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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…

Blackfish is a film about the life of Tilikum, an orca captured at 2 years old and raised in captivity. While Tilikum lived in Seaworld he showed signs of frustration, and aggression leading to the deaths of three people. It appears his behavior stemmed from his experiences. For instance, at Sealand of the Pacific Tilikum and an older more experienced whale was placed in the same tank as Tilikum so that Tilikum would learn the tricks. However, if Tilikum messed up both whales would be…

To: The shareholders From: Jiayan Zhou Re: Letter to the Shareholders Date: April 4, 2015 SeaWorld Entertainment management has noted the discontent of our fellow shareholders and wishes to express our efforts to meet our shareholders’ unfulfilled dreams. In the recent past, we have suffered significant fall in stock market competitiveness, poor image and general slump in profits. Top in the list of the critical matters of concern include the increasing criticism towards treatment of the orca…

them in a miniscule enclosures, and perhaps most recently the death of SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau. What Blackfish aims to accomplish is emotionally connecting with it’s audience, more likely than not being those who do not know much about orca whales in captivity. Where…

When the killer whale killed veteran trainer, Dawn Brancheau, in front of the spectators at SeaWorld on Feb twenty four, 2010, the kairomone of the dispute in Blackfish was established. The media attention that ensued when the death of Dawn Brancheau caused the problem to become relevant to those observation the news and gave the argument some macabre…

Consequently, that was not necessarily the narrative of the film; instead in my view it focused more on how whales in captivity suffer both physically and possibly even psychologically. To create this narrative the film employees various former SeaWorld trainers’ interviews and older footage of the whales and trainers interacting with one another they also used a lot of layering of audio to set the scene and darkness in certain spots. Each interview is setup as a three point light interview…

It honestly feels like SeaWorld spent thirty minutes or less on this and just posted it on their websites. The entire article is spent trying to shift focus away from what SeaWorld does wrong and instead redirect focus onto what Blackfish does wrong. In the same article multiple times they state that “Blackfish” makes false statements about the circumstances…

Animals used in circuses spend most of their lives chained inside boxcars and never get to live without restrictions. In zoos, animals often live in enclosures or cages that are many times smaller than their homes in the wild. In marine parks like SeaWorld, orcas are given what is, all in all, a concrete bathtub to live in. Elephants are clever, considerate, and affectionate animals. They have the largest brains of any land animal. They care about each other and can become depressed when they…

What are the main arguments found in the film? Some of the main arguments found in the film is the way Sea World treats their animals. Another would be the disagreements of how the trainers feel about the whales treatment vs the owners of the company. The trainers know and work with the animals everyday growing a bond with them, while the owners are afraid of them and should really be doing their research on the whales to know everything about them. They should know the facts about the whales…

The reason why they talk about Tilikun so much is because much death and injuries have occurred with this particular orca. One of the biggest accidents they talk about throughout the film is Dawn Brancheau. Dawn Brancheau was a former trainer at SeaWorld and had an accident with…