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Captivity. seaworld says the bill is flawed. assemblyman joins me now to talk more about it and i think we should have warned our audience. ive seen the movie and it is incredibly disturbing from many vantage points to watch, but ive got to read this to you just quickly. the family of dawn brancheau after "black fish" premiered, released a statement, were not affiliated with the movie in any way. dawn would not have remained a trainer at seaworld for 15 years if she felt the whales were not well...

Killer whale shows at seaworld in california could soon be a thing of the past. richard bloom of santa monica is proposing a new bill that bans orcas from performances at theme parks. he says its all because of the controversial movie "black fish," which highlights the death of seaworld trainer dawn brancheau. she was killed by a whale three years ago. heres a clip of the movies trailer. >> when tilikum arrived at seaworld, he was twice as large as the next animal. >> we stored these whales in w...

Seaworld after the controversial cnn documentary "black fish." california lawmaker has unveiled a new bill that would ban the park from using whales for entertainment. the bill would allow orcas to be on display but bans breeding and captivity and prohibits or as from being imported or exported from the state. seaworld says the premise of the legislation is, quote, severely flawed. and one day after a judge ruled in favor of commercial drone pilot, the faa is pushing back and appealing the cou...

Parks in the state. it would also prohibit breeding in captivity. the bills sponsor says orca are are too intelligent to be confined in tanks for their entire lives. the daughter of the reverend martin luther king jr. holding onto her fathers nobel peace price and traveling bible after a court ordered her to turn them over. she missed the deadline this week, but she says she will hand them over monday. the atlanta court ordered she give them up to be held in a safety deposit box until a lawsui...

You heard from a spring of entertainers decloiningineing to perform at seaworld after killer worlds were in captivity and including the whale who killed dawn brancheau. in less than a half hour a california lawmaker will unveil kill 2140 to allow killer whales to be on display, but they would not be able to perform in shows. the bill would end captive breeding programs and end the export and import of genetic materials and the export and import of killer whales in california. this is california ...

Mainstream thinking. seaworld operates under multiple federal, state, and local animal welfare laws. we are deeply committed to the health and well being to all of the animals." >> the director of conservation at the world zoo and aquarium welcome back. >> good to be with you, brooke. >> i want to hear your side of things. why is it beneficial for orcas to be in captivity. >> for one thing, we learn so much about the animals and we continue to learn about them. the best way to understand what th...

Long distances. they travel in pods of 30 and have a very important connection to their mother and often travel alongside their mother the whole life. to rip them from the wild is obscene. to breed in captivity is equally obscene. we are taking a look at this issue. kudos to "black fish" and cnn for putting this on. now, the siecret is out. >> what you are talking about seems to go beyond just performance. you seem to have issues with the very idea of animals in cap hits which would include zoos...

Hi, shamu. hi, everybody. were the johnsons from detroit, michigan. we sure had a great time when we visited seaworld. its one of our favorite places. >> yeah, i like when shamu gets everybody wet. >> when the whales get up close to the glass, start kicking up the water, whammo, youre a goner. ♪ >> orange county sheriff deputies have identified the 27-year-old man found dead in a killer whales tank at seaworld. the victim is daniel p. dukes from south carolina. dukes was found yesterday draped...

He arrived, i think, in 1992. i was at whale and dolphin stadium when he arrived. hes twice as large as the next animal in the facility. >> right at about 12,000 pounds. thats -- thats incredible. he looks fantastic. >> when tilikum arrived at seaworld, he was attacked viciously, repeatedly by katina and the others. in the wild, its a very matriarchal society. male whales are kept at the perimeter. in captivity, animals are squeezed into very close proximity. tilikum, the poor guy is so large, h...

Going to continue to stick with for as long as they can. >> recognize that those that say this is a crazed animal that acted out and grabbed dawn maliciously, they want to prove the theorem that captivity makes animals crazy. and that is just false. >> all whales in captivity have a bad life. theyre all emotionally destroyed. theyre all psychologically traumatized. so they are ticking time bombs. its not just tilikum. >> we have to separate what happened to dawn, and as tragic as it is and no on...