Blackfish
Posted by
Eric
Blackfish is a film trying to
shed some light on the lives of killer whales that have been captured and
forced to participate in shows at marine parks like SeaWorld. Most of the story is discussing the actions
of a whale named Tilikum that has been involved in three deaths (and is still
performing). It really made me think
about the morality of keeping such creatures in the conditions they’re forced
to suffer through their entire lives, day in and day out. Compared to the ocean, no tank would ever be
large enough to justify keeping these animals in their pens with little or no
stimulation, besides taking them from the lives they were born to live. These whales are torn from their families,
separated from their groups that have their own languages, and either put with
whales that have completely different “languages” or kept in isolation until
their turn to perform in shows – all for our entertainment and so the businesses
can make money! It doesn’t seem right.
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