Essay On Blackfish
The Truth About Blackfish
Some people believe that Sea World is a greedy, profit-seeking organization that couldn’t care less about the treatment and well-being of their animals, but the truth is, the animals are in the best possible care. If the orcas or any other animal at Sea World were anywhere else, they would not get the attention and care they need to survive. Sea World’s reputation was tarnished severely by the documentary, Blackfish, in 2013. “This documentary claims that life at Sea World is cruel and harsh for both the trainers and the whales and that they have attempted to cover up the truth about many incidents involving their whales; both are false (Truth About Blackfish, Sea World Cares.com). Kyle Kittleson, a former marine mammal trainer for Sea World, states, “the documentary, Blackfish, is about 15% correct; one of those facts being in Sea Worlds earlier times, like the 60’s and 70’s, people had a different …show more content…
An open ocean pen allows the orcas to be in that ocean environment and not in a tank at Sea World; this is a bad idea for so many reasons. Because the orcas were fed by the trainers their whole lives, they never learned the how to hunt. This means that if you were to just drop them back into the wild they would probably starve. Also, the whales are so used to perfect water temperature and perfect water quality; you can’t put them in the ocean they would have no idea how to deal with those things not being perfect. The killer whales at SeaWorld were all bred in captivity, and have never been in contact with any other species. “It would be detrimental,” says Kyle Kittleson, if they were to put these animals back in the ocean. It is putting them at risk for bacteria they are not used to and other animals they have never encountered. “Those whales are in the best care at SeaWorld,” said
Some people believe that Sea World is a greedy, profit-seeking organization that couldn’t care less about the treatment and well-being of their animals, but the truth is, the animals are in the best possible care. If the orcas or any other animal at Sea World were anywhere else, they would not get the attention and care they need to survive. Sea World’s reputation was tarnished severely by the documentary, Blackfish, in 2013. “This documentary claims that life at Sea World is cruel and harsh for both the trainers and the whales and that they have attempted to cover up the truth about many incidents involving their whales; both are false (Truth About Blackfish, Sea World Cares.com). Kyle Kittleson, a former marine mammal trainer for Sea World, states, “the documentary, Blackfish, is about 15% correct; one of those facts being in Sea Worlds earlier times, like the 60’s and 70’s, people had a different …show more content…
An open ocean pen allows the orcas to be in that ocean environment and not in a tank at Sea World; this is a bad idea for so many reasons. Because the orcas were fed by the trainers their whole lives, they never learned the how to hunt. This means that if you were to just drop them back into the wild they would probably starve. Also, the whales are so used to perfect water temperature and perfect water quality; you can’t put them in the ocean they would have no idea how to deal with those things not being perfect. The killer whales at SeaWorld were all bred in captivity, and have never been in contact with any other species. “It would be detrimental,” says Kyle Kittleson, if they were to put these animals back in the ocean. It is putting them at risk for bacteria they are not used to and other animals they have never encountered. “Those whales are in the best care at SeaWorld,” said