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Many of us were hurt, i finally said, why are we doing this? and why arent there laws in the united states that stop this insanity of having these animals being -- >> larry: were talking about seaworld. >> i know we are. its basically all the same thing. the whales are in a place where if you were to -- they were given birth in an ocean for a reason. they need that amount of water. >> larry: we have a note by the way, rick made allegations about seaworld. we have not been able to confirm them as...

Killer whales can answer that question. people with emotions that try to put human emotions to these animals say theyre pining for the wild. these animals are worried about and all they worry about is if their needs are being met, and their needs are being met at these facilities. one way you can tell that is because they breed and they propagate in captivity. seaworld has had over 20 killer whales born at the seaworld parks and successfully. that is one of the ways in which you can tell that ev...

With the lions and tigers that are born in the united states to be sold as pets. i formed the preserve through the foundation that i founded. ive had one on one dealings with these animals, and after so many of us were hurt, i finally said, why are we doing this? and why arent there laws in the united states that stop this insanity of having these animals being -- >> larry: were talking about seaworld. >> i know we are. its basically all the same thing. the whales are in a place where if you wer...

Hes a p.r. hack for zoos and dolphin abusement parks. what do you expect him to say. >> im very proud of it, too. >> larry: you call them abusement parks, rick? you think theyre abused? >> i think its abusive to have a sonic creature, free-ranging sonic creature in a swimming pool, yes, that is abusive. >> larry: we have two other panelists. let me take a break and come back. well bring them in. dont go away. the one time of year red lobster creates so many irresistible ways to treat yourself to...

Seaworld. you can document it on your show, larry. i go with somebody that has a rick, that won be jane or rick. records speak for themselves. tens of millions much people have gone to seaworld. seaworld has released more whales, dolphins, manatees in the wild. theyve spent more money on research than any conservation company in the world. we go with records. records speak for themselves, what these folks have done. 80% of killer whoales are seaworld. we have to teach people about our animal wor...

>> well, i got tired of telling that lie about education and research. the fact is the show i was doing was nothing more than a spectacle of dominance, and, in fact, a form of bad education. that had a lot to do with it. >> jack hanna, who often talks about this. how do you respond to rick? >> real quickly, larry, can i just read -- i received a letter today from the member of the family. one sentence. can i take 12 seconds to read this, the last sentence? >> larry: yes. >> jack, i know you knew...

And make $4, $5 million a he year. but i would have to be a professional liar to do that. im not willing to do that. the fact is dolphins are trained and chromed controlled by their food. they are controlled by their food, and he calls this positive reward. the dolphin calls it food deprivation. its a word game they play at seaworld. >> larry: we havent interviewed a dolphin, so were not going to know that. jack, you have a long-standing relationship with seaworld and busch garden and make appea...

A man lost his life here, and these two guys representing seaworld are being very quiet about that. you may not have been able to get your staff to confirm what i said, but thats a serious thing. now, if alex martinez was killed by a seaworld killer whale on december 24th just a few months ago, certainly they would know about it. if they dont know about that, what else dont they know? >> larry: jack, do you know about it? >> why dont you ask them. >> larry: im asking them. >> yes, i heard that. ...

They have a social group there. tilikum has a social group with other animals. for these people to say because theyre emotional about it and idealistic about it, they want to believe these whales or dolphins sit around thinking about being in the ocean, i can guarantee you thats not what is taking place. >> rick, do you feel guilt over what youve done previously? >> wait a minute, larry. im sorry. a man lost his life here, and these two guys representing seaworld are being very he quiet about th...

Rick has trained very few animals back in the 1960s. since that time mainly because he couldnt get a job doing anything else, once he left -- actually, once he was fired from his jobs and those are the facts, then he turned against the ocean aquariums. i cannot help that he trained dolphins using dominance theory. that is not the case anymore. nobody trains dolphins that way in the entire industry. it is all done with positive reinforcement and done in a very positive way, and dawn brancheau was...