SeaWorld

The Plight of Captive Killer Whales Between 1966 and 1970, more than 200 orcas were captured from Puget Sound, Washington to fill marine parks like SeaWorld (“Historical”). Ted Griffin and Don Goldsberry invented a technique to catch them. Boats herded the animals into a bay where the men deployed a net to catch them (Blackfish; “Historical”). As the men were closing the nets, they used explosives to herd escaping killer whales back into the nets (Kirby 153). Ralph Munro, an assistant to Dan…

As well a new social issue that has arisen is unnatural breeding of animals. In recent research animals that belong to the entertainment aquarium as numerous may know as SeaWorld has been unnaturally breeding their orcas. SeaWorld is trying to argue what they are doing is not wrong. They have been in recent lawsuits regarding to the animals that they preserve held at their facilities. Another issue that is going on right now is ivory being taken from…

Based on a documentary called "BlackFish", SeaWorld lies about many things. Now, imagine being on a still boat in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of California. A seal is swimming around your boat. All of a sudden you see a group of killer whales (pod) swimming furiously, with one thing on its mind. Food. The instinct to hunt its prey, and the blood lust going through its mind. The seal is trying to evade the whales by dodging their mouths, and swimming vigorously away. Then, in one sudden…

negatives of keeping killer whales in captivity. It drives home the fact that industries who keep these large creatures captive, should be boycotted by the public. Blackfish uses literary devices to evoke the audience’s emotions to persuade them that the SeaWorld industry is cruel and that killer whales do not belong in captivity, but also explains it in a biased point of view. When one first looks at the documentary, visually, it is both thought and emotionally resonating. The cover of the…

They are known for their great size and black and white markings. Wild orcas live in oceans and seas all over the world, but are abundant in Iceland, Antarctica, and the Pacific Northwest. Captive orcas live in marine animal water parks such as SeaWorld and Marineland. In this report, I will be discussing the hunting, social behavior, similarities to dolphins, the reason behind the killings of trainers, and captivity pro’s and con’s of the orca. Orca devouring a sea lion. Orcas are…

2017 Captive Killer Whales There are currently a total of sixty-two orcas held in captivity as of May 2017. Thirty-four of these whales were born in captivity and twenty-eight of them were captured from the wild (Robles). The popular marine park, SeaWorld, is home to the majority of these captive Killer Whales. Even though the park has announced that its days of breeding the Orcas is over, the whales are still mentally and physically abused as a result of ---. In 2013, a now popular…

employees who work at SeaWorld do not need any background experience and don’t even have to understand anything about how orca brains work and how they interact and react to certain situations? Because of this, many employees think that orcas have a sweet personality and won’t harm anyone because they seem like they love what they are doing, but this is not fully true, according to Gabriela Cowperthwaite, the producer of the documentary Blackfish. Orcas are being held captive at SeaWorld, and…

been abusing the animals in their care. Animals are physically abused in traditional circuses like the Ringling Brothers circus and are forced into captivity by modern circuses like SeaWorld. This paper will review the history of circuses before examining the treatment of animals in both the Ringling circus and SeaWorld, arguing these forms of entertainment should not be allowed to continue.…

is the book Double or Nothing by Dennis Foon and the movie Blackfish, directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite. Core values shown in this book are a lack of empathy and responsibility by King Hewitt. In Blackfish, John Hargrove exemplifies empathy while Seaworld and Sealand show a lack of empathy and responsibility. In the book Double or Nothing, characters values are shown through their actions.” “I’m not falling for it. I’m an expert at this ploy. I hold my ground stare him in the face and hiss,…

meals on a daily basis, it is nearly impossible to release them back into the wild at any point (Blackfish). Orca whales are very large creatures and the largest one currently in captivity is Tilikum a 22 foot long bull (Blackfish). The show tank in SeaWorld, which happens to be the largest, is 36 feet deep, 180 feet long, and 90 feet wide. These numbers may sound quite large, but when taking the size of the animals into account, it is not adequate size. For a 6 foot tall human, this would be…