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Park. theyre smaller when you come to seaworld or maybe the columbus zoo. but the new african belt is not captivity. the new polar bear exhibit for $26 million is not captivity. the zoos gave over $150 million to the animals in the wild in one year. the columbus zoo has given $12 million in the last ten years. >> all right. i get it. >> thats not what were coming from what jack is saying. >> may i say something? >> i really do hear what jack is saying. ill let bill and naomi talk more about the ...

It used to be back in the 60s. 50s, these creatures were virtually unknown. in many cases i know they were used as target practices by certain navies because they were considered monsters. we have learned as a result of having them in captivity. >> theres no doubt about that. theres a couple of ways of looking at this as well. i too have spent 25 years working with marine mammals with human care. ive had the opportunity to study them in the wild. ive also had the opportunity to use the relations...

Heard your message and redesigned the show, and redesigned the exhibit to be dramatic increase in knowledge about natural history, about conservation, about the role of killer whales. would that satisfy you? or would you be objecting to the act of killer whales in that kind of environment? >> i mean, that would be a vast improvement i think over the conditions and that exist right now. and seaworld, if youre listening, that would be great. but i think if you look at killer whales and the experie...

Of what they boilgs abiology an is like. >> let me bring up this point. and we say seaworld. there are many marine parks. it should be pointed out. its not just seaworld here at all. but gabriela in this particular discussion, when we talk about the value of keeping these creatures in captivity, the lessons learned reached a point where some scientists say okay, weve learned. its time to let them go. what we learned is telling us these are creatures we shouldnt have. >> thats the strange little ...

Gates. thats the story line that theyre 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 theory that captivity whales makes them crazy. >> all whales in captivity have a bad life. theyre all psychologically traumatized. so theyre ticking time bombs. its not just tilikum. >> we have to separate what happened to dawn, and as tragic as it is, no one wants to ever see ...

Closing that door and knowing hes locked in there for the whole night is like -- to staff its whoa! this is really heartbreaking stuff, newt. theres stuff in this film thats so compelling and unbelievable. one of the things is that you have one orca that has killed three human beings. thats three more human beings than all the orcas in the world that have ever killed, because orcas dont kill human beings in nature. but they do in captivity. this film is an indictment of of the entire system of g...

That are young enough and healthy enough to be released. and the whales like tilikum should be we leased to an open ocean penn 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 bored. you deprive them of all the environmental stimulation. >> i think that in 50 years well look back and go my god ...

Fulls of fish they are getting delivered by the trainer are getting smaller so they know they are coming down to the end of session. >> when you see the difference between the beginning of the video and the end, you can see hes not quite on his game anymore. >> there is no food left. she kept asking him for more and more behaviors. he wasnt getting reinforced for the behaviors. he probably was frustrated towards the end. >> dont miss "black fish" coming up about nine minutes from now and at 11:0...

Became very severe. in fact, whales have died in captivity because of this aggression. >> i think it was 1988 surfer rammed corky. it fractured her jaw, which cut an artery in her head and then she bled out. thats got to be a hard way to go down. >> i saw that there was just a lot of things that werent right and there was a lot of misinformation and something was amiss. you know, i sort of compartmentalized that part of it and did what i had to take care of the animals that were there. >> i thin...

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. >> 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 i...