SeaWorld

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 entertainment park, most of it revolves around the conditions that the…

Do you want me to tell you about a gorilla who got shot in a zoo species? Well guess what you're in luck. I’m talking about the western lowland gorilla. They have the same fingerprint as us but also unique nose print. According to National Geographic's, it states that these animals stand at 4-6 ft (1.2-1.8 m) and weigh 150-400 lbs. They have brownish-gray hair. They’re small yet strong. Again according to National Geographic's males are more aggressive and males are known as silveracks. And…

fetch, animal trainers teach their animals mainly for the purpose of entertaining an audience. There are many types of animal 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…

Orcas in Captivity vs. Orcas in the Wild The roar of the crowd, the splash of cool water, and the spectacular stunts that are performed by the orca and his trainer may leave you speechless. What some people don't think about is what the effects are of having orcas in captivity versus keeping them in the wild. Some similarities may include things like the diet and nutrition in the wild and captivity. On the other hand, things like their lifespan, the posture of their dorsal fin, and being torn…

SeaWorld treats their animals with disrespect. Some examples of marine life cruelty are 62 dolphins have died in SeaWorld. 16 dolphins have died due to stillbirth. There are some benefits of dolphins being in the wild. One of them is is how dolphins protect humans from shark attacks which means if their is a shark…

the wild and forced into these artificial enclosures on concrete, behind bars." Disorders like phobias, depression and OCD, documented at zoos, don’t appear to have analogues among animals living in the wild. Hargrove, previous senior trainer at Seaworld, states “It would make my life so much easier if I could say that those animals are thriving in captivity, living happy and enriched lives. Unfortunately, after all the years of experience that I had, I saw the psychological and physical trauma…

Do you want animals to be treated cruelly and forced to do tricks? If we don’t do something it will keep happening at fun places like seaworld. This is a controversial topic. This controversial topic was discussed with a video, “ The use of Animals in entertainment”, an article “Jump to It!” and another article “Should Animals Be used as Entertainment”. While there are some similarities among the sources there are also some differences also. All three sources went about persuading the same…

brought to SeaWorld in 1983. When he arrived he didn’t understand any of the tricks that trainers where making him do so the other whales would attack him and beat him down because SeaWorld trainers would punish all of the whales if one couldn’t do the trick. The killer whales don’t know or understand each other so they can’t even begin to try and create the social bonds there species have in the wild. “ (killer whales) have a more complex social…

In the video, Jack Cafferty explains the reasons why us, the readers, should not go to places and buy tickets to shows such as SeaWorld. These sources show that we could stop the usage of animals for entertainment by simply not supporting them with money. Another similarity between these two sources has to be that they both talk about the conditions that the animals are in, and they’re…

cases of a wild Orca killing a human, however four humans have been killed by Orcas held in captivity (Hogenboom). A particular Orca named Tilikum, who was taken from the ocean at age two has killed three humans alone, and is still used in shows at SeaWorld to this day (Over 30 Years and Three Deaths). While in captivity the whales are put under a lot of stress. The whales are kept in cement holding tanks, withheld from food as training…