The home of the majestic creature, the killer whale, takes place in the sea; that is where they belong. In 2010, a killer whale that belongs to SeaWorld killed a trainer at SeaWorld’s Shamu Stadium in Orlando, Florida as stated in SeaWorld Trainer Killed by Killer Whale; however there is an argument on whether the killer whale genuinely killed the trainer. The news reports claimed that the trainer named Dawn Brancheau died from the attack of the killer whale; thus this tragic event shocked the whole nation. There have been several descriptions on how the trainer died. The reporters, John Couwels and Brian Todd, wrote the article “SeaWorld Trainer Killed by Killer Whale” to mainly highlight the perspectives of the witnesses and workers from
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While they are in captivity, they have very little space and cannot behave naturally (Captivity); living in a small tank is very different from living in the sea. This change in environment could affect the whales to having odd behavior. Since they are trained creatures that live in smaller tanks, this could cause them to misbehave and disobey the trainer’s orders. “Captive whales and dolphins have been trained to perform tricks, day after day, for food as a reward instead of behaving naturally.” After all, whales are intelligent creatures and trainers would train them to follow orders so they would use the whales as entertainment in aquariums. Placing these creatures in such small tanks can result in stress and aggression, so this could be a possible reason why the killer whale might have possibly killed the trainer. With this intention, captivity has negative impacts on these creatures. The reporters mentioned a quote from a marine consultant in Seattle, Washington named Fred Felleman which stated, “Keeping the social animals in what amounts to isolation is bound to cause problems;” Felleman was right about that and how captivity caused the killer whale to act out and attack the trainer. The reporters quoted from Jack Hanna, director emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio, “What happened is …show more content…
Throughout the article, Couwels and Todd continuously added numerous sources to defend their argument. For example, in the article “SeaWorld Trainer Killed by Killer Whale,” they announced information such as, “A SeaWorld employee who asked not to be identified confirmed the description of the attack” to clarify that their facts are accurate. If their facts were not accurate, then the audience would not believe the story is true. Since they used various sources, they have a confident tone stating the
While they are in captivity, they have very little space and cannot behave naturally (Captivity); living in a small tank is very different from living in the sea. This change in environment could affect the whales to having odd behavior. Since they are trained creatures that live in smaller tanks, this could cause them to misbehave and disobey the trainer’s orders. “Captive whales and dolphins have been trained to perform tricks, day after day, for food as a reward instead of behaving naturally.” After all, whales are intelligent creatures and trainers would train them to follow orders so they would use the whales as entertainment in aquariums. Placing these creatures in such small tanks can result in stress and aggression, so this could be a possible reason why the killer whale might have possibly killed the trainer. With this intention, captivity has negative impacts on these creatures. The reporters mentioned a quote from a marine consultant in Seattle, Washington named Fred Felleman which stated, “Keeping the social animals in what amounts to isolation is bound to cause problems;” Felleman was right about that and how captivity caused the killer whale to act out and attack the trainer. The reporters quoted from Jack Hanna, director emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio, “What happened is …show more content…
Throughout the article, Couwels and Todd continuously added numerous sources to defend their argument. For example, in the article “SeaWorld Trainer Killed by Killer Whale,” they announced information such as, “A SeaWorld employee who asked not to be identified confirmed the description of the attack” to clarify that their facts are accurate. If their facts were not accurate, then the audience would not believe the story is true. Since they used various sources, they have a confident tone stating the