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Animals in captivity. there is a trainer safety issue, and thats also part of the story. but i think most people come away tr the movie trying to answer that question. if you take large highly intelligent, self aware animals, there are very few species that are self aware like humans are and you put them in an environment like seaworld, which is not a very natural environment. most zoos have very natural environments and they teach audiences about the natural histories of the animals. seaworld i...

>> 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 see it ever 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 those parks didnt exist. >> im not at all interest...

To or consequence of forced submission by orca, killer whales. she was the first trainer ever killed. >> oh my goodness. it was awful. it was awful for everybody. people in general just couldnt believe what had happened right here in our own backyard. >> reporter: not long after, sea land shut down and tilikum was sold to sea world in orlando but residents would hear about tilikum again. >> sheriff deputies identified a 27-year-old man found dead in a killer whales tank. >> reporter: in 1999 a m...

It in context. the fact is that this was a terrible indent, a terrible indictment of some of the seaworlds processes, and were going to get into that. because in the "crossfire" tonight we have tim zimmerman, an associate producer of the film and wildlife trainer gray stafford. you really did great work on think, and you did the initial research to put the film together. there are two ways to look at it. one is that there are deep questions raised about the seaworld management system, theyre app...

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 smaller and more feels. >> he spent time in isolation. sea world 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 the other whales. >> its for his own protection, you know, he gets beat up, and so by ...

Blood. 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 syst...

These arent two different killer whales. these animals have different genes. these 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. >> for the held and safety of the animals, please do not put your hands in the water. >> theres always this backdrop. this underpinning of...

Disagree that seaworld does a lot of incredible rescue work. i dont think anybody doubts that. its just the question of captivity remains out there. and we have got to go. i am very sorry we are so quickly out of time. jack hanna, gabriela cowperthwaite, naomi rose, thank you all for joining us. this continues next on crossfire. ask about the air optix® contacts so breathable theyre approved for up to 30 nights of continuous wear. serious eye problems may occur. ask your doctor and visit airopt...

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Were going to call a cease fire. is there anything that you two can actually agree on in. >> 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 more stimulating. >> let me reinfor...