ADVERTISEMENTHandout via Getty Images NBA player James Harden poses with Klondike, a beluga whale at SeaWorld San Diego, in 2015. But it made no mention of the other highly intelligent cetaceans — beluga whales and dolphins — that live at SeaWorld parks. Handout via Getty Images Performing artist Daniel Sahyounie grabs Kali, a bottlenose dolphin at SeaWorld San Diego's Dolphin Point in 2014. Former SeaWorld employee Sarah Fischbeck painted a chilling picture of SeaWorld’s beluga breeding protocol in a December interview with The Dodo. A dolphin calf was born at SeaWorld San Diego in October, and a 3-week-old beluga born prematurely at SeaWorld San Antonio died in July.

Source: Huffington Post August 13, 2016 19:30 UTC