Just minutes from being torn from her family, the disfigured puggle howls in agony as the man strikes it with a crimson crowbar. Waves of whining and whimpering are accompanied with hysterical laughter. She is trapped behind the bars of nefarious torment. Only in a few days, the oppressor would leave her to rot, only so he can do this over, and over, and over, and over again. Why? Simply to quench his thirst of entertainment. Does this seem familiar? Maybe you have heard of the infamous SeaWorld. SeaWorld has been accused of many acts of animal cruelty. To begin, their cramped living conditions are nothing like the hundreds of miles a free orca traverses, abnormal symptoms have been showing, and accidents are arising. Maybe some math would convince you. Wild orcas can live up to 100 years old. The average captive orca’s age is 13. Their lifespan is diminished by 87 years, which is nearly the age of an average human (Is SeaWorld Really So Bad?). Are you going disagree with math? One can argue that the orcas provide entertainment, and once retired, the pleasure of marine life would disappear. Of course, the health of the entertainer doesn’t matter, only money does! This may not be evident by now but, SEAWORLD IS INCAPABLE …show more content…
However, instead, SeaWorld teaches children that it is acceptable to tear away the freedom of animals, incarcerate them in bathtub sized “homes”, forbid them to establish territory and explore, and watch malnourished frustrated animals slowly go insane (Worrall). But one can say children don’t understand that! Then we must teach them to, for these actions are inhumane and by raising generations to come that allow such atrocious, awful actions to occur without consequences, is gut wrenchingly disgusting. As Ingrid Visser, founder of the Orca Research Trust, puts it, “We can put a man on the moon, surely we can move an animal out of a concrete life” (Martin). Thank
Since its establishment in 1964 the world famous franchise SeaWorld has been subjected to various tabloid headlines and legal investigations following the horrendous attacks by orcas, also known by their more apt name ‘Killer Whales’. These incident range from minor to major, but, there has been rare cases of fatalities from the family orientated marine parks based in America.
California coastal commision meeting in long beach. the commision considered a $100 million expansion of the tanks in which orcas will be held. these captive orcas are held, starved, and torn from their families, put into concrete tank and explioted for human entertainment. now that activists brought light into this issue, seaworld sales have declined. seawolds solution? to buld a latger more humn concrete tank. while many seaworld advocates, employees and pass holders spoke for it we stood our ground. orcas should thruve in their natural habitat, not in a concrete tank. seaworld bribed their season pass holders for attending. new expansion will triple the size under one condition which is to stop breeding them unnaturally.
Captivity not only damages the physical and mental health of these animals but it also puts trainers in danger yet places such as Sea World still choose to profit off of them. In the wild female orcas can live up to 100 years old and males can live
Since 1961, 157 orcas, or killer whales, have been ripped from their homes and shoved into captivity. 127 of these orcas are now dead. With the number of captured orcas plus the number of those born into captivity, The W.D.C. (Whale and Dolphin Conservation) reports that, “At least 162 orcas have died in captivity, not including 30 miscarried or stillborn calves” ( “The Fate”1). Out of the 127 taken into captivity, 44 have died in SeaWorld. There are currently 58 orcas residing in 14 marine parks in eight different countries. 24 of those orcas are held in SeaWorld’s three parks in the United States. Since 2002, 14 have been taken out of the wild and put into these marine parks. (“The Fate”1) It is not fair for these innocent creatures to be physically and mentally manipulated and damaged. Such brutality would not be condoned if it were targeted towards a human, and it should not be condoned when targeted toward an animal. Orca whales should not be held in captivity because they are forced to live in subpar conditions, they are mistreated while in captivity, and they are led to aggressive behavior.
SeaWorld doesn’t have the whales best interest at heart and doesn’t deserve to continue to operate. These whales are psychologically disturbed and SeaWorld knows how they are treating them is completely wrong. During one of the tours they said “ Whales live up to 25 years in the wild but they tend to live longer in our park”(Cowperthwaite). This is scientifically wrong Orca’s live the normal life span of a human being, sometimes even longer. If SeaWorld is making millions of dollars off of these animals you would think they would at least tell the public the correct information. One of the former trainers has said “Young orcas have so much energy and curiosity—I could
Many people believe that the baby orcas at seaworld should be free in the ocean not in tanks that are too small for them. In my opinion I think they should be let go into the ocean where they belong with their families living in their natural habitat because that is where they belong in a large body of water not in small concrete tanks. In the article “Orca babies need their families, not concrete tanks and humans”, I read that they were writing about how orca babies need to be with their families and not in small tanks in contact with humans recently at sea world a baby orca named “kyra the last orca to be born at seaworld died just at 3 months of age”, in other words orcas should be left alone in the ocean to grow up with their families not
Most people today have visited or at least heard of the popular tourist attraction, Seaworld. These tourists may think of it as a place to see marine animals do trick, like killer whales interacting with humans in a fun and entertaining way- but do we ever stop to think about the treatment or feelings of these creatures? After visiting Seaworld and seeing the famous Shamu, the thought of how living in captivity affects the animal had not crossed my mind. After researching I am now extremely concerned with the way these whales are impacted by spending their lives in bathtubs and forced to do tricks for food, all while humans are blindly funding this billion dollar business.
The Ancient Greek civilization is noted for presenting the ideas of perfection in daily life. Many of the things they did were a result of wanting to maintain their ideal image of how Greek civilians should live, by sophrosyne which was being able to have self-control, restraint and living in moderation. Sophrosyne would lead to kalokagathia, the Greek way of viewing the world interacting with polar opposites in order to produce a change and ultimately lead to areté, reaching one’s highest potential or excellence. Greek architecture was influenced by these ideas. The Erechtheum (ca.
The proposition of SeaWorld is typically happy, fun and family orientated. At least that is how it was for me at one point in my life. I would always see the SeaWorld commercials where they were flying over land and the orcas were flying through the sky with them, over cows, farm animals and houses to SeaWorld. They made it seem as if it was so much fun, and when you are younger and a child you typically do not think about bad things, you tend to look at only the good in everything. That is the beauty of children and their minds, they simply do not know. Like most people now, they simply do not know about SeaWorld. I want to just touch on some facts and things you might not have known was happening. Southwest airlines, the airline in the commercial,
“If you love something, set it free.” This is a quote that has circulated for years, and nowhere else is it more applicable than in SeaWorld’s parks. Trainers and corporate alike claim a deep love for the animals they keep captive, but in recent years, the topic of holding orca whales in captivity has become more controversial than ever before. The CNN documentary “Blackfish” brought the conditions Seaworld provides for its orcas to the public eye in a way that had not been done before, which led to much public outrage. The containment of orca whales for educational and entertainment purposes has, in almost every way, been brought into question. Ranging from the physical and psychological damages they experience, the issues in their family structures, and the dangers that their human trainers experience, orca whales are not fit to be kept in captivity.
Due to SeaWorld’s failure to cover up open drains, a sea lion passed away from falling into the drain and becoming trapped. The USDA also found several other things wrong such as the use of expired surgical materials, the orcas tanks in disrepair, displayed cracked concrete and rusty beams. Which is plainly not safe for neither the trainers nor the whales at SeaWorld (Peta 1). ”This is a multibillion-dollar corporation that makes its money through the exploitation of orcas.” (Ventre) SeaWorld will do whatever it takes to make money.
Imagine a place where you can see your favorite sea animals. Whales, dolphins, sharks, even penguins. Doesn’t that sound like somewhere you would enjoy going? SeaWorld is what comes to most people’s minds when they think of this, but is SeaWorld really that wonderful? Is SeaWorld truly what it’s hyped up to be? SeaWorld claims to be a sanctuary for animals where they keep animals like killer whales safe from the dangers of the world. Well, SeaWorld should really get a dictionary because a “sanctuary” is truly not what they give these animals. Orcas are the main attraction of SeaWorld but they are also one of the animals that suffer the most. Orcas in SeaWorld lifelessly float in their pool with little to no shade from the sun. In the wild,
If you have ever been to Seaworld you would have had to go see the Killer whales in fact its one of the top attractions there. Through the eyes of a child, these gentle giants seem to be happy, healthy, and enjoying a playful game with their trainers. The question is are they really happy, do they get treated the right way, and why have there been deaths and injuries. Many people wonder about these things and after the movie Blackfish came out more and more people began to question how well Seaworld treats their animals. “The truth is that Sea World keeps its animals for entertainment and money and helps no one but themselves.”- Animal Legal Defense Fund
In the Red Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane, the main character Henry Fleming joins the army as a young fledging and ultimately matures to a courageous soldier ready for battle. The Red Badge of Courage is considered a Bildungsroman since the reader traces Henry’s development morally, psychologically, and intellectually. Henry progresses from a feared youth who in the course of a couple of days, in the line of fire, has crossed the threshold to manhood.
One of the big questions lurking in the United States is if transgenders can serve in the military. As of right now they are temporarily not allowing transgenders into the military. If they were to allow them there would be many things that they would have to look at. There is things like where would they live to how would be treated. They would have to decide what they would want to do with the ones currently serving. There’s just many factors to look at when trying to decide when something like transgenders are becoming so popular in a society like ours today.