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Free the killer whale
I just wrote to Sea World and hopefully many more people will do the same. All these captive wild animals need to be set free. I feel such relief when an elephant is given freedom from a zoo or if Tilikum is set free into the ocean. What a crime it is for humans to exploit animals for their own use whether it be for entertainment, research, clothing or food. I live for the day when all farm animals are released from factory farms.
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Free the killer whale
Well, that's a lovely story of a very young whale
Who never spent any time in training or in captivity. This
is totally different than the whale at seaworld and proves
nothing.
The whale at seaworl is an adult and has been trained, fed, and cared for in captivity and cannot be successfully released. Also, do you really think stupid humans would allow
this poor whale to live if released? NO!
You can write and whine all you want about biology you know
nothing about, but that whale will remain at seaworld for the remainder of it's life which is what's best for this particular
animal.
Free the killer whale
Avocadess, you have soured my first experience of writing on this website. This will likely be my last comment. Something you need to ponder: economically, if Seaworld keeps the whale and is expected to feed him indefinitely, how do you expect they will be able to afford it? Yes, by getting new whales & dolphins from the wild and bringing in more $$. More incarceration, more separation of families, depression and no constructive solution. I resent you calling others ignorant when you have no idea with whom you are communicating.
Free the killer whale
Laina,
It's too bad you have to blame another for your choice of perceived experience.
So your answer is to be inhumane and with cruel uneducated intention, release an animal who can't fend for itself and won't survive in the wild?
Why don't you donate to seaworld for this whale's upkeep if you're so concerned? That way there won't be any need for more captures.
It doesn't matter if I personally know anyone posting here personally as it's their incorrect data, humanization of non-human species, and ignorance of orca biology that is what is being address. Don't take it personally.
By the way, what makes you correct in what this particular orca feels? Perhaps this animal has no idea it was doing anything wrong, perhaps took play a bit far, or well, only the whale knows for sure. This is a whale, not a human.
The *fact* of this matter IS that this particular whale has been in captivity far too long and cannot, for it's own well being and safety, be released in the wild.
So if you really want to help this animal, donate to it's upkeep and educate yourselves about orca biology and behavior *before* making ridiculous claims and demands.
Free the killer whale
Two reasons why this whale can't be released and would NOT survive in the wild:
Asked why SeaWorld is holding onto Tilikum, Ventre observed that, "It's in SeaWorld's interests to keep Tilikum and, secondarily, there's no better place for Tilikum than SeaWorld. He gets the best care possible for his particular situation.
Number one, he spends as lot of time surface-resting - a wild orca swims pretty much its entire life.
Number two, he doesn't have any viable teeth left. One of the (things you do when) putting orcas in a facility is that you have to separate them with gates, and what they tend to do is threat-displays at each other to establish dominance. It's a matriarchal society. Tilikum (a male) is a sub-dominant animal in that society. He has a little bit less room to maneuver because of his massive size. He might be the largest animal in captivity. ... So, consequently, his teeth have broken off. And that's why you'll see the trainers every morning and evening using a water pick to flush out the impacted fish that gathers in the remnants of the teeth ... so it doesn't lead to something like an infection.
THIS WHALE CANNOT BE RELEASED INTO THE WILD!!!
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I just wrote to Sea World and hopefully many more people will do the same. All these captive wild animals need to be set free. I feel such relief when an elephant is given freedom from a zoo or if Tilikum is set free into the ocean. What a crime it is for humans to exploit animals for their own use whether it be for entertainment, research, clothing or food. I live for the day when all farm animals are released from factory farms.