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karen roseme
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san diego
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 16, 2014 - 10:03am PT
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News from NPR today!
"It's time to stop the shows. It's time to stop forcing the animals to perform in basically a circus environment, and they should release the animals that are young enough and healthy enough to be released," Berg says in the movie. "And the animals like Tilikum, who are old and sick and have put in 25 years in the industry, should be released to an open ocean pen."
SeaWorld dismissed Blackfish as "shamefully dishonest, deliberately misleading and scientifically inaccurate" when it was released over the summer. But then the company went silent.
Timothy Coombs, a communications professor at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, says the company seemed to be hoping the controversy would fade.
Read the whole article
http://www.npr.org/2014/01/15/262767226/months-after-blackfish-release-controversy-for-seaworld-grows
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karen roseme
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san diego
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 16, 2014 - 10:10am PT
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SeaWorld and Southwest have worked together since 1988 in what McInnis told CNBC is a "mutually beneficial partnership" that "is based on travel and bringing families together."
Co-branded programs include vacation packages and several Boeing 737 specialty jets painted with images of marine park animals. Two planes, Shamu Two and Shamu Three (Shamu One has been retired), feature images of Sea World's performing orcas. A huddle of gentoo penguins are painted on the newest themed plane, Penguin One.
Southwest Airlines isn't the only corporate entity being pressured to sever ties with SeaWorld. On Change.org alone, there are more than two dozen "Blackfish"-inspired petitions, including one asking Toys R Us to stop selling a SeaWorld-themed Barbie and another asking Groupon to stop featuring discounted SeaWorld deals.
(Read more: Ruffled feathers over future of the Spruce Goose)
The "Blackfish" documentary by filmmaker Gabriela Cowperthwaite examines the history of killer whales in captivity and, in particular, the story of Tilikum, a captive orca that has been associated with the death of several people, including of a trainer in 2010 at SeaWorld Orlando in Florida. Petitioners have called for the release of Tilikum and changes to the way in which SeaWorld treats animals in its theme parks.
Yay!!!!!
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karen roseme
Mountain climber
san diego
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 17, 2014 - 10:06am PT
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Sad news about the oscars yesterday, corporate influence?
Oscar Snubs 'Blackfish,' but the Film's Anti-Captivity Message Lives On
Fans and killer whale advocates are dismayed that the documentary about orcas in captivity did not make the final cut of nominees for best feature documentary.
David has been a professional journalist for 25 years. His third book, "Death at Seaworld," was published in 2012.
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Early this morning, actor Chris Hemsworth read out the Oscar nominations in some dimly lit conference hall in Los Angeles. Although Blackfish was featured on the short list of 15 documentaries announced last month, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ultimately snubbed it. But the film will live on as one of the most powerful and moving documentaries of our time. And it will continue to haunt SeaWorld's dreams.
Fans and orca advocates are expressing shock and dismay that the documentary about killer whales in captivity—and three-time killer Tilikum in particular—did not make the final cut of five nominees for best documentary feature.
Still, director Gabriela Cowperthwaite has given the world an invaluable gift that people will be talking about for years. Watched by more viewers than any other documentary last year and scheduled to air again this month on CNN, Blackfish has turned SeaWorld's world upside down and brought new urgency to the debate over the ethics of keeping large, sentient animals in tiny tanks to do inane tricks for food.
Documentaries are supposed to make us think. The best ones make us change, and that is what Blackfish will continue to do. If awards were based on influence, it would win all of them.
Thanks to the film, an untold number of people will no longer visit SeaWorld or other venues that keep orcas in captivity. The media, once largely indifferent to the issue, except when Tilikum killed Orlando trainer Dawn Brancheau almost four years ago, have woken from their stupor to report on the honest (if heated and often vitriolic) debate that is taking place in the country. The fallout will only increase as every detail of SeaWorld's once-shining reputation is reported on in depth.
It is daunting to recount all of the milestones that Blackfish achieved in 2013
Insightful post rSin, "a window into what allowed human slavery to exist for so long i figure"
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Jan 17, 2014 - 10:34am PT
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f*#k the Oscars. It doesn't matter.
this is what matters. This is what is happening right now.
"Four pods are in the cove, including an albino bottlenose dolphin. 100s of the dolphins are going to be slaughtered tomorrow while others get shipped to places like sea world. The killers will earn millions for this capture."
http://livestream.seashepherd.org/
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karen roseme
Mountain climber
san diego
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 18, 2014 - 10:17am PT
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Nature you are right! Some how some way this must be stopped!
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karen roseme
Mountain climber
san diego
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 18, 2014 - 06:59pm PT
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Jan 18, 2014 - 08:54pm PT
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Jan 18, 2014 - 09:04pm PT
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I thought you said those guys are smart.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Jan 18, 2014 - 09:12pm PT
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Its snout looks as if it's been running into walls.
Maybe it's highly intelligent, but not very bright. I know people like that.
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Jan 18, 2014 - 10:44pm PT
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Yes, that's the albino they kidnapped yesterday. She is at the Taiji Whale and Dolphin Museum.
f*#king murdering scum....
By the end of the weekend her mother along with another 200 or so dolphins will be slaughtered.
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splitter
Trad climber
SoCal Hodad, surfing the galactic plane
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Jan 18, 2014 - 11:03pm PT
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Not sure if its true, but i wonder if anyone else heard this story that was on Canadian national news during the spring or summer of 1983. I was in Cape Breton, NS CA visiting my folks during that time and this story broke on their national news about how this guys boat sunk off of the eastern seaboard a day or two of the coast (Florida, I think). No life raft. The situation became even more dire when sharks appeared. Evidently dolphins where in the vicinity also. They (not sure how large their pod was nor how many sharks) they kept the sharks at bay and took the guy back to land (hangin on their dorsal fins, i guess). It faded from the news and when I got back to SoCal a few months later I didn't try to investigate. Wouldn't have been so easy, no internet back then. I was somewhat suspect, it just seemed so incredible. But I still wonder about it.
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Q- Ball
Mountain climber
where the wind always blows
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Jan 18, 2014 - 11:14pm PT
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Nature- why are Dolphins more holy than roaches or ants?
I have always been curious why certain species get folks fired up.
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Q- Ball
Mountain climber
where the wind always blows
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Jan 18, 2014 - 11:57pm PT
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So you are the guy/girl that decides what animal to support? Be it an insect or vertebrate?
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Q- Ball
Mountain climber
where the wind always blows
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Jan 19, 2014 - 12:23am PT
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RSIN- Sorry you are upset.
I have a simple question, why is sustainably harvesting sea mammals bad?
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Q- Ball
Mountain climber
where the wind always blows
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Jan 19, 2014 - 12:31am PT
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I am sorry you are a racist, or trying to incite that. I wish you the best and hope you get better.
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Q- Ball
Mountain climber
where the wind always blows
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Jan 19, 2014 - 12:37am PT
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Sorry for trying to discuss issues with you. Maybe you will mature one day.
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Q- Ball
Mountain climber
where the wind always blows
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Jan 19, 2014 - 12:48am PT
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rSin- I hope you are okay. I am worried about you. Please stay safe and have fun.
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Q- Ball
Mountain climber
where the wind always blows
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Jan 19, 2014 - 12:53am PT
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I love all life but strive to help my fellow man first
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