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jmventre replied to your post “It wasn't you making this point but someone was arguing in the LP post...”

I was at Shamu Stadium in 1994 when Kalina returned to Orlando (and was at Shamu prior to her departure as well). She had been transported to Ohio, SD, Tex and then back. Amidst her travels she grew and became a matriarch. When she returned to Orlando, she challenged her mom for that position. Kat beat her down over a relatively short period of time (days/week). After that their relationship picked up where it left off. They got along well.

Thank you for sharing this information with us! 

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WMFE radio discusses killer whale captivity with Dr John Jett, an adjunct professor or environmental science at Stetson University in Deland, FL, and a former killer whale trainer at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida, USA

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On 22 Feb 2013 a Madison, WI, radio station interviewed acclaimed author David Kirby, regarding the issue of captivity for killer whales. David gets into the morality of it; the dangers; and the politics. This is a fascinating interview. David Kirby is author of "Death at SeaWorld," a book that the Columbus Dispatch called, "Best non-fiction work of 2012."

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AUDIO REVIEW of the MOVIE BLACKFISH 

GUEST BIO: David Courier is the senior programmer for the Sundance Film Festival as well as the writer and producer of the Sundance Awards Ceremony. David has been with the festival for 12 years, since 2000, and focuses on US and World Documentaries. Caroline Libresco is feature film programmer for the Sundance Film Festival, where she coordinates the World Cinema program. Prior to joining Sundance, she was a programming and communications specialist for the Independent Television Service (ITVS). She was also associate director of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, senior publicist for the San Francisco International Film Festival and development director at U.C. Berkeley and the Library Foundation of San Francisco. She has served on juries at Silverdocs and the LA Asian Pacific Film Festival, and on the funding panel for IFPís Radziwill Documentary Fund.