OSHA issued their citation in August 2010. Blackfish was not even a project at that time. SeaWorld cites an event two and a half years after the citation was issued as evidence. And even at that, Blackfish was not the subject of Padgett’s investigation. SeaWorld seems to be desperately grasping at any straw it can in its fight to put trainers back in harms way, back in the water with their orcas.
This is certainly an odd PR strategy… any and every news story with SeaWorld in the title–especially SeaWorld AND Blackfish–will do nothing but draw further attention to the movie and further criticism of SeaWorld’s operation.
I saw the documentary in July, 2013 and it still haunts me. If you want to see a whale, go on an ocean whale watch. Whales are highly intelligent and family oriented mammals. They should never be held in captivity. Marine biologists have proven that whales are even more intelligent than humans. They won’t go so far as to say that whale clans have separate and distinct languages, but studies show that they do. When baby whales are captured, the family calls out to the baby and stays with the boat until they no longer can. Sea World is a $2.7B company. They could make huge net pools for their existing whales and still let people come to see them in a more natural environment and abandon the shows they do now. They could readily participate in release programs when they know where a whale’s original pod is and if the mother is still alive. There’s a push to do that with the Orca, Lolita. They know her pod is in the NW Pacific Ocean. Google Voice for the Orca if you want to real more about this. Captured whales are dying from diseases they don’t contract in the sea – like encephalitis. One small mosquito can take down an 8,000 to 12,000 pound whale. They don’t belong to us – we don’t deserve to keep them as our prisoners.
Agree with MadDog. I saw the documentary recently and it made a lasting impression. Leave the whales in the seas and oceans where they belong, instead of holding them in captivity for man’s enjoyment. They aren’t play things.
SeaWorld is getting desperate. This claim is just grasping at straws.
The OSHA citation was issued in August 2010. Blackfish was not even a project at the time. The event SeaWorld cites is two and half years after the citation was issued.
OSHA issued their citation in August 2010. Blackfish was not even a project at that time. SeaWorld cites an event two and a half years after the citation was issued as evidence. And even at that, Blackfish was not the subject of Padgett’s investigation. SeaWorld seems to be desperately grasping at any straw it can in its fight to put trainers back in harms way, back in the water with their orcas.
This is certainly an odd PR strategy… any and every news story with SeaWorld in the title–especially SeaWorld AND Blackfish–will do nothing but draw further attention to the movie and further criticism of SeaWorld’s operation.
I saw the documentary in July, 2013 and it still haunts me. If you want to see a whale, go on an ocean whale watch. Whales are highly intelligent and family oriented mammals. They should never be held in captivity. Marine biologists have proven that whales are even more intelligent than humans. They won’t go so far as to say that whale clans have separate and distinct languages, but studies show that they do. When baby whales are captured, the family calls out to the baby and stays with the boat until they no longer can. Sea World is a $2.7B company. They could make huge net pools for their existing whales and still let people come to see them in a more natural environment and abandon the shows they do now. They could readily participate in release programs when they know where a whale’s original pod is and if the mother is still alive. There’s a push to do that with the Orca, Lolita. They know her pod is in the NW Pacific Ocean. Google Voice for the Orca if you want to real more about this. Captured whales are dying from diseases they don’t contract in the sea – like encephalitis. One small mosquito can take down an 8,000 to 12,000 pound whale. They don’t belong to us – we don’t deserve to keep them as our prisoners.
Well said, MadDog.
Agree with MadDog. I saw the documentary recently and it made a lasting impression. Leave the whales in the seas and oceans where they belong, instead of holding them in captivity for man’s enjoyment. They aren’t play things.
SeaWorld is getting desperate. This claim is just grasping at straws.
The OSHA citation was issued in August 2010. Blackfish was not even a project at the time. The event SeaWorld cites is two and half years after the citation was issued.