Life tends to be more rewarding when the make the decision to question everything. Sea world is a theme park and aquatic wildlife zoo that many people adore and even bring along friends and family regularly for a visit, unbeknownst to some of the theme parks most hidden truths. When someone made the decision to question the theme park, secrets were revealed that would change the way anyone looked at the company from then on. Seaworld has been hiding the truth about orca captivity from the public for the entirety of the time that they have had orcas, in order to make themselves look ethical, and to keep up revenue. The company lies to the general public and their trainers, as well as disobeying the every ethical choice that is made make when
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Upon first glance, it may seem as though captivity life must be a dream for orcas. No need to hunt for their own food, and no worries about predators. Further questioning will shed a light on the fact that living in the conditions that they are currently in, are far from ideal. Among the most famous of Seaworld's whales would be tilikum. Tilikum was first a whale that performed at Sealand of the pacific, before being sold to Seaworld. Tilikum was in a floating sea pin with two other orcas at sealand of the pacific where he would constantly be raked. Rakes are teeth marks that would cause a wound on another orca. Many of seaworld's orcas have either inflicted or received rakes, something that rarely to never happens in the wild. …show more content…
When an incoming trainer is recruited, they fail to educate them on the potential harm that these whales can, and have done. Once, a whale jumped over another whale and crushed a trainer, breaking his hip, incident prior to a trainer being hired, that she was never informed of. Also, then another whale, Takara, had her baby, the management was quick to take the baby away from her, where the mother whale then cried for days straight, making cries that had never been picked up from any whale in the wild because they were so long ranges, looking for her calf. When the trainers defended the whale, the management made fun of all of the trainers and just entirely degraded them. (Blackfish...)This may be taken as the management trying to give their trainers tough skin, but in reality it is under educating them, making the unsafe environment painstakingly more
Upon first glance, it may seem as though captivity life must be a dream for orcas. No need to hunt for their own food, and no worries about predators. Further questioning will shed a light on the fact that living in the conditions that they are currently in, are far from ideal. Among the most famous of Seaworld's whales would be tilikum. Tilikum was first a whale that performed at Sealand of the pacific, before being sold to Seaworld. Tilikum was in a floating sea pin with two other orcas at sealand of the pacific where he would constantly be raked. Rakes are teeth marks that would cause a wound on another orca. Many of seaworld's orcas have either inflicted or received rakes, something that rarely to never happens in the wild. …show more content…
When an incoming trainer is recruited, they fail to educate them on the potential harm that these whales can, and have done. Once, a whale jumped over another whale and crushed a trainer, breaking his hip, incident prior to a trainer being hired, that she was never informed of. Also, then another whale, Takara, had her baby, the management was quick to take the baby away from her, where the mother whale then cried for days straight, making cries that had never been picked up from any whale in the wild because they were so long ranges, looking for her calf. When the trainers defended the whale, the management made fun of all of the trainers and just entirely degraded them. (Blackfish...)This may be taken as the management trying to give their trainers tough skin, but in reality it is under educating them, making the unsafe environment painstakingly more