SeaWorld

most relevant effects of the film Blackfish to SeaWorld, how those effects have affected SeaWorld’s business, management, and shareholders, and finally, determine if SeaWorld’s response to the film is enough. Soon after Blackfish was released, the controversy started. Since the beginning, PETA has been one of the most persistent issues for SeaWorld; using different tactics and technology, PETA managed to reach thousands of people that rise against SeaWorld. Direct action was part of the…

Captured Entertainment In a notorious documentary directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite, stories of remarkable yet highly viscous orca whales are recognized. In this film, Blackfish, former SeaWorld trainers and employees are interviewed in order to discover and expose the truth about the astounding conditions and treatment of these well cherished killer whales. While held in captivity, the orca whales exemplify horrific and shocking behavior, that would not otherwise exist in the wild. Blackfish…

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…

creatures. They show off by jumping up above the water and swim close to boats to get a closer look at humans. There has been no record in history of any fatal attacks by wild killer whales on humans. So what could have sparked one to attack a human at SeaWorld? Capturing baby killer whales in the wild is not difficult when you have large boats and nets. All captive killer whales are kept in cages located behind the park, only to be let out when trainers allow or for performing. Killer whales…

animals at SeaWorld. SeaWorld was founded in March 15, 1959 by George Millay, Milt Shedd, Ken Norris and David DeMott. Their ideas grew into a marine zoological park. It grew into the marine park we know today. Shamu was one of the first orcas captured alive. This made her a very popular orca that a lot people knew about and wanted to go see. There are still a lot of disagreements with how she was treated. People still argue against the treatments of animals at SeaWorld. Based on research,…

held captive. Recently, though, SeaWorld Park in San Diego has stepped away from this trend. The Park in San Diego has ended killer whale shows; a step in the right direction toward ending the tourist culture that has typically been associated with SeaWorld, despite the cost the animals in captivity have had to bear. I completely support the idea that SeaWorld in…

“Former Trainer Slams SeaWorld for Cruel Treatment of Orcas," author and former SeaWorld trainer John Hargrove sheds light on the mistreatment of the killer whales. Hargrove also talks about his book, Beneath the Surface: Killer Whales, SeaWorld, and the Truth Beyond Blackfish, where he shares anecdotes from his life as a trainer and what led him on his journey to orca advocacy. The interview is also full of Mr. Hargrove’s opinions on how the killer whale shows at SeaWorld are mentally and…

many forms of documentary film making in order to imprint its message of the treatment of killer whales at SeaWorld permanently in our minds. The movie uses the whale Tilikum, who was the biggest killer whale in captivity, as an instrument to show us how killer whales are treated in the world of animal training. First portraying how the whales were unethically captured from the wild by the SeaWorld industry, and how the young were separated from their parents because they would be easier to…

In the documentary Blackfish, the director is Gabriela Cowperthwaite, and when she created the documentary, she used ethos, pathos, and logos to described how SeaWorld treats the killer whales. An example of pathos in the documentary is when SeaWorld went to go capture the baby killer whales from the wild, they would take the calves away from their mom by following the adult killer whales that they believed were the moms, so that the mother and the calf can use another path to escape, which…

lived at SeaWorld of the Pacific in South Oak Bay, British Columbia. He currently is located in SeaWorld Orlando, Florida. He is the largest orca living in captivity. On February 20, 1991 horror struck Seaworld of the Pacific. Tilikum, along with two other orcas, pulled a young marine biologist under the water. She drowned within minutes and her body was recovered two hours later. Tilikum was then relocated to SeaWorld Orlando. The documentary Blackfish covers the story of Tilikum at SeaWorld…