Dolphin Smile

A spokesman for Sea World justified kepping Orca’s in captivity for the following reasons. First, they are now mating and producing babies so they must be happy. Second, if they are released back into the wild they probably would not  join another  pod of wild Orca’s and will eventually die, as this is what happened when the captive Orca, Keiko, was released.

These are such  ridiculous justifications and they do make me really angry. For a long time the Orca’s did not mate because they were so traumatized at being captured and isolated in  cement holding tanks. Now they are probably mating because it is part of their normal behavior and they are so bored what else is there to do. This does not mean that they are happy. The Orca’s held captive live much shorter lives than wild Orca’s and it is not surprising that when introducing captive Orca’s into the wild it may take them some time to be adopted my another pod, if ever. Yet, this is not a justification for not releasing them back into the wild!!!

Orlando Sea World held their first Orca show on Saturday since the tragic death of Dawn Brancheau on Wednesday and get this… the theme of the show was “believe”, about a young boy who see’s an Orca at the Aquarium and then dreams of one day becoming a whale trainer!!! Obviously, they are trying to justify that being an Orca tainer is a great life achievement and are brainwashing all the children attending the show to believe that they should  hope to one day become an Orca trainer.

I am dumbfouded at the depth of human ignorance. This pathetic story speaks for itself.