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    the attacks of killer whales provides a profound look on the miserable lives of orcas that are being held against their will. However‚ the film focuses on more than the “Free Willy” longings. This film is extremely emotional and somewhat graphic as it visually shows why killer whales‚ at numerous SeaWorld and marine parks‚ attack the trainers and why these whales should not be held in captivity. Keeping these types of animals in captivity is inhumane and dangerous for the whales and the humans. At

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    Whaling Persuasive Speech

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    In today’s society there has been many controversial agreements upon whaling‚ scientific whaling‚ or whale killing‚ these are all words people use today to describe the actions many countries have been doing for over a millennium. Throughout history and across hemispheres and counties that did not interact‚ whaled. Across the board you see propaganda upon the ideas of whaling and how it should be ultimately ended; they are shown through various pictures‚ videos and even friendly video games to lure

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    all over the world hunt whales. People are killing whales‚ or whaling‚ commercially and for products. So many whales die‚ that they will soon become extinct. Some countries‚ according to www.abc.net.au‚ involved in whaling are Japan‚ Norway‚ Greenland‚ Russia‚ USA‚ Iceland‚ South Korea‚ Indonesia‚ Canada‚ and St. Vincent. www.wwf.org states whaling started since the 11th century to present day. According to www.hsi.org‚ over 1000 whales die a year. If nothing is done‚ whales will die out and become

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    Save The Whale: Campaign Speech Hello fellow people‚ I am here today to state the objective‚ which I am running for‚ and my reasons. Many of you for sure are familiar with one of the biggest sea creatures on the planet‚ the whale. I would like to run for the president of the save the whales industry‚ because I have the utmost intelligence over whales and Ill make sure that not a single whale will become extinct ever again in history. I want to run for this office because‚ I care for whales a lot and

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    whaling and trading in whale meat. Each year‚ Japan kills around 700 whales for what it claims is research‚ while the meat is being sold in restaurants and shops. If there are to be whales at all for future generations to enjoy‚ then this excessive whaling has got to stop. Not only is Japan over-whaling‚ it is importing cheaper whale meat from Norway because of its cheaper prices. The hunting of whales is outlawed internationally‚ except of course by Japan and Norway. Whales are an endangered species

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    to kill the white wale know as Moby Dick. It was a very gruesome scene that portrayed Ahab jump onto Moby Dick with a harpoon‚ stabbing him as best he could trying to end the whales life yet in doing so became tangled in ropes of the harpoons which caused him to become stuck onto the whale as it swam off and die. The whale continued and hit the Pequod with his head causing the Pequod to sink and all the sailors to die all except for Ishmael that was left to tell us the story. Nobody knows exactly

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    Makah and Whaling Introduction During the past 30 years the whales gradually became the center of public attention and sympathy. Tourists watching the whales off the eastern coast of the United States and in the lagoons of California‚ were struck by their remarkable nature and behavior. At the same time‚ the number of most large whales continued to decline. Certainly whale hunting was rather indiscriminate since the Middle Ages‚ reaching a point where these mammals were in imminent danger

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    recently killed 333 Minke whales‚ 103 males and 230 female. Most females were pregnant‚ and it was claimed for scientific purposes (Price). This is such a large problem because the Japanese are not seeing any harm in what they are doing. Many have fought to say that Japan’s whaling is not for scientific purposes because it is only harming their population.

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    Orcas Detailed Information Killer whales Orcas‚ also known as ‘killer whales’ are toothed whales that belong to the dolphin family. They got their fierce sounding name not because they kill humans‚ but because they will kill other large whales and animals. Killer whales hunt in packs which also gets them the reputation of being ‘the wolves of the sea’. Their packs‚ known as ‘pods’ are made of 5 – 30 whales that are commonly lead by a female orca. Habitat Orcas can be seen in all major oceans around

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    that orca whales experience in captivity. The film follows the shocking story of a killer whale named Tilikum and the three human deaths that he is responsible for. Cowperthwaite uses interviews with concerned former trainers and whale experts as a device to explore the difference between SeaWorld’s public image and its intense reality. Researchers find that the wild orcas can be described as highly socialized and intelligent creatures; these gentle animals are then compared to the whales pictured

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