Over the course of two decades, John Hargrove worked with 20 different whales on two continents and at two of SeaWorld’s U.S. facilities. For Hargrove, becoming an orca trainer fulfilled a childhood dream. However, as his experience with the whales deepened, Hargrove came to doubt that their needs could ever be met in captivity. …
SeaWorld worked long and hard to create the illusion of being a conservation organization that housed happy, healthy marine animals. Luckily, Blackfish — the ground-breaking documentary about the abusement park — shattered many of the lies that SeaWorld has been spewing for years. While there’s no hiding from the truth now, SeaWorld is still hoping that …
Do British Airways lose sleep at night? #Seaworld #Blackfish Kathleen Haase Skipton 7 Aug 2014 — I need your help! Today British Airways are asking Facebook users to post their top tips on a goodnight’s sleep when flying. Why don’t we all ask BA how they sleep at night while working with SeaWorld and supporting …
Three deaths, two decades, one whale. What have we learned? In one of the most powerful and thought-provoking documentaries in a generation, Blackfish turns the spotlight on humankind’s selfish desire to confine large, intelligent marine mammals in a captive situation for our viewing pleasure. Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s important film could have so easily been labelled ‘just …
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