Blackfish director Gabriela Cowperthwaite: 'It's time for this experiment
to end'
Blackfish
is a documentary about a killer whale that killed his three trainers. Gabriela Cowperthwaite aims to inform people about the negative effects of this
industry on the whales. According to her keeping orcas in captivity for
entertainment is an outdated practice that should be stopped. She also states
that ‘these parks give us the feeling that we understand these magnificent
animals, because we can see them react. We see them nod yes and no, and we
imagine that they are really saying yes and no’.
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My opinion
I agree with the director that
the experimenting has to stop. Tens of years ago researchers wanted to know
more about the mystery of the whale and in order to know more they had to
capture them. Even if a trainer works 10 years with a orca they can still be
killed, because being in a giant fish bowl isn’t their natural environment.
They will eventually snap and attack someone and this is what you always should
keep in mind. When they react to you like nodding, it doesn’t mean that they
understand you and speak your language.
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Barnes,
H. & Shoard, C. (2013, June 16). Blackfish
director Gabriela Cowperthwaite: 'It's time for this experiment to end' - video
interview.
It's sad to hear that three trainer were killed. But you can't blame the whale, they belong out in the ocean where they belong. I'm not going to lie when I say that I would actually love to see an orca nod yes, I mean most people would after seeing the movie Free Willy. But setting an orca free after years of captivity doesn't always work. We have the example of Keiko the orca the orca form Free Willy which was killed in 2003 after being set free.
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