...do tricks multiple times a day, seven days a week? This is a daily struggle for many orcas in captivity. Many people feel that Orcas being held in captivity is affecting them. First, their capturing is bitter. One orca, named Shamu, was captured and watched her mother die. SeaWorld of Hurt states, “During Shamu’s capture, her mother was shot with a harpoon and killed before the young orca’s very eyes by a marine ‘cowboy’ named Ted Griffin.” Many orcas at SeaWorld were taken from their homes. SeaWorld of Hurt also states, “Five orcas currently at SeaWorld were kidnapped from their ocean homes, as others who have since died. For example, Tilikum… was captured at the age...
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