The podcast episodes highlight the significant challenges involved in rehabilitating and housing confiscated wildlife from the booming illegal wildlife trade, as well as the ethical debates surrounding the rehabilitation of captive cetaceans like the beluga whale Hvaldimir.

The episodes discuss the difficulties authorities face in caring for and reintegrating these animals, as well as the complex debates around their welfare and humanity's relationship with intelligent marine life.

The podcasts explore how the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the illegal wildlife trade, leading to an increase in the number of animals needing rehabilitation and care.