The article titled: After SeaWorld, A “Blackfish” Effect On The Circuses and Zoos?, was written about how Seaworld is going to stop housing Killer Whales. In the introductory paragraph(s) Senior Vice President of PETA Lisa Lange spoke about how SeaWorld is deciding to stop housing Orca whales. Lange mentioned this change was due inpart to the incident in 2010, when trainer Dawn Brancheau was pulled under by an Orca. Lange went on to talk about the cruel treatment of animals in other countries. She pointed to the map and showed how the different countries banned such poor treatment of the animals. When describing the people who train these animals like pets to do tricks, Lange stated "The public has completely changed its opinion on exploiting
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Tricia Kenney, who is a mom of two girls, says that her girls wrote school papers about this animal cruelty a while back and said how her own daughters stated, "..zoo's and aquariums, for the most part, try to recreate a natural environment for the animal and, more importantly, don't disrespect them by having them perform all day long and do things that are completely unnatural for them"(Wallace, pg.1). After that a Dad named Whit Honea discussed how he doesn't normally take his kids to the circus because of the "'abusive treatment'" (Wallace, pg.1). He also went on to say how when they take their occasional trips to the zoo, they make sure it is a zoo that provides rescue for animals and provides good animal care. Whit then goes on to say how he tries to make every trip to the zoo a learning experience and how the zoos and aquariums should start to do that, instead of abusing animals. In the last section of the article, Mom, Laurie Marshall talks about the benefits of SeaWorld. For example, her kids get to see animals, that are normally found in the depths of the ocean, close up. She also describes how much of an enjoyment places like SeaWorld bring her kids and how no matter what people say, she will always take her kids to zoos and aquariums, just to see the enjoyment brought upon their
Tricia Kenney, who is a mom of two girls, says that her girls wrote school papers about this animal cruelty a while back and said how her own daughters stated, "..zoo's and aquariums, for the most part, try to recreate a natural environment for the animal and, more importantly, don't disrespect them by having them perform all day long and do things that are completely unnatural for them"(Wallace, pg.1). After that a Dad named Whit Honea discussed how he doesn't normally take his kids to the circus because of the "'abusive treatment'" (Wallace, pg.1). He also went on to say how when they take their occasional trips to the zoo, they make sure it is a zoo that provides rescue for animals and provides good animal care. Whit then goes on to say how he tries to make every trip to the zoo a learning experience and how the zoos and aquariums should start to do that, instead of abusing animals. In the last section of the article, Mom, Laurie Marshall talks about the benefits of SeaWorld. For example, her kids get to see animals, that are normally found in the depths of the ocean, close up. She also describes how much of an enjoyment places like SeaWorld bring her kids and how no matter what people say, she will always take her kids to zoos and aquariums, just to see the enjoyment brought upon their