“Seaworld confines orcas‚ who could swim up to 100 miles a day in the wild‚ to tanks that‚ to them‚ are the size of a bathtub. They would need to swim 1‚208 laps (around the perimeter of the tanks).” (“ 8 Reasons Orcas Don’t Belong in Captivity.”). They need
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Animals being used as entertainment‚ cruel or not? Every year 6 to 8 million dogs and cats enter shelters‚ and 3 to 4 million shelter dogs and cats are killed. A case involving quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons‚ Michael Vick‚ in 2007 made national news when he was indicted of running a dog fighting ring. After the judge convicted him‚ he served 23 months in jail for cruelty to animals. America needs to realize that the use of animals for entertainment is wrong‚ and causes animals to suffer.
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Orca Whales: Captive or Free? Sheena Anderson ENC1101-09 Professor Cooper 7 November 2011 Anderson 1 Orca Whales: Captive or Free? For many years‚ people have gone to places like SeaWorld in either Orlando‚ California‚ or Texas to marvel at and to be entertained by the creatures known as Orcinus orca. For those people not familiar with the scientific term‚ they are also called Orca whales. These powerful‚ magnificent‚ intelligent creatures have become the trademarks of the parks where
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In 2012 Sarah was being abused. Sarah is a 54- year-old captured elephant owned by a well known circus- “ The Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey.” This wild life creature that was put into captivity suffered with chronic infections and symptoms of arthritis and yet was forced to keep working. One of many times‚ after performing Sarah collapsed to the ground while being loaded into one of the railroad box cars‚ the circus didn’t examine her or gave her the proper medical procedure.They just forced
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in captivity remain well below the life of a wild counterparts. Industries claim that the achievements in veterinary care and nutrition have made a life of orca far better‚ but studies prove that the whales act much better in the wild. In 2007‚ SeaWorld responded to questions asked by KGTV and stated “We have often said that 30 years is a good estimate of average killer whale lifespan as we can exceed that age‚ as evidence by one of ours‚ Corky. She is at least 40 and perhaps as old as 42. Biology
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On Friday‚ The California State Legislature approved a historic bill that banned the breeding of captive killer whales and orca performances in the state‚ the only exception would be for educational purposes and not entertainment‚ display‚ or performance purposes. The bill also prohibits the export or collect captive orcas coming from any place in California to another state or country‚ unless approved by federal law‚ and importing their semen or embryos of any orcas held in captivity for artificial
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It made us a million times stronger and it filled us with hope‚hope for a better tomorrow.Dawn can came back but we can insure no one else get hurt hurt with one single act. 7.Dear friends I am here today to not to ask you to dislike Seaworld‚I don’t want that.I am here today to insure the freedom of Orcas Whales because like us they also deserve that right .The right our country is based upon and like us they to need to be free and in the wild we have right to take that away from them
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The Phenomenon of Killer Whales in Captivity To what extent has placing orcas in captivity influenced their aggressive behavior in comparison to those in the wild? Session: May 2014 Session Number: 0006 Word Count: 3‚749 Subject: Environmental Systems and Societies Since the release of Gabriella Cowperthwaite’s documentary Blackfish‚ there has been much controversy about the issue of placing killer whales in captivity.
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of these outlets dissipates rapidly once one looks further behind the scenes of these organizations. Places like SeaWorld‚ Ringling Brother’s Circus‚ and countless zoos across America are notorious for their mistreatment of animals. Throughout the last several decades‚ “organized amusement zones” have become a pivotal source of recreation and leisure worldwide. When the first SeaWorld opened in San Diego back in 1959‚ it rapidly became etched into the city’s landscape‚ and its popularity escalated
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bottlenose dolphins. “The nearest living relative of the dolphin on land may be the hippo” (Carmody). Worldwide known‚ Seaworld has published the same opinion on the closest land-dwelling relative to dolphins as well. “Biochemical and genetic studies suggest that even-toed ungulates‚ especially hippopotamuses (Family Hippopotamidae)‚ are cetaceans’ closest living terrestrial relatives” (Seaworld). As displayed‚ sources have proven the hippopotamus may be the closest land-dwelling relative to the genus
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