Pafford, 1 Research Paper
There are differing opinions about the ethical treatment of animals at SeaWorld. SeaWorld was founded in March 15, 1959 by George Millay, Milt Shedd, Ken Norris and David DeMott. Their ideas grew into a marine zoological park. It grew into the marine park we know today. Shamu was one of the first orcas captured alive. This made her a very popular orca that a lot people knew about and wanted to go see. There are still a lot of disagreements with how she was treated. People still argue against the treatments of animals at SeaWorld. Based on research, SeaWorld treats their animals ethically and that they care for the animals they have at their parks. SeaWorld does more good than harm in many ways.
Kacie Kripner was a trainer at SeaWorld for seven years. She spoke out and told the true story about her time working and interacting with the animals. The senior trainers took her under their wing when she was new and taught her the “ways of SeaWorld”. Kripner was taught how to clean everything, prepare food, and build relationships with the …show more content…
Fischeck spoke about the “fighting” that occurs at SeaWorld. "You'd be diving at the bottom of the tanks and you'd find these long strips of what looked like black rubber, and it was skin they'd peeled off each other. We had divers take whale skin home to their families all the time as souvenirs…” While she was cleaning their pools, she would see the orcas fighting with each other. They would often have rake marks or other injuries caused by the fighting. Based on her experiences, Fischbeck explained, "They're always beating up on each other, it's nothing new. The trainers know it, we know it” (Schelling 3). Even though people see the orcas “fighting” or interacting with each other in a negative way, maybe they are just play fighting. It happens as they try to establish dominance within the
There are differing opinions about the ethical treatment of animals at SeaWorld. SeaWorld was founded in March 15, 1959 by George Millay, Milt Shedd, Ken Norris and David DeMott. Their ideas grew into a marine zoological park. It grew into the marine park we know today. Shamu was one of the first orcas captured alive. This made her a very popular orca that a lot people knew about and wanted to go see. There are still a lot of disagreements with how she was treated. People still argue against the treatments of animals at SeaWorld. Based on research, SeaWorld treats their animals ethically and that they care for the animals they have at their parks. SeaWorld does more good than harm in many ways.
Kacie Kripner was a trainer at SeaWorld for seven years. She spoke out and told the true story about her time working and interacting with the animals. The senior trainers took her under their wing when she was new and taught her the “ways of SeaWorld”. Kripner was taught how to clean everything, prepare food, and build relationships with the …show more content…
Fischeck spoke about the “fighting” that occurs at SeaWorld. "You'd be diving at the bottom of the tanks and you'd find these long strips of what looked like black rubber, and it was skin they'd peeled off each other. We had divers take whale skin home to their families all the time as souvenirs…” While she was cleaning their pools, she would see the orcas fighting with each other. They would often have rake marks or other injuries caused by the fighting. Based on her experiences, Fischbeck explained, "They're always beating up on each other, it's nothing new. The trainers know it, we know it” (Schelling 3). Even though people see the orcas “fighting” or interacting with each other in a negative way, maybe they are just play fighting. It happens as they try to establish dominance within the