Blackfish the movie WILL change the sealife industry.
SeaWorld CEO Jim Atchison resigns following Blackfish backlash.
“SeaWorld, once a popular destination for tourists in places like Florida, has come under intense scrutiny from investors, partners and animal rights activists following the release of the documentary Blackfish last year.
The award-winning film explored the tragic death of top trainer Dawn Brancheu, who was dragged and killed by a 12,000 pound killer whale during a show at SeaWorld Orland in 2010 in front of a terrified audience.
The documentary raised concerns about the treatment of killer whales in captivity and argued that Tilikum’s violent behaviour was the result of years of abuse and harassment at SeaWorld.
Tilikum was separated from his mother when he was about 2 years old and sold to SeaWorld by a Canadian theme park. He was kept in solitude and confined to a small tank.”
Reported on the main news, this story was so significant (probably because share prices in SeaWorld have fallen by 50%). Read more from the Indy here.
VLA Response:
Captive animals are NO form of entertainment. We’ll let our friends at Seaworldofhurt sum this up…
“SeaWorld confines whales who often swim up to 100 miles a day in the wild to tanks that, to them, are the size of a bathtub. An orca at SeaWorld would have to swim the circumference of the main pool 1,900 times in one day to swim that same distance.“
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