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Ciao, ma quindi niente habitat nuovo per le orche ? secondo me possono fare come un centro di recupero .
 
https://seaworldcares.com/2016/09/N...ocial&utm_campaign=.20160927.&linkId=29241309
Seaworld's 2017 announcements. Sea World San Diego will get a 3 acre flat ride combining both ride and zoo elements, as well as the "new and inspiring" orca encounter. Additionally, they will be getting the Electric Ocean light and performer show, starting after dark. Presumably it will be every day, or just on weekends. They haven't said.
 
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jayjds2 said:
https://seaworldcares.com/2016/09/N...ocial&utm_campaign=.20160927.&linkId=29241309
Seaworld's 2017 announcements. Sea World San Diego will get a 3 acre flat ride combining both ride and zoo elements, as well as the "new and inspiring" orca encounter. Additionally, they will be getting the Electric Ocean light and performer show, starting after dark. Presumably it will be every day, or just on weekends. They haven't said.
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They may as well change their name to Amusement World since they seem to keep putting more and more rides in.

The 'new and inspiring orca encounter' has me intrigued. I could ask one of the trainers I know, but oftentimes the general public knows more than they do. I remember being there for the Members Preview of Shamu Rocks and one of the trainers had no idea that was going on. Hahaha
 
azcheetah2 said:
They may as well change their name to Amusement World since they seem to keep putting more and more rides in.

The 'new and inspiring orca encounter' has me intrigued. I could ask one of the trainers I know, but oftentimes the general public knows more than they do. I remember being there for the Members Preview of Shamu Rocks and one of the trainers had no idea that was going on. Hahaha
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Well, as a theme park, they are obligated to have rides, it's the animals that are actually the unusual part. Many people go just for the rides. Personally I think SWSD has the best balance of animals to rides out of the three parks. This ride doesn't upset that because it has both.

I'm not sure what to expect from the new "encounter" either. I know the stadium will be modified and the shows will be more educational, but that's still quite vague. I suppose we'll just have to see.
 
Upon watching a Facebook video, I have a little more info.

Discovery Quest is the flat ride. Visitors enter submarine shaped cars and discover things on a quest... Or something like that. You travel the sea and see remarkable undersea creatures. YOU are the researcher collecting data to create a better understanding of the animals.

Undersea Bases has most of the aquariums and interactive activities. Concept art shows an octopus and there are supposed to be some rare eels.

On the concept art there's a generic chairswing ride, but it's a custom design (in the form of a sea jelly). There are at least two other flat rides on the concept art but I can't tell what kind they are.
 
This story has some details on the new orca show. It says that it is themed like viewers are watching a live documentary and that the show will eventually replace the shows in San Antonio and Orlando. SeaWorld is spending 175 million dollars on new attractions, including the orca show redo, the submarine ride thing in San Diego, and remodeling of the Kraken roller coaster in Orlando.

SeaWorld bets $175 million on new orca shows and virtual-reality attractions - LA Times
 
Someone in my online SeaWorld group brought this to our attention and sent us photos of the new (released) proposals for the orca tank renovations to the California Coastal Commission. They state the idea that there would, in fact be either a replacement or an expansion to the tanks even after giving up on the idea for the Blue World Project. Here's the first line of the description concerning only the orcas. "Replace and expand existing orca facility with a 43 ft by 75 ft, 450,000 gallon (Pool E) and a 250 ft by 350 ft, 5.2 million gallon (Pool F)..." So based on the BWP blueprints, pool E was supposed to be another med pool behind the current one, and pool F was the proposed expansion of the underwater viewing.
 
In 6 years, SeaWorld will be opening up a park in Abu Dhabi. There will be no orcas coming with them and I don't think it's been confirmed whether or not any cetacean will be there. What has been confirmed is that it will be a stricter large, themed, rescue and rehabilitation park. Would be nice and easy for them if they just opened the same thing here in the states....

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10155295797747565&id=63617892564
 
Well, imagine what can happen within six years (financial crisis). And when there will be no orcas (which is okay in this case for me although I advocate keeping some cetaceas in captivity) and even no dolphins, then what makes such a park more interesting then others in this regions (Ferrari-World for example)?
 
Don't those idiots realize that if we don't breed them we are at serious risk of running out of them in the not to distant future?
 
wensleydale said:
Don't those idiots realize that if we don't breed them we are at serious risk of running out of them in the not to distant future?
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Although I don't agree with PETA's argument here in the least (polar bears are very different from orcas, and I doubt PETA will get much traction with the public here where there is no Blackfish and the species is so different), I also don't agree with your rationale for why breeding is important - at least not if you mean the risk of "running out" of polar bears in the wild. As far as polar bears are concerned, I don't see the species as one for which captive breeding would be necessary or likely to preserve the species in the wild (outside of potential research, and I'm not sure how much help research in ex situ breeding of polar bears would really be to the in situ challenges facing the bear) . The major threats to the polar bear are related to climate change - without addressing that issue, any zoo population that did exist as a failsafe would have no habitat left in which to be reintroduced. That being said, there is, however, a danger that American zoos will "run out" of polar bears if breeding is not stepped up, at least as long as U.S. law prohibits the addition of new bears from outside the U.S. captive population to the limited breeding pool.
 
Although I commend them for trying to mate their females still, I am not sure if Pittsburgh is the right fit. Their male polar bear, Koda has mated with three females and has not had success. I am curious if the constant moving of Snowflake and Sjenza has anything to do with it. If perhaps they relocated Snowflake permanently and tried after a year, maybe they have better luck? Although the two are started to get up their in age.
 
Climate change and the continued stalemate in not breeding polar bears in US zoos is exactly the reason why a safeguard AZA (Canada and USA) zoos population IS relevant to their long term conservation.
 
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