Shamu, one of the most famous killer whales known to mankind. This whale has become well known throughout the several years that Sea World has been around. As time progresses, there has been various studies that have justified whether or not Sea World promotes a good atmosphere for these massive killer whales and whether or not these whales should be taken out of their natural habitat in order for multiple peoples’ entertainment and pleasure. Whoever was considering taking these animals out their homes must have been thinking only about human’s entertainment and not these species wellbeing. Killer whales should not be taken out of their natural environments and put into Sea World because Sea World forced these whales into their environment
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The greater risk that is promoted with everything and anything that is involved with their health. Not only is their health decreased when taken out of the wild, but their life expectancy is as well. An author who studied killer whales in captivity was able to claim that their life seems to be shorter when being captive, “Large carnivorous orcas do poorly in captivity, dying at young ages. Kirby notes that orcas at SeaWorld die at a rate two and a half times higher than orcas in the wild. And they can lash out at their trainers, with fatal results.” (PALMER, 55) So from the big scheme of things, not only are the whales lives in danger, but the trainers who attempt to domesticate these animals are in danger at all times as well. Along with just the life span of the captivated whales, there are also many illnesses that are connected to the whales as they are captured. Usually the illnesses are pretty severe and cause a lot of endurance for the whale in order for them to survive, “Causes of death determined at necropsy included mediastinal abscesses, pyometra, pneumonia, influenza, salmonellosis, nephritis, Chediak-Higashi syndrome, fungus infection, ruptured aorta, cerebral hemorrhage and a perforated postpyloric ulcer. Captive females appear to have a higher rate of mortality than males. Growth rates for whales that died were greater than for those that survived.” (Ridgway) These diseases sound very serious and in all reality they are. These disease can put the orca’s life at risk, but Sea World still continuous to hold these mammals even though their likeliness of surviving isn’t very high. The fact that there are more whales that died rather than survived should also convince people that these animals are not meant to be contained within Sea World.
The greater risk that is promoted with everything and anything that is involved with their health. Not only is their health decreased when taken out of the wild, but their life expectancy is as well. An author who studied killer whales in captivity was able to claim that their life seems to be shorter when being captive, “Large carnivorous orcas do poorly in captivity, dying at young ages. Kirby notes that orcas at SeaWorld die at a rate two and a half times higher than orcas in the wild. And they can lash out at their trainers, with fatal results.” (PALMER, 55) So from the big scheme of things, not only are the whales lives in danger, but the trainers who attempt to domesticate these animals are in danger at all times as well. Along with just the life span of the captivated whales, there are also many illnesses that are connected to the whales as they are captured. Usually the illnesses are pretty severe and cause a lot of endurance for the whale in order for them to survive, “Causes of death determined at necropsy included mediastinal abscesses, pyometra, pneumonia, influenza, salmonellosis, nephritis, Chediak-Higashi syndrome, fungus infection, ruptured aorta, cerebral hemorrhage and a perforated postpyloric ulcer. Captive females appear to have a higher rate of mortality than males. Growth rates for whales that died were greater than for those that survived.” (Ridgway) These diseases sound very serious and in all reality they are. These disease can put the orca’s life at risk, but Sea World still continuous to hold these mammals even though their likeliness of surviving isn’t very high. The fact that there are more whales that died rather than survived should also convince people that these animals are not meant to be contained within Sea World.