CRUELTY, dolphins, whales CONTENT WARNING
September 14, 2015 at 12:34 pm
(This post was last modified: September 14, 2015 at 12:35 pm by MTL.)
I know public awareness on this issue is steadily increasing,
but as long as the problem persists,
then public education is still required.
Whales and Dolphins belong to an family of animals called "Cetaceans".
Cetacean captivity for entertainment became big business after the 1960s hit TV series "Flipper".
Parks began to open featuring performing dolphins and whales.
It became a very lucrative industry.
The man behind the TV series "Flipper" is named Ric O'Barry.
He has since spent all his considerable profits from the very successful show, and gone to extreme lengths,
to undo what he sees as the damage he caused by inspiring the industry, in the first place.
He went to extreme risk, trouble, and expense, along with his team,
to expose the horrors of the dolphin hunt that makes the industry possible.
He put together a damning documentary called "The Cove".
"The Cove" trailer....WARNING: Extremely Disturbing Scenes.
And now he is in the news again, covering the dolphin hunt in Taiji, Japan.
full article here...warning, disturbing content:
As he points out, this dolphin hunt is not for food.....nor is it cultural.
It is cruel, enormously wasteful, and purely for profit.
This clip depicts a dolphin desperately trying to escape the hunters,
and O'Barry is helpless to do anything about it.
WARNING: Disturbing scenes.
More recently, another excellent film, "Blackfish"
was compiled about Orcas ("Killer Whales") in captivity,
by another filmmaker, Gabriella Cowperthwaite,
who herself is a mom who took her kids to SeaWorld.
The catalyst for this film was the death of a senior trainer at SeaWorld in 2010,
named Dawn Brancheau,
who was deliberately killed and partially eaten by their largest male Orca, 'Tilikum'
during one of the shows,
in front of an audience, many of whom were children.
Blackfish trailer....WARNING: Disturbing scenes.
I beg of you, do not patronize any establishment that profits from marine animal captivity and performance,
and tell others about these important films that so much risk and trouble were expended to make.
This industry is just plain wrong. There is nothing okay about it.
Thank you for taking the time to read this post.
but as long as the problem persists,
then public education is still required.
Whales and Dolphins belong to an family of animals called "Cetaceans".
Cetacean captivity for entertainment became big business after the 1960s hit TV series "Flipper".
Parks began to open featuring performing dolphins and whales.
It became a very lucrative industry.
The man behind the TV series "Flipper" is named Ric O'Barry.
He has since spent all his considerable profits from the very successful show, and gone to extreme lengths,
to undo what he sees as the damage he caused by inspiring the industry, in the first place.
He went to extreme risk, trouble, and expense, along with his team,
to expose the horrors of the dolphin hunt that makes the industry possible.
He put together a damning documentary called "The Cove".
"The Cove" trailer....WARNING: Extremely Disturbing Scenes.
And now he is in the news again, covering the dolphin hunt in Taiji, Japan.
full article here...warning, disturbing content:
As he points out, this dolphin hunt is not for food.....nor is it cultural.
It is cruel, enormously wasteful, and purely for profit.
This clip depicts a dolphin desperately trying to escape the hunters,
and O'Barry is helpless to do anything about it.
WARNING: Disturbing scenes.
More recently, another excellent film, "Blackfish"
was compiled about Orcas ("Killer Whales") in captivity,
by another filmmaker, Gabriella Cowperthwaite,
who herself is a mom who took her kids to SeaWorld.
The catalyst for this film was the death of a senior trainer at SeaWorld in 2010,
named Dawn Brancheau,
who was deliberately killed and partially eaten by their largest male Orca, 'Tilikum'
during one of the shows,
in front of an audience, many of whom were children.
Blackfish trailer....WARNING: Disturbing scenes.
I beg of you, do not patronize any establishment that profits from marine animal captivity and performance,
and tell others about these important films that so much risk and trouble were expended to make.
This industry is just plain wrong. There is nothing okay about it.
Thank you for taking the time to read this post.
