With a total of 23 beautiful orca whales‚ it is no surprise SeaWorld attracted 4.4 million tourists in 2014. These millions flock to watch the black and white beauties swim‚ splash‚ and wave in front of huge audiences and charismatic trainers‚ but these millions might not be so excited once they watch‚ Blackfish. In the documentary‚ Blackfish‚ filmmakers attempt to discredit the SeaWorld corporation‚ for compromising the welfare of captive orcas for a higher financial gain. Blackfish caused quite
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Many wild animals across the world are removed from their natural habitats and forced into captivity. Many are subject to abuse all for entertainment and profit. Unfortunately‚ many people who say they “love animals” may actually be contributing to the suffering of these animals because they are unaware of the things going on behind the scenes. Whether it’s simply seeing animals at the zoo‚ watching the whale shows at SeaWorld‚ riding elephants‚ or swimming with dolphins; people see these as fun ways
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training orcas‚ the face of SeaWorld? I used to imagine the smiles that performing shows could create‚ perhaps hundreds of them all at once. Lately‚ I’ve been wondering the cost of those smiles. A long-running controversy has arisen over orcas in captivity. Since the 1960s‚ there have been over thirty incidents involving captive orca aggression towards humans. Four of these attacks resulted in human death. In wild orcas‚ there have only been a few cases of attacks‚ but there have been no recorded
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documentary Blackfish‚ orca whales are portrayed and deeply appreciated as entertainment through SeaWorld’s whale shows. Considering the orca whales at SeaWorld are away from their natural habitat‚ the film takes a look at the reality of orca whales in captivity. The producer‚ Gabriela Cowperthwaite‚ observes not only the whales’ lives‚ but also how SeaWorld handles the whales and their trainers. Upon death incidents involved between SeaWorld trainers and an orca whale named Tilikum‚ through this
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Sea Animal Captivity By Hitesh. S 8A(Rough copy) “Each and every animal on earth has as much right to be here as you and me‚” said by Anthony Douglas Williams. Like all animals‚ sea animals are meant to live in the wild or live in the ocean. However‚ many sea animals are captured to be held captive‚ to be abused‚ to be separated from their family‚ to be captured only to live an inferior and shorter life compared to their previous lives. Sea animals lose so much only to be forced to entertain
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Over the past few years animal captivity has gotten more controversial with new reasons. Orca and dolphin captivity have been connected to the brutal attacks on trainers at animal amusement parks. Everyone has their side and their reasons for animal entertainment. Captivity can be for animals to keep them safe from hunters‚ environmental changes and used for food. Occupytheory.com says “Animals are being hunted down for a lot of reasons including their fur‚ ivory‚ some medical benefits (that aren’t
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The evolution of whales is brought up more than the evolution of almost any other species. This is not just do to their massive size‚ the evolution of the whale is very unique. During the evolution of the whale‚ it lost it’s legs‚ all of it’s vital systems‚ and has become to a life in water. This is the opposite of what some scientists believe‚ they think that most animals evolved from water dwelling creatures to land creatures. Most details of whale evolution are currently unknown. We do know
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A problem that goes highly unnoticed is the horrifying treatment of orcas that are in captivity. Now I personally have an irrational fear of this species‚ but even this topic has pulled my heart strings and has me wanting to make a difference. The first story I heard that referred to orcas being held in captivity‚ was about a young orca named Tilikum. He was ripped from his family when he was only two years old when he was only 13 feet long. After his capture‚ he was kept in a cement holding tank
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lot has been written about the strong family message in Whale Rider‚ and there is no mistaking that this story of intergenerational love and conflict is‚ on the surface‚ about the mending of a broken family‚ but there is another aspect that hasn’t been written about—or at least only touched on—and that’s the movie’s theme. It isn’t about family or even the need to honor the hand in glove relationship of tradition and progress. At root‚ Whale Rider is one of the best pictures about leadership that
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The Loved Little Whale: What Should Have Happened “Life had been transformed by our affection for this little whale‚ [because...] what we shared mattered” -Mike Parfit. Luna the orca has been separated from his pod ever since he was two. Through the years‚ this little orca has learned to cope not by joining another pod or learning to live in solitude‚ but by forming a miraculous bond with the citizens of Nootka Sound‚ British Columbia. As Luna gets older‚ he seems to be getting in more and more
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