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Whales in Captivity

            
             Orcas are being held in inhumane living conditions and you can help these animals by creating awareness about the topic and not supporting marine parks, such as SeaWorld.
             Introduction.
             A. I remember experiencing what I call the "cringe factor"-when you know you're watching something creepy but it's not quite appalling enough to make you get up and leave. I'd sit there, uncomfortable, anesthetized by thumping music, bright colors and smiling faces. I'd watch a trainer stand on the face of a killer whale, surf its back, spin it in goofy circles, and I would instinctively feel I was beholding something demeaning. But then I'd look around the stadium and see hundreds of people smiling and wonder "how can something that makes so many people happy be such a bad thing?" This is a quote from Gabriela Cowperthwaite, the director of the documentary "Blackfish". .
             B. Killer Whales or also known as Orcas, have been held captive in marine parks, like SeaWorld since 1961. They are the largest animals to be held in captivity and have been used for public display over the last forty years. According to the Whale and Dolphin Conservation there are currently fifty-seven Killer Whales held in captivity in over fourteen marine parks in eight different countries. Twenty-two of these whales were captured in the wild and thirty-five are captive-born. .
             C. I have always been a huge animal rights advocate. But after watching the documentary "Blackfish" which focuses on the captivity of Tilikum, an Orca who is responsible for the death of three people, in which two of these deaths happened at the "glorious" SeaWorld. I have decided to actively research this morbid topic to attain enough knowledge to be able to correctly inform others about the horrific conditions these whales are forced to live in.
             D. Orcas are being held captive in inhumane living conditions and you can help these animals by creating awareness about the topic and not supporting marine parks, such as SeaWorld.


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