The animals at SeaWorld are forced to swim in small tanks for the rest of their lives instead of the big open sea. The debate about SeaWorld being a good and bad place has been a major issue the past few years and even a bigger issue after the movie Blackfish came out revealing SeaWorld's deepest darkest secrets. SeaWorld has made many good points to show how they are a good place, how they care for the animals. But somethings just don't add up and from the research done, their starting to be proved
SeaWorld came under extreme controversy after the documentary “Blackfish” aired in the summer of 2013. The documentary offered an extremely calumniatory viewpoint of SeaWorld’s use of orcas. The repercussions of the documentary on SeaWorld were immense, with their stick plummeting more than 20% in August of 2013 and attendance numbers at the park dwindling. The documentary also propelled the introduction of a California bill the “Orca Welfare Safety Act” that would ban the use of Orcas for performance
aquariums, zoos, and marine parks they never really think about where these twenty-two thousand pound orca whales are forced to stay, or where these four hundred pound dolphins reside for most of the day. Any time they visit an aquatic park, such as SeaWorld, or an aquarium, such as Shedd Aquarium, the animals seem happy, the workers seem to enjoy themselves, and the atmosphere is fun. People visit these places for the experience and the excitement that comes over their bodies the minute they see a trick