I have recently watched a movie called blackfish. Actually it was a documentary about orca whales written and directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite. For those of you who don't know orcas are the black and white whales, they have also been referred to as Shamu, blackfish, and my favorite, the killer whale. I've always found it kind of fascinating that they are called the “Killer Whales” because they are used at water parks such as SeaWorld. Disney World wouldn't use anything dangerous in their parks. Would they? As it turns out that is a far more complicated question than a simple yes or no answer.…
The Farmingville documentary examines the clash between long time residents of a Long Island, NY suburban community and Mexican day laborers who move into their neighborhood. The illegal immigrant population has grown to ten percent of the town’s population because of the area’s successful restaurant, landscaping, and construction industries. Many in Farmington are not happy with the arrival of the immigrants in their community, and yet they accept that the day laborers perform the jobs that the residents do not want to do themselves. The immigration problems Farmingville faces are being experienced throughout the country, so it is interesting to see how this town deals with its illegal immigration problems. The documentary does not offer any solution to this problem, however, but instead ends with the dilemma that America needs to decide what its identity is in relation to immigration. In other words, is America still a nation of immigrants or is it now closed to further immigration, especially from countries where the people do not look like us? After seeing this documentary, it is clear to me that our country needs to address…
The White-Tailed Deer has steadily recovered from its once threatened status in the earlier part of the 20th century to become a species that is now overabundant in both suburban and completely forested areas across the United States. White-Tailed Deer overabundance leads to overbrowsing, which can compromise the ecological health of forests. By examining the three questions listed above as my “aims,” hunting regulations could potentially be reformed to enhance biodiversity, protect rare and vulnerable understory plants, and estimate how large a healthy deer population should be in reference to those parameters.…
The understanding of persuasion analyzed in Cicero’s oration can be seen across many contemporary artifacts, but Blackfish is an artifact where persuasion is working at its best. Blackfish is a documentary that was released in 2013 by Gabriela Cowperthwaite. This documentary tells the story of killer whales in captivity, with a large portion of the story surrounding Tilikum. Tilikum is an orca that has severely hurt or killed several trainers while in captivity. The documentary’s website states that the film aims to, “challenge us to consider our relationship to nature and reveals how little we humans have learned from these highly intelligent and enormously sentient fellow animals”(Synopsis, n.p.). Blackfish works to expose the multi billion-dollar…
“Wolfpack” is a documentary of seven children who lived in isolation in their apartment in New York, who had only their parents and movies as a social guidance.…
human would not get the opportunity to see let alone interact with. The idea of a special place…
Lions. The majestic kings of the jungle. Born and raised in Africa? Wouldn’t it be a shame if, such magnificent creatures were hunted? Well that's what happened to Cecil the lion. Cecil may have been one of the world's most famous and popular lions at Hwange National Park in Africa. He was lured out of a protected National Park then killed by Walter Palmer, a recreational big-game hunter with a crossbow. His death infuriated the whole world, now, everyone wants justice. Big game hunting is a huge problem in the Eastern hemisphere and around the world; therefore more things should be done to protect big game from trophy hunters. The money they pay to go hunting is outrageous, but the same amount of money can be earned from tourists viewing…
As we begin our unit on Animals and Their Environment, I thought it would be a good idea to include a couple of photographs and a skit. By incorporating these into our unit, we will help emphasize the importance of animal environments through visual art and performing art.…
Opinions are everywhere. Places like SeaWorld, Ringling Brothers Circus, and zoos are thought as commercial entertainment. For decades since both companies started there have been many controversies involve companies abusing or neglecting their animals. Two main opposing arguments about using animals for commercial entertainment are that people in favor of animals in commercial entertainment believe the animals educate the public, whereas people against using animals for commercial entertainment believe that the animals are abused.…
The audience for this film will be any person who is currently interested in trash, waste, recycling, or becoming sustainable. The lower age group for this film will be college aged students, as young as 18 years old; the upper bracket can be anything. There is no maximum age for wanting to collect knowledge.…
Identify the primary actors that are involved in your issue. If there are numerous actors, identify those you think are most relevant to the issue.…
One of the most surprising times is when my dad and I were sitting there in our deer stand. It seemed like any other morning until all the sudden there it was a huge deer it came out of nowhere. We were trying to just stay silent and still and had to call our friends and tell them not to got out of there stand. The deer was 200 yards from them. They did not have a powerful enough gun so we had to shoot it. Dad and I were out of our stand already, my dad gets positioned to shoot, then the unreal happened.…
A description of your favorite recreational activity to enjoy in a forest, or an activity you hope to try soon. Then, describe one thing you can do to protect the forest ecosystem’s health while participating in that activity.…
Obviously as we learned from Mitford's article, embalming can be quite an ugly art form but morticians must have a lot of skill to do it properly. Another little known skill that resembles embalming is taxidermy and surprisingly enough it to requires a lot of expertise as well.…
This report was commissioned by the committee of the North West Trust for the Protection of Wildlife to analyses the financial statements of two project proposals for the Trust.…