Gabriela Cowperthwaite Of Blackfish Analysis

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Director-producer Gabriela Cowperthwaite of Blackfish tells the story of Tilikum, An Orca at Sea world used for performance shows that killed several people while in captivity. Along the way, Mr. Cowperthwaite shows emotional shocking inter footage and interviews to explore the wheals pulled out of nature and the inhuman treatments the orcas where get in captivity. Some of the trainers that live and the ones that were lost was put under pressure brought this sea-park industry billions of dollars. Tilikums
Orcas have nature sense of being in the wild in open water. If Sea World and Sea Land wanted to take them, they should have taken all of them that where around in the same group. By taken the full group of wheals it would give Sea World

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