SeaWorld is not only a fun place to see animals do tricks, but the training behind it is not what it seems. Nobody thinks about how much time is spent training the whales or the damage being to them. “Do not cry for me I am free now Fight for me Be our voice. Be our hope,” (Cotillard). Many of the whales should not be held captive in small tanks doing tricks just for entertainment. However, many organizations are created to voice opinions and animal captivity. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), is an organization that shows how cruel Seaworld is towards the animals, and everyone should give some time to voice their own opinion about the animal captivity at SeaWorld because whales or any other animal should not be endangered
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Many of the whales are taken from the ocean and brought into SeaWorld. The transition from the ocean to a small tank in hard to adjust to. At a young age, the whales were taken away from their mothers. The captivity policy has been going on since 1961. Also the feeding policy. The whales only get fed one- three and a half percent of their weight. Normally they are used to eating anything they could get. But are now limited to what they can eat. Finally the death age of whales. Whales are known to live a long life span (males; eighty- one hundred females; sixty- seventy) however since they are in a place with a huge living difference, the whales normally live up to thirty- fifty years (Orcas In Captivity Have A Shorter …show more content…
For example; the collapsed dorsal fin. Mainly the male orca whales in captivity have a collapsed fin. According to the Free Morgan Foundation, “...which is a sign of injured or unhealthy” (Collapsed Dorsal Fins). Many of the whales have sunburn, but Seaworld covers it up with black zinc oxide. The dorsal fin is used to help the whales swim faster in the ocean but due to the less water pressure at SeaWorld it is caused to collapsed. According to PETA, “The suit is based on the plain text of the 13th Amendment, which prohibits the condition of slavery without reference to “person” or any particular class of victim” (PETA). Thus show that captivity in not
Many of the whales are taken from the ocean and brought into SeaWorld. The transition from the ocean to a small tank in hard to adjust to. At a young age, the whales were taken away from their mothers. The captivity policy has been going on since 1961. Also the feeding policy. The whales only get fed one- three and a half percent of their weight. Normally they are used to eating anything they could get. But are now limited to what they can eat. Finally the death age of whales. Whales are known to live a long life span (males; eighty- one hundred females; sixty- seventy) however since they are in a place with a huge living difference, the whales normally live up to thirty- fifty years (Orcas In Captivity Have A Shorter …show more content…
For example; the collapsed dorsal fin. Mainly the male orca whales in captivity have a collapsed fin. According to the Free Morgan Foundation, “...which is a sign of injured or unhealthy” (Collapsed Dorsal Fins). Many of the whales have sunburn, but Seaworld covers it up with black zinc oxide. The dorsal fin is used to help the whales swim faster in the ocean but due to the less water pressure at SeaWorld it is caused to collapsed. According to PETA, “The suit is based on the plain text of the 13th Amendment, which prohibits the condition of slavery without reference to “person” or any particular class of victim” (PETA). Thus show that captivity in not