Killer whales

this, twenty-six killer whales are imprisoned at four SeaWorld parks as victims of their fulsome treatment. Many visitors of SeaWorld are incognizant to the reality behind the Shamu show. The amusement park hides behind a mask of care and benevolence, but truthfully it is an abusement park. SeaWorld does not and never will have the right to keep orcas in the palm of their hands, let alone risk their trainers’ lives to have such proximity to a wild, untamed animal. Killer whales, despite the…

captures the psychological torture killer whales, specifically Tilikum and Kasatka, face at Sea World after being brutally separated from their families. The film takes us through the journey of captured killer whales becoming mentally unstable and being used for entertainment purposes. This film displays archival footage and interviews with former trainers who had close experiences with killer whales at Sea World. The attacks at Sea World stem from the whales’ separation from their families,…

Orca whales in captivity and the safety of the trainers. The purpose of this documentary is to bring to light if animals, specifically Orca Whales should be held in captivity and if it is a safety issue for the animal trainers. Briefly in the documentary we are shown an injured Orca whale named Tilikum, after another Orca whale ,from a different Pod, has attacked him. Through the arguments of first hand experiences of trainers and workers, as well as addressing the separation of Orca whale pods,…

The documentary Blackfish brings to the public attention the aggressive behaviors displayed by killer whales in captivity. In particular, they focus on an orca by the name of Tilikum held in captivity, by Sealand and later SeaWorld, for close to three decades. Tilikum has caused the death of three people, during his time in captivity--- the most recent being that of Dawn Brancheau, an expert trainer for SeaWorld Orlando. Dawn’s death has sparked increased controversy for the popular…

trainers, like dog trainers, bird trainers and lion tamers but the ones I’ll be focusing on is the dolphin trainers. In SeaWorld, dolphin trainers train dolphins and sometimes killer whales to perform tricks for large group of people. These trainers put on two shows a day to a large group of people, having the dolphins or whales perform tricks or giving the signal to splash the audience with water. It may sound like all fun and games on the outside but that does not mean that there are not any…

disappointing. It did not just fail; it crashed and burned. “Blackfish” is a documentary that shows the psychological and physical harm Sea World is doing to their Killer whales by keeping them in a confined space. The Documentary also demonstrates the danger Sea World is putting their trainers in by having them work with their killer whales. In response Sea World published, on their website, an article titled "Truth about Blackfish". The article attempts multiple times to discredit "Blackfish"…

In 2013, the documentary Blackfish premiered. The director, Gabriela Cowperthwaite, says that she was interested in learning why the orca whales would “bite the hand that feeds it”. She also claims that she did not start the documentary as an animal activists but started the production in order to understand the death incidents. Blackfish follows the story of Tilikum the movie explains his…

trainer. A few incidents of when an orca acted out were when Orky crushed John Sillick while he was riding another killer whale or when Orkid pulled Tamari into the whale tank. Ken Peters was one of the lucky trainers at SeaWorld. Kasatka dragged him to the bottom of the pool. After continually being let go of and grabbed onto again by Kasatka, Ken Peters eventually convinced the whale to let go of him (Cowperthwaite). “Orcas have not gone crazy, but are frustrated and have no outlet,” as one of…

Navarrete 1 When most people are told to think of a whale, they do not immediately think of a whale swimming in the ocean with the rest of it’s pod. Instead, they usually imagine a whale inside a compact glass tank or performing in front of a huge crowd of people who are on vacation. Killer and Orca whales have been found in captivity since the early nineteen sixties and are still found in captivity to this day. Although many of these amusement park and aquarium visitors would agree that these…

performance consequences, medical problems, and a shorter lifespan. Keeping killer whales in captivity is an inhumane way to entertain humans. Since 1961, orcas have been captured to exhibit them in marine parks. Due to the immense interest of money, owners of these parks wanted to have a more exotic attraction that would catch the publics eye. These magnificent creatures are being forced to perform at least four times a day. Killer whales are highly intelligent mammals. They have learned to…