It makes me so upset that no one’s made a “meet the dolphins/orcas” thing that isn’t exploitative and abusive to animals (IE, like sea world keeping them in basically bathtub sized tanks). 

Like it’d be easy??? Set up a big amusement park/center/whatever near the ocean. Create a pool, which is connected to the ocean. One that animals can freely come and go from. Orcas and dolphins are curious and friendly. If you give them food when they show up and play with them, they’ll keep coming back. Instead of keeping them imprisoned in a tiny pool, just let them come and go as they please. Sure, people will have to hang around all day for a chance to meet the animals (who will come and go on their own time) instead of having down-to-the-minute schedule times,,, but that’s a small price to pay in exchange for having interaction with happy and free animals.

It can be a mutually beneficial thing. You provide food, entertainment, and vet care. And in exchange you get the company/entertainment of the animals. Like I’m seeing all this stuff on how we need to end all contact with marine animals and no we don’t, we just need to start connecting with them in ways that are good for everyone instead of one-sided and abusive.