So you can see why reading this story was frightening to me. I feel terrible for the trainer, the family, and most especially the other trainers and the visitors to the park that saw this terrible incident.
Posted on 02/24/2010 6:28:54 PM PST by beaversmom
They also think laws should protect them from any legal consequences, either for doing things, or for not doing things.
To the contrary, I think that karma's a bitch.
This Killer Whale should be returned to the wild ASAP before it kills again. It doesn’t like captivity I fear, can’t say I blame him.
So has pretty much every author who has ever written anything for children. The stupidity of some of the people who watched his movies is hardly his fault.
Cetaceans are highly, highly intelligent and complex animals. Think about it. It’d be like being in prison for a crime that never happened. Holding them in captivity for our entertainment is foolish as well as cruel. I’m very sorry about this woman being killed, but that animal should never have been there in the first place.
I have no problem with trophy hunting as long as the meat is eaten. I have no trouble with fishing as long as the head is cut off as soon as the fish is tossed on the filleting board, and I’m fine with cows, pigs, chickens, etc., being slaughtered for food, as long as they are treated humanely while alive and are dispatched quickly and humanely. God gave us dominion over the animals and expects us to treat them well. Imprisoning a beautiful wild animal that has a very long life span for our amusement is sick and, IMO, evil. It’s not and never can be a domesticated animal and not what God had in mind for them or us.
That comment reminds me of the nasty remarks I used to read on sites that I intentionally avoid now.....
Indian Elephants are domesticated animals and have been so for nearly 3000 years.
I’m not being nasty just simply giving a practical theory as to why the orca did that. I had a girlfriend who was walking with me in a neighborhood and a pitbull tried to attack her. She just happened to be on her period at that time. I theory that since the dog was downwind and smelled blood it was what attracted him to her like a moth to lightbulb. You have to keep in mind that orcas are carnivorous and can smell blood in the water miles and miles away like sharks.
Yes I did.
It's a remote possibility that they may be able to taste it, but Olfactory lobes of the brain and olfactory nerves are absent in all toothed whales, indicating that they have no sense of smell.
The jury did not stop Sealand's orca shows, but the city in which Sealand is based has indicated that Sealand's lease may not be renewed. In September 1991, Sealand owner Bob Wright put the three orcas up for sale. But what marine park wants to take three orcas that killed their trainer? Even before Sealand announced the whales were for sale, Sea World was preparing an application to NMFS to import them.
Thanks for the link
You are right about individual animal characteristics. I understand that the whale that killed the trainer a couple of days ago was recognized by the staff as being more dangerous than the others.
My reference to Disney is connected to the wild exageration he employed in his presentations. Bambi the innocent, totally sympatheyic victim and the evil hunter.
I am a life long hunter. I can’t count the number of deer I have harvested. When I see a deer I think about venison chops, roasts and hamburger. I also believe that the anti-gun sentiment that has developed in America over the years is to a degree connected to the false depiction of animals.
Like I said, I would love to spit on Disney’s grave. He is gone so I can’t spit in his face.
Mostly thanks to the NRA, which knocks itself out promoting the idea that guns are for "sport", primarily hunting. The Second Amendment is NOT about hunting!
So you can see why reading this story was frightening to me. I feel terrible for the trainer, the family, and most especially the other trainers and the visitors to the park that saw this terrible incident.
They’re dolphins, not sharks.
Keeping thse animals in tanks to do tricks or for show is not only dangerous...it’s CRUEL!! I felt horrible for the zoo elephants, I could scream for the panthers, tigers kept in 10 by 10 cages on the side of the road for entertainment off florida hiways and get ticked off for these poor dolphin or whales kept captive in a tank their whole life. Some people are so blinded to empathy...
I think most people....not just vegetarians or animal rights people realize those animals are VICIOUS and need to be in their own natural environment...not a small cage. I like the way some of the zoos have expanded their land so the animals can roam more freely...but then again they drug them....which is wrong too.
Humans are animals too....and dogs, cats, etc do have personalities. It’s a shame you never experienced that.....you missed alot.
What’s stopping you?
At least you didn’t repeat the urban legend that Disney was frozen...
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.