Dolphin

Despite their efforts, problems still remain, forcing these groups to look at new ways to make people aware of the inhumane treatment and slaughter of marine life. Back in 2009, ex dolphin trainer Ric O’Barry teamed up with Louie Psihoyos to produce The Cove, an 87 minute documentary promoting the protection of dolphins, specifically those being decimated in the Japanese town of Taiji. Inspired by this film, Judy Bart set out to create a similar documentary, raising awareness for orcas in…

unlucky sea animals. These dolphins and Sea Lions should not be used in the Navy because they are at risk of losing their lives, they are deceived by their task and think that they are playing a game, and they are fighting for victory of a problem they did not start. Dolphins and Sea Lions are at risk of losing their lives while they are a part of the Navy. For example, in Dolphins, sea lions train for Navy deployment to overseas trouble spots, it is stated that “The dolphins and the sea lions,…

include tails, ribs and jaws being badly damaged (PetA). The mammals destroy their own teeth chewing on bars. When swimming, dolphins scrape body parts against the sides of the tank and fiberglass. Injuries are also developed when fleeing from aggressive altercations with other mammals. Bacteria from interactive programs can also cause major infections. All dolphins who are held captive have collapsed dorsal fins, which rarely occur in wild orcas, proving captivity can change a mammals…

Swimming with dolphins in captivity is exciting enough, but getting to be out in the open waters and watch wild dolphins in their natural habitat is something totally different and unique! And that’s why Dolphin World is pleased to offer the Wild Dolphin Encounter in beautiful Bimini, Bahamas. The Bahamas are a collection of nice-sized islands, with the biggest being North and South Bimini. Though technically the biggest islands, a vacation to Bimini still has a quaint and charming feel, perfect…

While you're paying money to go see sea animal do tricks, looking like they're happy and having the time of their lives, you’re actually just paying for more equipment for them to make these sea animals lives even more miserable. In captivity, many sea animals such as Orcas suffer from poor physical and mental health. When they are not in captivity they can travel 50 to 100 miles a day. But with them being in places like sea world their tanks are normally only twice their size, forcing the…

Orcas have their own sophisticated culture and way of life, but living in captivity may not allow them to realize the full benefit of cultural theory. This is not what the founders of SeaWorld envisioned. Therefore, because of documentaries like Black Fish and pressure from animal researchers, activist and those who embrace cultural theory, SeaWorld is moving away from the practice of holding orcas in captivity. This may seem like a potential disaster for such a successful business model and…

King and Janik, bottlenose dolphins use particular whistle recognition to communicate with one another. This study looked at…

take into consideration that tanks should be expanded because it’ll let cetaceans have better social interaction with other cetaceans and show improvement on reducing chronic stress plus being on the verge of death (O’Neill 1). If every person was a dolphin, a beluga, or an orca, we wouldn’t have to deal with being in captivity because there wouldn’t be any human beings to traffick us and place us into enclosed tanks, which would be full of filth and germs that would make us…

The endangered orcas are found in oceans everywhere both hot and humid and also cold from the icy waters of the North and South poles to sultry seas. The killer whale is the most cosmically huge member of the dolphin family, and there are about 5 various species of orcas in the oceans. These amazing creatures hunt in pods that consist of 6 to 40 killer whales. They hunt for gigantic fish, seal, and sea lion and frequently seabirds and mammals. The orca’s top speed is approximately 30 mph but can…

According to the WDC (Whale and Dolphin Conservation) organization, at least 44 orcas have died in SeaWorld. There is at least 40 killer whales that are still in captivity (Killer Whales in Captivity, 1). Within 30 years, there has been 3 deaths at SeaWorld. It was caused by the same killer whale. The killer whale is called Tilikum (10 things you didn’t know about SeaWorld, 1). Tilikum was the start of why the audience started to question what was going on behind the gates. SeaWorld has been…