Verjine Tarkhanian English 101 Prof. Hamalian November 12‚ 2014 Essay: Blackfish The documentary film Blackfish which we saw in our class‚ was very interesting and scary. The documentary was based on a true story of a killer whale killing its trainer of many years. Till this day no know will ever know what clicked in that mammals head to turn against its trainer the way that it did. When looking at the film‚ it shows mostly the dangerous side of the mammal and how it was captured at such a
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Seaworld‚ to this day‚ has a whale who has been brutally taken from his home‚ put in two different new homes‚ and in result to this situation he has killed three people. Despite his clearly shown aggressive traits‚ he has been used as a breeding machine for seaworld’s past years‚ making 54% of the orcas at seaworld share his genes. This is why there has been a big debate since 1970 on whether or not these parks and entertainment should be allowed. These parks are making the animals sick and hurting
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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
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the many incidents involving the killer whales and trainers. Cowperthwaite’s purpose is to inform the audience how the whales are treated horribly and persuade the audience to boycott SeaWorld. She adopts a dramatic‚ gloomy tone in order to convey her audience the idea that SeaWorld is an inhumane place to keep killer whales. Cowperthwaite begins her film by incorporating real life tragedies that occurred at SeaWorld and interviewing experts on whales and former trainers employed by SeaWorld
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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
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Zoos‚ aquariums and circuses have had a lot of controversy over their uses of animals in captivity. After SeaWorld announced they will not have any killer whales in their facility people reacted with a cheer and some with sadness. The documentary released in 2013 on CNN “Blackfish” has made people’s decision to stop going to and not agree with the animals in captivity all the more easier. According to Lisa Lange‚ senior vice president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has said “Change
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and the effects on marine species from keeping them in captivity for people’s entertainment. The disadvantages of killing and capturing marine animals range from the wasting of meat simply because there is not a market for it in the whaling countries (Japan‚ Norway‚ and Iceland)‚ to the fact that it is causing many species of whales to the verge of extinction. There is an organization called the Sea Shepherd that hunts down the Japanese whale hunting fleet. The Sea Shepherd’s crew has developed tactics
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conservation centers used to aid in the preservation of endangered species. Zoos have become a very hot topic of controversy in today’s world. It is common knowledge that zoos are not the natural habitats of animals. Animals around the world are held captive and kidnapped from their natural life for the duration of their lives solely for the purpose of our viewing pleasure. Zoos can be defined as “public parks‚ which display animals‚ primarily for the purposes of recreation or education‚” (Jamieson
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fascinating species of fish that are not well liked but are a necessary component to maintaining a complete ecosystem. Many things are known about sharks but so much more is not. Sharks are difficult to study since many species cannot survive in captivity; particularly the larger species‚ such as bull sharks and tiger sharks. These sharks have to be studied in their habitat. As one can imagine‚ attempting to study sharks in the ocean can be somewhat intimidating and dangerous. But an interesting
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than 100 for females. The median age of orcas in captivity is only 9." SeaWorld is a USA chain of marine mammal parks‚ oceanariums‚ and animal theme parks owned by SeaWorld parks and entertainment; the locations are in San Antonio‚ Texas‚ San Diego‚ California and Orlando‚ Florida. In 1983 is when SeaWorld obtained a permit to capture 100 Alaskan orcas. SeaWorld should not be able to have whales. The reason SeaWorld should not be able to have whales is because they live in terrible conditions and
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