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Repeatedly by katina and others. in the wild its a very mate society. males whales are kept in the perimeter. in captivity, animals are squeezed into very close proximity. tilikum, the poor guy is so large he couldnt get away because he just is not as mobile, relative to the smaller and more agile females. >> he spent time in isolation. seaworld claims hes always with the females but from what i saw he was mostly put with the females for breeding purposes and he didnt spend a lot of time with th...

Its one of our favorite places. >> yeah, i like when shamu gets everybody wet. >> when the whales get up close to the glass, 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. he was found draped over the back of tilikum, the largest orca whale in captivity. >> all i know is he was a young man that had been arrested not long before he snuck into seaworld. m...

Put in 25 years in the industry should be released to an open ocean pen so they can live their lives and experience the natural rhythms to the ocean. >> this is a multimillion dollar corporation that makes its money through the exploitation of orcas. >> 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 well look back and go, my god, what a barbaric time.

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Welcome back to black fish killers inside captivity. black squn fish follows the story of tilikum, an orca that was captured 27 years before he killed seaworld trainer dawn brancheau. but it was those years in captivity themselves that turned tilikum into a killer? thats really the question being debated here. heres a clip from blackfish. >> hes not killing because hes just crazy. hes not killing because he doesnt know what hes doing. hes killing because hes frustrated, and hes got aggravations,...

Welfare of the animal, you shouldnt have them in captivity in the first place. >> do you think its possible, billy, that these trainers, they are not allowed to go in the water now due the a government edict that came down, do you think its possible they could go back in the water? do what they were doing? the high flying stunts, the gymnastics? all of that? ? >> absolutely. im the only person on the panel who is an animal trainer and the only person on the panel who dedicated his life to workin...

Zimmerman and with greg stafford. now were going to call a cease fire. is there anything that you two can actually agree on? >> i would say if killer whales are to be kept in captivity, i dont think they should be. theyre creating better environments, more natural environments and building a lot more natural history into the programs would be a step in the right direction. i think as we learn more, trainers working with positive reinforcement are working every day to make their lives better and ...

A circus environment and they should release the animals that are young enough and healthy enough to be released. and the whales like tilikum that are old and sick that have put in 20 years in this environment, should be relieved to an ocean pen so they can live out their lives and experience the national rhythms of the ocean. >> this is a multibillion dollar corporation that makes its money through the exploitation of orcas. >> theyre not suitable to have in captivity. >> the whales are really ...

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. incredible. looks fantastic. >> when tilikum arrived at sea world he was attacked viciously repeatedly by katina and others. in the wild its a very mate society. males are kept in the perimeter. in captivity, animals are squeezed into very close proximity. tilikum, the poor guy is so large he couldnt get away because he just is not as mobile, relative to the...

The mortality rates. we are going to present this information at a scientific conference in december. the mortality rates on an annual basis are three times as high in captivity than they are in a well studied population in british columbia. some well will say not all live as long as they do in british columbia. but its an indication of how long they can live when they are out in the wild, and they dont come close to that in captivity. to me thats the metric that we should be looking at. if all ...