A New Home By Randall L. Eaton 's Argument Essay

Anderson’s “Orca Behavior and Subsequent Aggression Associated with Oceanarium Confinement” states that, “a fundamental refocusing of our relationship with orcas is warranted, in favor of a new era characterized by mutual friendship, understanding, and much greater appreciation of these remarkable creatures than has been the case to date” (Anderson). In 1961, the practice of capturing wild orca whales to use for entertainment and educational purposes in amusement parks began; however, the captors knew little about the social complexity and strength of orcas. During this time, investors saw this magnificent animal as the proper investment to allocate revenue during the boom of amusement parks. After nearly forty years of orca captivity, researchers begin to unravel the nature of orca whales, and scientists now raise the question of if these powerful and intelligent mammals belong in captivity. Captors argue that captivity provides insight on a species is nearly impossible to study in the wild and promotes respect for the species. Activists and scientists plead that due to scientific data it is senseless to hold captive such a highly intelligent animal. Although activists and scientists create a convincing argument against orca captivity, millions of people flock to see orcas in captivity proving that

Lobsters and orcas are both creatures of the sea, that is an accepted statement, but what isn’t as easy to accept is the tragic lives they lead. ‘Consider the Lobster’ by David Foster Walace bares many similarities to the SeaWorld controversy. Walace in ‘Consider the Lobster’ and people in the fight against SeaWorld both explore the complexity of the animal brain. They both focus on how these animals struggle in captivity and the horrible impacts of it. Similarly to ‘Consider the Lobster’, they discuss the issue of how these animal centered events are for our pure enjoyment and entertainment.

In the essay “Marine Parks”, Bill Daly The Power of Critical Thinking. 3rd Lewis Vaughn and Chris McDonald. Daly’s main claim is that marine parks, housing dolphins, whales, seals, and other marine mammals, have become a contentious issue. He explains the views of these problems set out to prevent the necessity of theses harsh institutions. Bill gathers a variety of different arguments from other people that argue on the critical issue of having marine parks open or closed; many arguments, for and against, maintaining such parks, range from the economic and scientific value of such places, to the cruel and in-necessary conditions the mammals are forced to endure. Below I intend to present a couple such arguments and introduce some critical evaluations, explanations, and my personal opinions.

The conditions that the captured killer whales are forced to live in are not acceptable replacements for the wildlife habitats that they have been ripped from. All the enclosures that the orcas are kept in do not provide an adequate amount of space that the animal requires. The size of an orca in relation to the size of the tanks they are forced to live in is comparable to the

For several years, Americans have been visiting amusement parks, like SeaWorld and Six Flags, to observe large animals like orcas, also known as killer whales. These whales are quite difficult to view in the wild, but can now be seen for a simple fee. Orcas are known to be one of the smartest mammals. They are friendly, and this has caused people to take advantage of them. For the past sixty years, people have brought these massive creatures into their aquariums to make a profit from their exhibitions. Often, without considering the orcas' quality of life. While kept in captivity, killer whales are forced to do many tricks they normally wouldn’t do in the wild. Over the years, there have been numerous controversies regarding killer whales

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One example all orcas have their own pods ( family ) in the wild. Imagine if you were an orcas and you were captured and taken away from your family to live with complete strangers. Orcas are genius animals they are one of the smartest marine life animal. This clearly shows that sea world and other marine parks that keep orcas in captivity only want the orcas so that they can make money. If marine parks wanted to have orcas for a good reason don't just for money they would be taking good care of them and instead of taking them out of their happy families in the wild and bringing them into a bad home. From the article, “should orca shows be banned” the article clearly stated that when orcas live in the wild they all have their own pod with about 5-10 whales. Each pod of orcas all have their own way of squeal and languages to communicate. It could be that when an orca is taken out of the wild and into a new tiny artificial pool they are basically being put with a bunch of strangers. Picture this if you were an orca, suddenly you fall and trip and everything has been blacked out. You wake up the next day without your family and you are put in a tiny pool with 5 different strangers and you are forced to live with them. You are then forced to be doing tricks

Furthermore, from this debate in 1936, there has two opposing views emerged. The first one by Robert Dunn, is expressing allegiance to America and advocating for a future in America. The other one is by Kaye Hong, is expressing allegiance to and in China due to the racial prejudice in America. Although they were showing their allegiance to different country, they both made strong and positive assertions about what it means to be American born Chinese. In addition, Robert Dunn is showing his appreciation much to America although his parents have keep telling him to be profound of the “China’s four thousand years of glorious…” (60). Dunn thinks he owe much appreciation to America because it has provided an equal and fair education system for

I believe Connie was murdered and raped by Arnold. I wish that was the case that he dropped her off at the hospital or even back at home with her family. Like you stated, I highly doubt he had a change of heart. She was a misguided teen who wanted to be more mature than she actually was. A sad story that left us all guessing what happened to her. The kid defiantly had a lot of mental issues.

People say that keeping orca’s in captivities is not a problem, yet they do not realize that, orcas are also human beings. There are several reasons, why keeping these thirty-feet long creatures, in captivities is a problem. One of them, which are the tank, which is too small, compared to ocean where they can swim freely. One the other side, in captivities, the space is limited. Comparatively, to how they swim out in the wild “orcas can swim up to 100 miles per day- a phenomenal amount, in comparison to the exercise they receive in captivity”(Cronin). While being in captivity, orca has to keep swimming in circles or floats. Out “In the wild, killer whales typically travel in pods of between five and 30”(Melissa). In captivities there are only few whales, so it makes them more aggressive toward one another. This sometimes can be lead to danger by killing each other for fighting to gain power of the tank.

The article “Pro & Con: Does the Georgia Aquarium's dolphin show serve learning?” by Marilee Menard the Georgia Aquarium's priorities lie that it has spent $1.5 million to help stranded dolphins while spending $110 million to keep them in captivity and force them to perform in sophisticated and expensive shows. A neuroscientist at Emory University concluded that dolphins are so intelligent that they should be treated equal as human. However, in captivity, their ocean worlds are secluded to confined swimming pools. Marine parks are not helping the animals instead using them to make money. Also degrading the smartness of the animal to do meaningless tricks. Another article “Just how Intelligent are Orcas? That’s Central to Issue of Treatment” by Mike Thomas of The Sentinel StaffIn states a key issue in the controversy over whether killer whales should be kept in captivity. Critics of Sea World believe that killer whales are too intelligent to be kept permanently in tanks. Then they say the orcas get bored and die prematurely when they aren't allowed to range freely and mix with one another. "Their brain is superior in structure to a human brain that's what makes the mystery," said Howard Rosenfeld, director of the Whale Museum in Friday Harbor, Wash., near Seattle. Dolphins and orcas are being degraded. The animals are used to make profit and animals cognitivity is not put into consideration. Animals do not have any

The 2013 Documentary Blackfish directed by Gabriela Cowparthwaite brings us the story of Sea World, Orcas or also known as “Killer Whales”, and the death of Dawn Brancheau who was a the senior trainer at Sea World. The documentary presents many emotional feelings us humans have toward these Orcas, everything from from love to anxiety to fear to wonder. In the wild Orcas are viewed as beautiful, majestic and charismatic beasts that have never harmed a human being, but in captivity Orcas have the persona of vicious killers. Blackfish raises question about these intelligent animals, do Orcas kill because they are in captivity? Do Orcas finally lose patience’s with its trainers and react to end the nonsense humans have forced upon them?

The main thesis presented in the essay is whether to allow marine parks to keep marine mammals. The first main argument Bill Daly’s presents is the fact that individuals would rather see marine mammals in the wild life than captured inside a tank. Bill Daly’s states “In fact, there are more places where they can be seen in wild than places where they can be seen in captivity” (Daly 2016, p.469). This argument presents the fact that many of the places people visit have many areas to see marine mammals in the wild, which is an option many tourist would prefer. The second argument presented in the essay is that when it comes to research of marine mammals, marine parks are only useful to study animals that are captured. Bill Daly states “Dolphin

The Vancouver Aquarium houses dolphins and belugas, animals that undoubtedly experience various elements of life. Belugas and dolphins are able to communicate, can experience pain, are conscious, can make connections and develop relationships. We can assume that the animals were forced to live in a small surrounding and in isolation, which in turn could affect their emotional, physical, and psychological state. They are removed from their natural habitat, separated from the rest of their species, exploited, and deprived of their freedom. Being in captivity, the belugas and dolphins are not allowed to breed naturally and thus have limited sexual activity (Vancouver Aquarium). We can also assume that the well being of an animal or a living thing should not be compromised for the sake of frivolous endeavours such as entertainment and generating financial gains.

The 1920s started off well with two good contracts: Odebolt and Hawarden asphalt city paving; however, the uncertainty and risk in unit-priced contracting soon developed. The rigidity of the monetary system caused a minor depression by the scarcity of money and its corollary, credit. The Odebolt advancements were renegotiated perforce to 7%, which was an outrageous interest at a time when municipal bonds grew 3%. The Hawarden job could not be financed through regular channels, so a new source was developed through Fred Hubbell, President of the Equitable Life Insurance Co. This proved that money was a commodity that can always be had – at a price.