SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment

Should Orcas Be Set Free? Many people can probably say they have been to a Shamu show at SeaWorld. They probably sat and watched how the magnificent Killer Whales do everything their trainer 's say. It’s amazing how well they listen and are able to learn all the different motions. In the 1960’s, Orcas began being hunted and sold to amusement parks for millions of dollars. They are pack animals, and travel together within their pod. Orcas are taken from their families, are underfed, and spend…

David Perle from PETA points out that “orcas in the wild do not regurgitate their food although they constantly do at SeaWorld, betraying their frustration and causing a health…

World has been treating orcas in a in humane way, and unliveable conditions in amusement parks. The Killer Whale has a very delicate mental status. The animal when kept in captivity is very narrow-minded and can get distressed at times. The film used this exact statement to help argue the intension across to the viewers that killer whales in confinement at Sea World do not deserve and don't belong as entertainment for humans. Blackfish as used rational support to the right by saying the Killer…

Have you ever been to Sea World? Have you ever seen the film Blackfish? Blackfish is a documentary on how killer whales, specifically the famous Tilikum, are affected by being held in captivity. The whales are captured to be used as entertainment at SeaWorld parks around the world. People that have not watched the film may ask how they could possibly be affected and . Blackfish has shown that keeping killer whales in captivity brings danger to the whales themselves, the whales they interact with…

whether wild life should be held captive or not, Sea World specifically has gotten a lot of bad attention because of all the trainer and killer whale incidents. The way they keep their killer whales contained is also a big part of why Seaworld is getting bad attention. Seaworld has come out with a new commercial telling people that they are not a bad place and how the animals are being treated great there. From what has been said the whales that are kept captive do not have enough space, Animals…

documentary Blackfish, which debuted in 2013, director Gabriela Cowperthwaite argues that SeaWorld keeping killer whales in captivity is not only inhumane and dangerous for the whales themselves, but also dangerous to humans that train them and interact with them on a daily basis. The documentary starts off with a very famous phone call to the Orange County sheriff saying that the Senior trainer for SeaWorld, Dawn Brancheau, had been eaten by a Killer Whale; her arm was completely ripped off her…

The power of emotion: compassion In Marina Keegan’s essay, Why We Care About Whales, Marina claims on how humans value the life of humans and the life of non-human animals. The essay starts with a social occurrence of emerging beached whales. A natural force that is created by the movement of both the moon and the Earth push whales to the beach. While giving a detailed, vivid explanation of how beached whales die, Marina maximizes the sadness and lamentation of whales’ deaths. Furthermore, she…

Have you ever found out something you should’ve known before? In the novel Marino Mission we meet Alexa who is experiencing something she never thought she would. Alexa’s mission exudes secretly because she gathers information behind the backs of others, works with Jose to test DNA and does all of this in a classified and protected military space. Alexa goes around collecting information from the backs of others to better understand what’s happening at Marino Mission. To start, Alexa gets up…

told to do this, did not agree with taking the wales from their natural habitat and families and had recoded what was going on. People who worked at Sea World had shared their story by being interviewed and even a couple of visitors who came to the park were interviewed to add to the documentary. Another large way the documenters received footage for this documentary was from the people who had worked at Sea World in the past, they had recoded their work. When things would go wrong it would be…

documentary Blackfish premiered in select theaters and on CNN. This film highlights the unbearable reality of SeaWorld -- behind closed doors. It focuses on Tilikum, a 12,500 pound bull Orca (Cowperthwaite). Tilikum’s tragic story became the inspiration for the documentary. This highly controversial film has been the root cause of numerous protests. Just one year after Blackfish SeaWorld went down 48% in the stock market and lost 7% of their annual profit (Rooney, 1). The debate to free Orcas…