Seaworld Argumentative Essay
We’ve all heard of Seaworld. A childhood fantasy. The spectacular shows and mesmerizing performances of marine animal and men. Orcas and dolphins doing trick as the fascinated faces, young and old watch the ‘never before’ seen show.
Years later we find out the truth. The torture of animals and the small confinement that these animals have been forced to live in. Orcas were “...confined to a tank containing 0.0001 percent of the quantity of water that he would traverse in a single day in nature.” High death rates and behavioral changes in the animals that have never been seen in the wild. Several that have caused death of other animals and humans. How did we not see this?
The death of a trainer on the 24 of February, 2010 is what brought this to attention. She was dragged down by an Orca during a show and she drowned in front of hundreds of people after he broke several of her bones. There has never been any record of Orcas killing people in the wild. But this was the third person that this Orca has killed. Why did this happen? What caused this animal to react in such a shocking way? A deeper look into SeaWorld and its treatment of the animals revealed to the world the shocking truth. In 2013 a documentary called Blackfish was released and the story of a SeaWorld Orca was told. It follows the life of the Orca that killed the three people, Tilikum. His life an endless cycle of abuse, tricks, abuse tricks. We get to see the tiny tank he has called home most of his life and we finally understand his aggravation which caused him to kill those people. If you were taken away from your family. Confined in an area with enough …show more content…
These animals have lived in captivity for so long and in such brutal conditions that they would never be able to survive in the wild. They wouldn’t know how to live with their own species as it is completely unfamiliar to them. Several would not have seen another Orca in
Years later we find out the truth. The torture of animals and the small confinement that these animals have been forced to live in. Orcas were “...confined to a tank containing 0.0001 percent of the quantity of water that he would traverse in a single day in nature.” High death rates and behavioral changes in the animals that have never been seen in the wild. Several that have caused death of other animals and humans. How did we not see this?
The death of a trainer on the 24 of February, 2010 is what brought this to attention. She was dragged down by an Orca during a show and she drowned in front of hundreds of people after he broke several of her bones. There has never been any record of Orcas killing people in the wild. But this was the third person that this Orca has killed. Why did this happen? What caused this animal to react in such a shocking way? A deeper look into SeaWorld and its treatment of the animals revealed to the world the shocking truth. In 2013 a documentary called Blackfish was released and the story of a SeaWorld Orca was told. It follows the life of the Orca that killed the three people, Tilikum. His life an endless cycle of abuse, tricks, abuse tricks. We get to see the tiny tank he has called home most of his life and we finally understand his aggravation which caused him to kill those people. If you were taken away from your family. Confined in an area with enough …show more content…
These animals have lived in captivity for so long and in such brutal conditions that they would never be able to survive in the wild. They wouldn’t know how to live with their own species as it is completely unfamiliar to them. Several would not have seen another Orca in