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And they should release the animals that are young enough and healthy enough to be released. and the animals like tilikum that are old and sick and have put in 25 years in the industry should be released to an open ocean pen to live out their lives and experience the rhythm of the ocean. >> this is a multibillion dollar organization. >> theyre not suitable to have in captivity. >> the whales are really bored. you deprive them of all this environmental stimulation. >> i think that in 50 years wel...

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 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, he cou...

>> youve got animals from different cultural subsets that have been brought in from various parks. these are different nations. these arent two different killer whales. these animals, theyve got different genes. they use different languages. >> well, what can happen as a result of them being thrown in with other whales that they havent grown up with, that are not part of their culture is theres hyperaggression. a lot of violence, a lot of killing in captivity that you dont ever see in the wild. ...

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...

Please do not step on the seats. these areas may become wet, and therefore slippery to some footwear. thank you. ♪ >> in the wild when theres tension they have thousands of square miles to exit the scene and they can get away. you dont have that in captivity. could you imagine being in a small concrete enclosure for your life when youre used to swimming 100 miles a day? >> sometimes this aggression became very severe, and in fact whales have died in captivity because of this aggression. >> i t...

And that is just false. >> all animals in captivity have a bad life. theyre all 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 one wants to see it happen again. can seaworld create an environment where it never happens again? yes, i absolutely believe they can. what if there were no seaworlds? i cant imagine a society with the value we put in marine mammals if tho...

Saying that that was another level of aggressiveness. seaworld is saying it was not an aggressive move. >> one of seaworlds top curators, chuck tompkins, said when dawn brancheau was pulled off that ledge, it wasnt necessarily aggressive behavior by the whale. >> the initial grab was not an act of aggression. this is not a crazed animal. >> the industry has a vested interest in spinning these so that the animals continue to appear like cuddly teddy bears that are completely safe. you know, that ...

And they should release the animals that are young enough and healthy enough to be released. and the animals like tilikum that are old and sick and have put in 25 years in the industry should be released to an open ocean pen to live out their lives and experience the rhythm of the ocean. >> this is a multibillion dollar organization. >> theyre not suitable to have in captivity. >> the whales are really bored. you deprive them of all this environmental stimulation. >> i think that in 50 years wel...

These areas may become wet, and therefore slippery to some footwear. thank you. ♪ >> in the wild when theres tension they have thousands of square miles to exit the scene and they can get away. you dont have that in captivity. could you imagine being in a small concrete enclosure for your life when youre used to swimming 100 miles a day? >> sometimes this aggression became very severe, and in fact whales have died in captivity because of this aggression. >> i think it was 1988 kandu tried to a...

Come on. >> youve got animals from different cultural subsets that have been brought in from various parks. these are different nations. these arent two different killer whales. these animals, theyve got different genes. they use different languages. >> well, what can happen as a result of them being thrown in with other whales that they havent grown up with, that are not part of their culture is theres hyperaggression. a lot of violence, a lot of killing in captivity that you dont ever see in t...