Whale Rider

The common bottlenose dolphin is one of the most well-known marine mammals worldwide. Kids love them, parents are intrigued by their intelligence, and people of all ages can agree that the bottlenose dolphin is one of the most likable mammals. The common bottlenose, or Tursiops truncates, have a lot more to them than just their ability to win people over with their tricks. These mammals are one of the most intelligent aquatic animals, and because of this they have been taught tricks and to…

Canadian Seal Hunt played a prominent role in exposing the cruelty involved in fashion industry production. The photo, taken in 1969 by the International Fund for Animal Welfare, was a catalyst that provoked outrage and boycotts of fur products in Canada. The group joined forces with a wide spectrum of animal welfare groups in order to protest the unregulated slaughter of baby seals by Newfoundland and Labrador fishermen. The image in question depicts a seal hunter wielding a club to a baby seal…

Depriving California Seals of their Home In the article “Harbor Seals in the Children’s Pool,” the author writes about different opinions for keeping harbor seals in the children pool or chasing them away. The author gives examples of people who agree to keep the seals the seals and their reasons, and other who don’t agree and their sights and aspects. The author shows us the two sides of the issue as positive and negative effects of keeping the children’s Beach as a rookery for California…

documentary Blackfish was released on July 19, 2013, a whole new light was shone upon SeaWorld. SeaWorld is a family entertainment company and theme park chain with locations throughout the United States. They currently keep around 28 killer whales, 44 dolphins, 4 pilot whales, and many other varieties of marine mammals in captivity(CETA, "Captive Dolphins (Living)…”; WDC, "The Fate of Captive Orcas.") They keep these massive creatures in concrete tanks that to these mammals are about the size…

Vaseline’s story begins with Robert Augustus Chesebrough, the founder, finding inspiration through whale oilers. The oilmen smeared the whale oil on their skin to heal cuts and burns; ever since then Vaseline has been a major household brand. Around 1964 they released an advertisement featuring the Bollywood actor Prem Chopra. In this advertisement Vaseline employs the use of ethos, by displaying Chopra, and claiming he uses their cream, and logos, by claiming the cream will make you look cooler…

Introduction – Multimodal texts often represent a changing world and invites debate or discussion. This is true within the documentary, ‘The Cove’, directed by Louie Psihoyos, which initiated a discussion and debate towards the issue of whaling. ‘The Cove’ follows an activist, Ric O’ Barry, who joins forces with Psihoyos and the ‘Ocean Preservation Society’ to expose the brutal cetacean hunting methods and commercial whaling within Taiji, Japan. The crew exposed the horrific treatment and…

Sharks and Bald Eagle who preys on young sea otters. o Predators [1]: Sea Otters have few predators such as the Killer Whale, White o  Distinguishing Features: o Possesses up to a 1,000,000 hairs per square inch, meaning they have really dense o Ingenious and Practical: Sea otters do something very rarely seen within the and thick fur to keep themselves warm,…

arena in Antarctica. He has been practicing non stop. He has been throwing great passes. Since he has no one to practice with, he does practice with whales. They are as good as Peyton Manning himself! Since he wants to practice with someone smaller, he is gonna attempt to mix a penguin and a whale by mixing a bunch of chemicals in hope the traits of the whale mix with the smallness of the penguin. He hopes for the best that his experiment doesn’t end up killing him. Peyton has been mixing and…

Orca whales captured from the wild, and sold into the entertainment business. There are currently 56 Orca whales in captivity around the world (The Fate of Captive Orcas). These animals are used solely for human entertainment. Orca whales are meant to be in the ocean, not in a concrete swimming pool. The captivity of Orcas must be terminated due to the danger the whales pose to trainers, and fellow whales, lack of proper care, and emotional suffering of the animals. In the wild Orca whales are…

Whales and Dolphins in Danger In 2007, a film called “The Cove” was released revealing the savage hunt of dolphins in Taiji, Japan. In 2013, “Blackfish” was released, revealing the monstrosities of keeping killer whales captive at SeaWorld. Both films received award nominations and massive media attention for their call to action and revelation of the endangerments of marine mammals. However, there are so many more dangers to whales and dolphins than just dolphin slaughter, or circus shows at…