Animal rights have become a common idea over the last several years, and activists in pursuit of these ideas have increased. Animal rights activists rally over the abuse and mistreatment of animals domestically but more often they rally over the abuse and mistreatment of animals in business and medical fields. The solution activists normally suggest is to release captive animals and to use safer methods in research. These ideals are morally correct, however activists fail to see that a complete release of captive animals and a halt to our current methods can be damaging to humans and animals. Animals serve as not only entertainment for people but are part of human diet and educational resource. In exchange humans serve as rehabilitation centers
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Cowperthwaite and the rest of her crew that produced the documentary “Blackfish” are either documenters or cinematographers; however none of them have expertise in the field of marine life ("Blackfish Official Film Site"). There are facts to be told about Sea World that are conveniently left out of the documentary. Sea World has a strong history is American with its roots tracing back to Florida in 1959, with the opening of Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida. Since then, Sea World has expanded its gates around the United States with 11 different parks. Traditional Sea World theme parks are located in San Diego, California, Orlando, Florida and San Antonio, Texas ("Sea World History" para 1- 4 ). All of these amusement parks are economic gain for Sea World Entertainment but what is often forgotten is the role this big business has to …show more content…
“Blackfish” told the story of Sea World’s most aggressive and sad orca, Tilikum. Before moving to Sea World, he shared a very small tank with two other large orcas, that’s was incredibly too small for them, at a public aquarium called Sea Land that opened in 1969. Tilikum has been involved in three murders since he was captured as an infant and he has grown to be one of the largest male orcas in captivity ("Blackfish Official Film Site”). “Blackfish” claims he is used to scare other orcas into behaving, and is also one of the top orca’s used in Sea World’s breeding program (Welsh para 3). But “Blackfish” isn’t blaming Tilikum for the murders; they imply the fault of Sea World’s mistreatment of
Cowperthwaite and the rest of her crew that produced the documentary “Blackfish” are either documenters or cinematographers; however none of them have expertise in the field of marine life ("Blackfish Official Film Site"). There are facts to be told about Sea World that are conveniently left out of the documentary. Sea World has a strong history is American with its roots tracing back to Florida in 1959, with the opening of Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida. Since then, Sea World has expanded its gates around the United States with 11 different parks. Traditional Sea World theme parks are located in San Diego, California, Orlando, Florida and San Antonio, Texas ("Sea World History" para 1- 4 ). All of these amusement parks are economic gain for Sea World Entertainment but what is often forgotten is the role this big business has to …show more content…
“Blackfish” told the story of Sea World’s most aggressive and sad orca, Tilikum. Before moving to Sea World, he shared a very small tank with two other large orcas, that’s was incredibly too small for them, at a public aquarium called Sea Land that opened in 1969. Tilikum has been involved in three murders since he was captured as an infant and he has grown to be one of the largest male orcas in captivity ("Blackfish Official Film Site”). “Blackfish” claims he is used to scare other orcas into behaving, and is also one of the top orca’s used in Sea World’s breeding program (Welsh para 3). But “Blackfish” isn’t blaming Tilikum for the murders; they imply the fault of Sea World’s mistreatment of