Dolphins in shows and aquariums always seem to be filled with joy and have happy smiling faces. However, just because that is it looks on the outside, does not mean it is even close to the truth. Huge corporations like Sea World are extremely guilty of harming their marine life by forcing them into captivity. Even studies have been shown that orca whales' life expectancies are significantly shorter than they are in the wild. The animals are fed, given medical care and attention, so what is the problem
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their priority and not the effect of their actions. Animals do not live solely for people’s entertainment and institutions similar to SeaWorld have taken orcas from their natural habitat and held them captive for “tricks”, endangering these creatures’ lives, therefore we should boycott these businesses that contributed to the unjust treatment of these animals. SeaWorld have held animals captive in small tanks for their own selfish reasons. Forcing orcas to entertain visitors for food. Even orcas with
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the wild. She focuses on SeaWorld, an establishment who captivates these orca's for human entertainment, and pose a threat to the lives of many trainers, the whales inhabitant in their pools, and are the cause of many whale attacks in these industries. She adopts a serious and reflective tone in order to appeal to the feelings and reason of other animal entertainment facilities and her public audience. Cowperthwaite begins her documentary by exploiting the view of SeaWorld from oppositions that aren't
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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
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SeaWorld has animals, whales and dolphins, that would be better off in the wild than trapped in tanks and forced to perform. The safety of both the humans and the animals would be better if separated. SeaWorld shouldn’t be able to have whales and dolphins in their parks because it hurts the life expectancy of the animals, the peoples safety is in danger, and the health of the animal can be affected greatly. The life expectancy of orcas in captivity is nowhere near the wild life expectancy. The life
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to inform viewers of the message the documentary is trying to convey. In the context of the documentary, the evidence and statistics prove the danger that comes with captivating killer whales. For example, Tilikum, the famous orca at SeaWorld, killed three killer whale trainers. This technique is used to inform the viewers of the violent behavior demonstrated by captivated killer whales. This technique allows us to observe the aggressive behavior shown by the orcas towards
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in the Seaworld. It uses different kinds of techniques such as visual, sound, language and structure to present the audiences three groups: beautiful, victimised but fearsome killer whales; trainers are represented as vulnerable as well as compassionate and the sea world management is represented as manipulative, callous and greedy. Audiences are positioned to view whales with admiration, fear, sympathy and understanding; to view trainers with admiration and sympathy and to view the seaworld management
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Killer whales are beautiful creatures. The experience of seeing a killer whale for the first time is breath taking. My grandparents took me to SeaWorld in Orlando was I was 8, and after seeing a killer whale I was hooked. After going back many times it influenced me to want to become a whale trainer. As years have gone on I have learned killer whales in SeaWorld means they are in captivity. Why are these amazing animals spending their whole lives in a small swimming pool? Killer whales have been taken
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Ford, Toyota, Nike and SeaWorld Corp. There are several similarities between Ford, Toyota, Nike and SeaWorld. Although the industries between Ford and Toyota are similar in the automotive group, the Nike and SeaWorld group would appear to be incomparable. However, in similarities Ford, Toyota, Nike and SeaWorld are large multi-million dollar profitable companies. They are all publicly traded companies. They have all had tragedies that closely involve the guests that have used their products.
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Many people around the world travel to SeaWorld locations to see the aquatic mammals and their shows. Little do they know of what kind of hardships and cruel treatments these animals endure. In the past, the documentary film Blackfish (2013) exposes SeaWorld and Sealand of the Pacific for their harsh methods of training and keeping orcas and other aquatic mammals. This film opens the eyes of its viewers to the cruelty that orcas are experiencing from living in these enclosures their whole lives.
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