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Blackfish belong in the wild and not in captivity. During the video one of the trainers said “Tilikum; one of the blackfish,has a curved fin”. It is due to captivity because it is a proven fact that less that 1% of blackfish get curved fins, and the ones that do usually are in captivity. Curved fins can also be caused by having no space in which to swim freely which is overall unacceptable and inhumane .This is a good example on why blackfish belong in the sea instead of a trapped closed in place. Holding animals captive is cruel. They do not deserve to be stuck in a closed up dark place, that is small in width and 20 feet deep which seaworld explained in the video that the blackfish were placed in there at night every day ,for 20 years.

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