Killer Whales: Friend or Foe? - The Controvers​y Behind Blackfish

By Beemerboyz803

Please note. We post this as an opinion. We do know there are 3 sides of the story: His truth, her truth and the real truth. From what we viewed, we state our opinion in this post. We love Sea World but disagree with them. We ask for no controversy through comments, email, Facebook or Twitter.

Over the years, children and adults have grown up around SeaWorld. When the kids and adults visited, they never suspected that anything was wrong with them. They thought everything was fine, because they were such happy whales during the shows.

Meanwhile, behind that fake smile was a killer whale who was tortured, night and day. He would be punished for performing tricks incorrectly, and locked in a 20x30-foot cage at night. As the years have passed, these whales have become more aggressive, and have led to serious injuries and several fatalities at marine life parks. In 2010, an infamous accident occurred at SeaWorld Orlando. There has been a controversy ever since.

In 2013, Blackfish was released in theaters. The movie was a documentary about killer whales, their aggressiveness, their tortured lives, and the controversies behind them. One of the two controversies is between OSHA and SeaWorld Parks, OSHA stating that killer whales are not safe for humans to work with. This controversy formed as a result of the 2010 incident. Also, shortly after Blackfish was released in theaters, SeaWorld commented on the movie, stating that its two main premises are false: that life at SeaWorld is harmful and torturous for killer whales, and dangerous for the trainers that assist them, and that SeaWorld has attempted to cover up the facts that surround the incident at SeaWorld's Orlando park in February 2010.

I was able to watch Blackfish on my iPad last night. Immediately, I knew I didn't want to watch it. It was too emotional and to hard for me to handle. When you watch the documentary, it's pretty much like you can feel the pain the whales feel. 

My opinion? Killer whales should be free to do whatever they want. They can't spend their whole lives away from their families. They can't spend their life in a cold bathtub year-round. They can't spend two-thirds of their life swimming in a cold pond in the dark. They can't spend their whole lives covered in rakes, famished, and captured from their families at such a young age.

In conclusion, I believe SeaWorld is not correct. I agree with Blackfish. These whales should deserve to spend their lives in paradise, and not in an aquatic Alcatraz. 

SeaWorld should retire their whales, and not keep them as show-animals their entire lives. Every ten years or so, they remove whales from their parks to return to their families and capture new ones. That way, we can prevent accidents and controversies like this from happening ever again. What will happen to the whales, the trainers, and SeaWorld parks? Each of their fates aren't predictable just yet, but as we all know, anything can happen, at any time.