SeaWorld is an organization which thrives off taking baby calves away from their homes and families in the ocean and locking them away in secluded tanks, not much bigger than their own bodies. They are then expected to spend their whole lives performing for strangers in chlorine-infested waters.
41 orcas in total have died on SeaWorld's watch. Their first captures in Washington resulted in the deaths of 3 whales.
In the wild, orcas are known to swim up to 100 miles a day, which equates to SeaWorld's orcas having to swim around 1,900 laps around their pools. These beautiful creatures deserve to be free and wild and to enjoy life in the oceans, but they're limited to having to perform degrading acts until the day they die.
Peri Sedigh, an activist, compared the marine animals' lives to "a form of slavery". Why are we still allowing this to happen?
These dolphins and whales have become depressed, resulting in frequent violent and even suicidal behaviours.
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