Sea World Should Be Put Out of Business!

Sea World Should Be Put Out of Business!

     Last night, I watched a series of documentaries and news footage about Sea World and their killer whales.   I'll have to admit I was captivated by Sea World in San Diego in the early 1980's.  The organization was not as condemned as  it is today.

     I think it's appalling that these 12,000 animals are trained to perform like circus animals.  Tossing plastic balls, carrying humans on their backs as they race thru the water, landing on platforms in front of audiences in just inches of water.

      In 2010, a trainer, Dawn Bracheau, was killed by an orca, Tilikum, at Sea World in Florida.  She'd worked as a trainer for 16 years and had been performing for almost as long.  After a show, Tilikum pulled her into the tank, thrashed her about, and forced her to the bottom of the pool.  Orcas want to hold on to their prey, so it was very difficult for the staff to separate the whale from her.  Every bone in her body was broken, and she was "scalped" by the whale.

     Just several months before, another trainer, Alexis Martinez, was killed by an orca in the Canary Islands.  Sea World insisted on calling the event "an accident" rather than an attack.

     Sea World needs to go out of business and stop capitalizing on these magnificent creatures entertaining an audience...It's up to our young people.  Watch the documentary, "The Voiceless," produced by young people.  Also, the documentary, Blackfish, exposes the horror of Sea World's exploitation of marine life.

     Do your part, expose the problem and don't buy a ticket!