If you go out to a rural farm you will see a lot of dogs and cats that live their whole life free of fences of restraint. They still live in the bar and under the porch and love their owners. Domestication and imprisonment aren’t the same. If people want to see whales there are plenty of nice cruises off the Alaskan Coast.
East and West coast too. I took a day cruise on a smallish boat. Lots of fun seeing the whales and dolphins.