Pros And Cons Of Animal Captivity
Over the past few years animal captivity has gotten more controversial with new reasons. Orca and dolphin captivity have been connected to the brutal attacks on trainers at animal amusement parks. Everyone has their side and their reasons for animal entertainment.
Captivity can be for animals to keep them safe from hunters, environmental changes and used for food. Occupytheory.com says “Animals are being hunted down for a lot of reasons including their fur, ivory, some medical benefits (that aren’t proven), and sometimes even for their meat.” (“List of Pros and Cons of zoos.” 2015). Orcas and dolphins would be safer in captivity for these reasons, dolphins right now are being hunted in Japan for their meat and whales can be used for meat as well.
Orcas in captivity life spans can be reduced than the normal life expectancies orcas in the wild. Seaworldof hurt.com claims “Orcas in the wild have an average life expectancy of 30 to 50 years—their estimated maximum lifespan is 60 to 70 years for males and 80 …show more content…
to over 100 for females. The average age of death for orcas who have died at SeaWorld is 13 years old.”( “8 Reasons Orcas Don’t Belong in Captivity.”). Orcas have a short life in captivity they can get very stressed because of their tanks which can cause them to lash out at each other and can maybe start a fight to the death or maybe they’re stressed because they were separated from their families.
The environments for orcas and dolphins are very small which causes them to be stressed out and act out.
“Seaworld confines orcas, who could swim up to 100 miles a day in the wild, to tanks that, to them, are the size of a bathtub. They would need to swim 1,208 laps (around the perimeter of the tanks).” (“ 8 Reasons Orcas Don’t Belong in Captivity.”). They need space because they aren’t used the small conditions of the pool and that can cause a lot of problems for them and possibly for the trainers.
Orca and dolphin captivity have been connected to the brutal attacks on trainers at animal amusement parks.In conclusion there are many reasons to why or why not we should keep orcas and dolphins in captivity. While researching this topic there some good points that were proven for both sides of this topic. There are things that are being adjusted to this situation such as seaworld getting rid of their orca breeding program and retiring their orcas in a few
years.
Captivity can be for animals to keep them safe from hunters, environmental changes and used for food. Occupytheory.com says “Animals are being hunted down for a lot of reasons including their fur, ivory, some medical benefits (that aren’t proven), and sometimes even for their meat.” (“List of Pros and Cons of zoos.” 2015). Orcas and dolphins would be safer in captivity for these reasons, dolphins right now are being hunted in Japan for their meat and whales can be used for meat as well.
Orcas in captivity life spans can be reduced than the normal life expectancies orcas in the wild. Seaworldof hurt.com claims “Orcas in the wild have an average life expectancy of 30 to 50 years—their estimated maximum lifespan is 60 to 70 years for males and 80 …show more content…
to over 100 for females. The average age of death for orcas who have died at SeaWorld is 13 years old.”( “8 Reasons Orcas Don’t Belong in Captivity.”). Orcas have a short life in captivity they can get very stressed because of their tanks which can cause them to lash out at each other and can maybe start a fight to the death or maybe they’re stressed because they were separated from their families.
The environments for orcas and dolphins are very small which causes them to be stressed out and act out.
“Seaworld confines orcas, who could swim up to 100 miles a day in the wild, to tanks that, to them, are the size of a bathtub. They would need to swim 1,208 laps (around the perimeter of the tanks).” (“ 8 Reasons Orcas Don’t Belong in Captivity.”). They need space because they aren’t used the small conditions of the pool and that can cause a lot of problems for them and possibly for the trainers.
Orca and dolphin captivity have been connected to the brutal attacks on trainers at animal amusement parks.In conclusion there are many reasons to why or why not we should keep orcas and dolphins in captivity. While researching this topic there some good points that were proven for both sides of this topic. There are things that are being adjusted to this situation such as seaworld getting rid of their orca breeding program and retiring their orcas in a few
years.