Killer whale

“Blackfish” questions the treatment and imprisonment of Orca Whales and proposes the idea that being held in small enclosures is detrimental to the health of these intelligent beings. After the documentary aired, “Seaworld’s profits dropped 84%” (Rhodan), but there are some visitors who still choose to attend the amusement park. What is the amoral history behind Seaworld? Are Seaworld visitors an accomplice to the abuse of Orca Whales? Should they be held captive at all? The first…

that to their Killer Whales. In recent years the topic of SeaWorld holding Orcas captive for entertainment purposes has been very controversial. Orcas being captured needs to be ceased. Going back to 1970, Puget Sound, WA was when they captured the first whales for Sealand. John Crowe was the driver of the boat, according to him the way they caught them was by aircraft, spotters, speedboats and they actually had bombs that they would throw into the water to harm the Orcas. The whales were…

propaganda piece Blackfish tried to turn it’s audience against the idea of whales held in captivity, yet the film was ineffective because it utilized emotional appeal, inappropriate diction, and contained many logical fallacies thus alienating those that viewed the piece. Blackfish, commissioned by CNN Films and directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite, is a response to the, amongst other things, taking whales from the wild, separating whales from their mothers, and keeping them in a miniscule…

was placed in Namu’s enclosure where the two never got along and she became aggressive toward Namu and Griffin. During this time SeaWorld started looking for an orca of their own and purchased the aggressive whale from Mr. Griffin for $70,000. The owners of SeaWorld not only wanted the whale, but they wanted to name her Namu and also purchase the rights to the name. Mr. Griffin would not sell the rights to the name or allow the use of the name, so they decided on the name Shamu, which they…

NASEEM SALEM AHMED 110045120 Bachelor’s Degree in Business Accounting Mr. Anizan Sulaiman Thursday 3:00 pm class Argumentative essay People should stop eating or consuming shark fin soup Do you agree fin soup is unhealthy ? Does it effect the environment? How many sharks being killed because of fin soup ? Shark finning is the process of cutting sharks fins and make soup from it is known as shark fin soup it is considered as a part of Chinese culture while test come from soup ingredients. It is…

Thoughts on the Killing of Dolphins Frank Aikins 1.Introduction Dolphins may extinct in about 17 years if their rampant killings are not controlled. This is actually sooner than expected. According to the records and statistics gathered by “Enviro-Strong”, at wildlife protection agency, Dolphin Killings rises by approximately 17% every year (The dolphin Issue ETP). This means there are no signs of an immediate end to the brutal killings of Dolphins. Governmental organizations must pay…

APES Extra Credit Assignment PG 5 IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, ENSURING A FUTURE FOR SHRKS People are killing so many sharks for fins, and it causes them to get closer and closer to extinct. Sharks are important to marine ecosystem, because they play a key role in climate change and food webs. Some countries ignore the importance of control the amount of sharks, which they eat and sell for money, they catch. In order to help the population of sharks to go up, EDF and Mote Marine Laboratory of…

Summary of the african dolphin being put onto the endangered mammals list the reason why they are on the list. They label that something is vulnerable but they never check up on the species to see if there is a decline in the population and then they say that it is such a shame that it has to be the way it is. I think that if they would have watched the species that they would have never had the problem that they currently have. The humpback dolphin was poorly studied mammal used to be on the…

A shaman shares his observations regarding stress. He states that stress is simply a response to fear and in Indigenous cultures, stress being activated in dangerous situations indicate a human is mentally healthy. The stress that we experience in our modern society is an unhealthy aberration of the natural and healthy response to fear. The shaman said that Indigenous people observe animal’s behaviors to remind them of their own true instincts. He used an example of when a gazelle is chased by a…

Although there are many extinct animals, the Great Auk is an extraordinary animal. The Great Auk also had many variations in their egg’s, the streaks in their egg’s allowed the mating pair to recognize their egg at their breeding colony so they could determine the egg belonged to them. The Great Auk’s scientific name is also Pinguinus Impennis(“Great Auk”). The Great Auk’s habitat and geography. The Great Auk’s nesting colonies were settled upon rocky islands with sloping shorelines that…