Should Orcas Be Held In Captivity? Orcas‚ also known as “killer whales”‚ are the largest specie of dolphin. You can go to just about any marine park‚ such as Sea World‚ and watch these mammals entertain. A lot of people are completely unaware of the suffering and emotional stress that Orcas endure in these parks. Should these mammals be held in captivity just for the public’s entertainment and money? Over time‚ there have been at least 145 orcas captured from the wild
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Introduction Whales are the largest marine mammal in the world‚ living in all of the major oceans from the Arctic and Antarctic oceans to the tropical waters around the world. Human whaling is to hunt and kill whales for the use of their meat‚ oil and blubber. It is estimated that three million whales were killed in the twentieth century alone. According to the survey‚ there are only 10‚000 - 20‚000 whales surviving in the oceans today. Rapidly decreasing number of whales has affected the ocean’s
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want. If Seaworld is to continue with these actions and brings in more animals from the wild it could possibly lead to the extinction of some species. SeaWorld was but on the deaths of Orcas. In 1965 the first ever Orca performance was held. The whale that performed was a female Orca named Shamu. When Shamu was still just a baby she was captured and taken from her parents. During her capture though her mother was killed by a man named Ted Griffin using a harpoon. Ted worked for SeaWorld in capturing
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Atsuki Yamamoto (David) Empathic response on the Whale Rider You are Kahu at the end of the concert when Koro didn’t show up. Write your thoughts. Paka didn’t show up to the concert today. That speech that I gave at the end was for him. I wrote it because I wanted him to know how much I love and admire him‚ but the seat that was reserved for him was empty throughout the whole concert. If only I was a boy‚ Koro would have loved me more than he does. At the beginning of the concert I thought
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life? Killer whales stuck in seaworlds bathtub-like tank have to suffer with this for their whole life. In the documentary Blackfish‚ Seaworld’s cruiety to these beautiful creatures is exposed to the public hoping to stop people from visiting the theme park. It has convinced me for sure. Killer whales swim up to 100 miles a day in the wild. At seaworld‚ they can only swim in circles over and over during the day. It gets worse after 5 p.m. when the shows end. At this time the whales are placed in
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Literally every single day a trainer and killer whale shared the same tank that trainers’ life was on the line. Many trainers were often injured “Hargrove‚ who quit SeaWorld in 2012‚ suffered numerous broken bones and nearly destroyed his sinuses. It was a risk he ran with his eyes open‚ and one that‚ in the end‚ he seems to feel was almost worth it. "I owe those whales‚" he says in an interview. "They gave me so much in my life and my career." But the whales’ physical and emotional well-being‚ he grew
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A parable tells of three blind men confronted by an elephant. One touches the leg‚ and concludes the elephant is built like a tree. The next grasps the trunk and believes the elephant to be a giant snake. The third strokes the side‚ and describes a solid wall. A parallel exists here with the controversy over commercial whaling. No matter how long or hard proponents and opponents debate the subject‚ they never seem to be looking at the same animal. There are‚ of course‚ several aspects which have
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any orca doing any harm to any human in the wild” (Blackfish) and “there are 70 plus instances where whales attack trainers”
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be sea pens or netted off bays or coves in temperate to cold water natural habitat. The sanctuary would offer the animals respite from performing and the constant exposure to a parade of strangers. Expert caretakers would continue to train retired whales for veterinary procedures‚ but would not get in the water and would remain at a safe distance. Hopefully these sanctuaries will become empty over‚ with all the rehabilitated orcas released into the
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boots crushed the flaky snow littered around them‚ the pure white color brimming off the snow nearly blinded them as they’re eyes were already so adjusted to the Ruin’s crude lighting. Naturally‚ Gon was freezing in the new wintery environment with Whale Island’s warm upbringing and naturally‚ Killua was indifferent to the sub-zero temperature. "Don’t you feel like we’re being watched?" Killua slipped in. His comment made Gon’s stomach twist in such a way he hadn’t felt before since fall down into
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