of the animals were born into captivity, so they don't know how to hunt and wouldn't be accepted by the local beluga population.

> "The animals are so social that they can't survive on their own," he said.

Writing an entire article about whale transportation, without even a subtle nod to Star Trek IV, or even a reference to tank material and the process of its invention, is borderline criminal. What is this, the dark ages?

I wonder if they can feel the air pressure change while submerged.