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Check it. I don't work for anyone. I'm not paid for posting here. I don't need the money, my SeaWorld stock has done so well...

THE ACADEMY CONVERSATIONS Writer/Director Gabriela Cowperthwaite speaks about BLACKFISH The Samuel Goldwyn Theatre July, 2013 GC: "I am a mother who took her kids to SeaWorld. When I heard about the Dawn Brancheau incident in the media I read as much as I could about it. I found it very...

I'll bet they were thrilled when Dawn's company tried to blame her for her own death---and did so publicly. I'll also bet they were paid handsomely for their ---"support." "One of the most important things we've learned from having these animals in captivity is that they're not suitable to...

SeaWorld is like the alcoholic who, at the intervention, says “What drinking problem? I don’t have a drinking problem.” SeaWorld, you have a problem. (Orcas don’t do well in captivity. People and animals have been injured and killed because of it.) You are getting ‘high’ off of the problem...

Well---919Florida---there seems to be more to it than that. I don’t know if it’s due to hubris, or incompetence, or lack of a moral compass, or what it is….but there seems to be intent to deceive in how SeaWorld goes about doing business. When Tilikum killed Dawn Brancheau they rushed to the...

Typical... OFTeric, observers of SeaWorld Inc. will notice that anytime there is trouble or a disagreement it is always somebody else's fault. Nothing is ever SeaWorld's fault. They are blameless. The SeaWorld executives like to look down on the world from above and assign blame to everyone...

I believe that a company in the business of family entertainment ought to have a parade float that can roll down Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena without an armed escort.

The park creates controversy for itself. They have no one to blame but themselves. This is only one issue of many--but they ran an advertisement that said: “We do not separate killer whale moms and calves. SeaWorld recognizes the important bond between mother and calf. On the rare occasion...

It is an interesting study in how much controversy a corporation is willing to tolerate isn't it, 919Florida?

Any company that requires a police escort for its float in the Tournament of Roses Parade (of all places)---is doing something wrong. Change is coming to SeaWorld. The captivity of orcas will eventually be abolished in the United States.

You may be right about that, jdmdisney99. And if life in captivity damages an orca so much that it could not be expected to function normally in the natural environment, maybe we should abolish the practice altogether. There is always the possibility that things can be done differently....

Same does not go for whales, jdmdisney99. Captive-born orcas are not a new species. “All of the science tells us that the welfare of wild-caught as well as captive-born dolphins and whales is equally poor. They still live the same short, stressful lives, die of the same diseases, show the...

I don't know.

There might have been other days during this holiday period when they could have hit capacity but did not because of the public's changing attitude toward having orcas in captivity for entertainment purposes. And how many people in that capacity crowd will ever want to go back to the park...

Master Yoda, I see no comparison at all. The killer whales at SeaWorld are not allowed to maintain pods. Captive orcas have no choice in where they go or stay. (See post #369.)

Re: Wild orca (not captive) life spans from orcanetwork.org: "Females have a mean life expectancy of 50.2 years, typically give birth to their first viable calf at 14.9 years of age, produce an average of 5.35 viable calves over a 25.2 year reproductive lifespan and have a maximum longevity of...

Voxel, I applaud you.

There are solutions being written about and talked about---on this forum and elsewhere. I believe we must first recognize the problem before we can even see the solution. hakunamatata, do you recognize the problem with having orcas in captivity and are eager to find a solution? Or are you...

It is good that SeaWorld does rescue/aid work with animals---but that is no excuse for the harm that they have done to orcas. Imagine a SeaWorld park where every part of the operation results in a win/win for both the facility and for every animal involved. After fifty years, it’s time for...

"Few people realize that killer whales are members of the family Delphinidae, making them the planet’s largest dolphins, giant cousins to the far more common white-sided, spotted, bottlenose, and twenty-eight other species of seagoing dolphins. Orcas not only have the largest brain of any...