Corky the Killer Whale Part Two by Scott Rensberger

[@earnenelison8423]

Enough is enough and this behavior needs to be stopped. 😢

[@satomiike6486]

She’s not happy!

[@lolaacosta6114]

We have to do something.God please make it so they can be free How is it that we are letting this happen for so long . My GOD HEAR US .

[@satomiike6486]

Let’s see how the veterinarian Jim McCain would like to be in a walk-in closet for 25 years! What an ignorant comment, saying corky has a good life Very sad!!!

[@winonalovers]

He has to say that - otherwise Sea World will fire him!

[@ColinGriffin-tl6oi]

Let corky go.

[@oliviathehuman3163]

Cruel 🚕🚕🚕🚕

[@lolaacosta6114]

Please free these whales .my God this is horrible. Stop supporting this.

[@MyVespa1]

Sea world is a prison. Release the sea animals.

[@marialperez1773]

Corky is happy; she cannot learn new things if she is bored or angry.

[@ktkostudios]

She’s not happy. Corky bangs her head against the walls of her tank and is clearly stressed out. She lost her 7 calves, mate, and friends. How can you support this cruelty? Go to a therapist or talk to PETA, they’ll really show you.

[@ktkostudios]

1. Their Sunburns Are Covered Up With Black Zinc Oxide Orcas at SeaWorld spend most of their time floating listlessly at the surface of the water with little to no shade from the hot blistering sun. In the wild, orcas spend up to 95 percent of their time submerged and would find shade in the depths of the ocean, but at SeaWorld their tanks are far too shallow. Their deepest tank is 40 feet deep-not nearly deep enough to give them a reprieve from the harsh elements. Because of this, orcas have perpetual sunburns, which are shielded from the public eye with the help of black zinc oxide, which matches their skin. Although zinc oxide is also used as a sunblock, orcas almost always have sunburn before it is applied. 2. Some Orcas Were Kidnapped and Sent to SeaWorld Five orcas currently at SeaWorld were kidnapped from their ocean homes, as were others who have since died. For example, Tilikum, a 32-year-old orca, was captured at the age of 2 by a marine “cowboy.” Tilikum wasn’t taken from his natural environment because he was injured-instead, he was torn away from his family against his will and confined to a small concrete tank for a hefty profit. 3. Killed If Not Captured In 1965, the first-ever orca show at SeaWorld was performed by a female orca named Shamu at SeaWorld San Diego. During Shamu’s capture, her mother was shot with a harpoon and killed before the young orca’s very eyes by a marine “cowboy” named Ted Griffin. Griffin’s partner, Don Goldsberry, later worked for SeaWorld and was assigned to bring orcas into the park. He continued kidnapping and slaughtering orcas, and at one point, he hired divers to slit open the bellies of four orcas, fill them with rocks, put anchors around their tails, and sink them to the bottom of the ocean so that their deaths would not be discovered. 4. Trainers Masturbate the Whales to Collect Sperm In nature, orcas choose their own mates. But at SeaWorld, orcas are forced to breed on a regular basis. Male orcas are trained to float on their backs, and their trainers masturbate them to collect their sperm. Females are artificially inseminated and forced to breed at a much younger age than they would in nature. Katina is used as a virtual breeding machine and is even being inbred with her own sons. 5. Unsafe For SeaWorld’s Trainers SeaWorld’s corporate incident log contains reports of more than 100 incidents of orca aggression at its parks, often resulting in injuries to humans and even causing one death by extensive internal bleeding. Following a 2006 attack by an orca on a trainer at SeaWorld in San Diego, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health concluded that it was “only a matter of time” before someone was killed while interacting with the orcas. A further investigation into these attacks could have prevented injuries and deaths. 6. Orcas In Captivity Have A Shorter Lifespan Orcas in the wild have an average life expectancy of 30 to 50 years-their estimated maximum life span is 60 to 70 years for males and 80 to more than 100 for females. The median age of orcas in captivity is only 9. 7. Collapsed Dorsal Fins Are Not Normal or Healthy In captivity, all male orcas have collapsed dorsal fins as adults, which is a sign of an unhealthy orca. SeaWorld claims that this condition is common and natural for all orcas. However, collapsed dorsal fins are caused by the unnatural environment of captivity and are rarely seen in the wild. Only 1 to 5 percent of male orcas in some populations (and none in others) have fully collapsed dorsal fins. 8. Trainers are Performers, not Biologists Contrary to popular belief, trainers often have no formal education in marine biology. Their main purpose is to entertain and put on a “good” show for visitors, not educate people about the intelligence, social nature, or natural families, foraging behavior, and habitats of the animals held at SeaWorld. 9. SeaWorld Fails to Care for Animals On January 11, 2012, the USDA issued an official warning to SeaWorld San Antonio for its “repeated failure to provide drain covers that are securely fastened in order to minimize the potential risk of animal entrapment”-a violation that resulted in the death of a sea lion.In March 2013, prompted by PETA’s complaint about a child who had been bitten by a dolphin at SeaWorld, the USDA conducted an investigation and cited the marine park for several violations of the Animal Welfare Act, including the use of expired surgical materials, some almost a decade old. The USDA also documented that a dolphin tank and the areas surrounding the orca performance tank were in disrepair and contained cracked and crumbling concrete and rusty beams that could pose a threat to the health and safety of both the animals and workers. The USDA pointed out that the unsafe conditions “might create a health risk if these pieces of concrete fall off into the pool and get ingested, or if they become abrasive” and that they “do not facilitate cleaning and disinfection.” 10. Animals Suffer in Cramped, Unnatural Living Conditions SeaWorld confines whales and dolphins-who often swim up to 100 miles a day in the wild-to tanks that, to them, are the size of a bathtub. SeaWorld presents itself as a family establishment full of fun “educational” activities. However, these activities harm animals physically and emotionally. SeaWorld has the financial means and ability to create coastal sanctuaries, where the orcas would have a more natural and less stressful life and where they could feel the tides and waves; see, sense, and communicate with their wild relatives and other ocean animals; and engage in other natural behavior that they are now denied. However, the park instead chooses to stick with the same inhumane business model that it has used for 50 years, despite all the violent and deadly incidents and evidence of harm. Please say NO to SeaWorld and its enslavement of animals by refusing to buy a ticket to this abusement park, and ask the marine park to release these animals to sanctuaries.

[@winonalovers]

She has to learn new things to survive because otherwise she wont get fed!!!

[@lbabytutorials4852]

I can’t believe she’s 55 but she seems so happy.

[@CoreyMillionaire2029]

She STILL speaks her family's dialect. Corky MUST be freed before it's too late, in fact the SeaWorld website has covered up her being captured in the wild to trick guests. But I know BETTER! SHE'S NOT MEANT TO BE A PERFORMING CIRCUS CLOWN!!!

[@lbabytutorials4852]

@@CoreyMillionaire2029 her and Lolita are part of the residents off BC That’s what makes them so special. Corky is now 58 APOD southern & northern killer whales must have great genetic’s they live a longggg time. I heard the reason why she’s been the punching bag for other killer whales in her pod is because she’s the only pacific killer whale and all the others mostly Icelandic. She’s a whopping 8,200 lbs with a tall beautiful dorsal fin and is so so so sweet. Beginning trainers use her because she’s so forgiving. Lolita is part of L pod. I live in Miami I visited her for the last time on earth day April of 2021. I cried, her whale bowl was so small she’s 57. She weighs 7,500 lbs Most Icelandic females are 5-5k pounds They “retired” Lolita and for the last 30 years we have been told she’s moving one way or another . Now that the dolphin company bought out Miami Seaquarium “she’s not to sick to move” She was plump and energetic when I saw her. Also the laws in the United States regarding sea pens in the Salish sea are tight nit. My dad is the mayor of Ocala and he says the mayor of Miami has tried to get her out forever. Lolita Kiska & Kshamenk are the saddest cases. They don’t have any orcas with them and there pools are dirty with no shade and the size of my swimming pool. Kiska is the most heart breaking (there all sad) I watch drone footage of her slamming her head against the walls and swimming lifelessly in circles for the past decade … alone. She doesn’t even have any shows for enrichment to keep her mind going. Cruel

[@lbabytutorials4852]

@@CoreyMillionaire2029 rest in peace kiska

[@ktkostudios]

1. Their Sunburns Are Covered Up With Black Zinc Oxide Orcas at SeaWorld spend most of their time floating listlessly at the surface of the water with little to no shade from the hot blistering sun. In the wild, orcas spend up to 95 percent of their time submerged and would find shade in the depths of the ocean, but at SeaWorld their tanks are far too shallow. Their deepest tank is 40 feet deep-not nearly deep enough to give them a reprieve from the harsh elements. Because of this, orcas have perpetual sunburns, which are shielded from the public eye with the help of black zinc oxide, which matches their skin. Although zinc oxide is also used as a sunblock, orcas almost always have sunburn before it is applied. 2. Some Orcas Were Kidnapped and Sent to SeaWorld Five orcas currently at SeaWorld were kidnapped from their ocean homes, as were others who have since died. For example, Tilikum, a 32-year-old orca, was captured at the age of 2 by a marine “cowboy.” Tilikum wasn’t taken from his natural environment because he was injured-instead, he was torn away from his family against his will and confined to a small concrete tank for a hefty profit. 3. Killed If Not Captured In 1965, the first-ever orca show at SeaWorld was performed by a female orca named Shamu at SeaWorld San Diego. During Shamu’s capture, her mother was shot with a harpoon and killed before the young orca’s very eyes by a marine “cowboy” named Ted Griffin. Griffin’s partner, Don Goldsberry, later worked for SeaWorld and was assigned to bring orcas into the park. He continued kidnapping and slaughtering orcas, and at one point, he hired divers to slit open the bellies of four orcas, fill them with rocks, put anchors around their tails, and sink them to the bottom of the ocean so that their deaths would not be discovered. 4. Trainers Masturbate the Whales to Collect Sperm In nature, orcas choose their own mates. But at SeaWorld, orcas are forced to breed on a regular basis. Male orcas are trained to float on their backs, and their trainers masturbate them to collect their sperm. Females are artificially inseminated and forced to breed at a much younger age than they would in nature. Katina is used as a virtual breeding machine and is even being inbred with her own sons. 5. Unsafe For SeaWorld’s Trainers SeaWorld’s corporate incident log contains reports of more than 100 incidents of orca aggression at its parks, often resulting in injuries to humans and even causing one death by extensive internal bleeding. Following a 2006 attack by an orca on a trainer at SeaWorld in San Diego, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health concluded that it was “only a matter of time” before someone was killed while interacting with the orcas. A further investigation into these attacks could have prevented injuries and deaths. 6. Orcas In Captivity Have A Shorter Lifespan Orcas in the wild have an average life expectancy of 30 to 50 years-their estimated maximum life span is 60 to 70 years for males and 80 to more than 100 for females. The median age of orcas in captivity is only 9. 7. Collapsed Dorsal Fins Are Not Normal or Healthy In captivity, all male orcas have collapsed dorsal fins as adults, which is a sign of an unhealthy orca. SeaWorld claims that this condition is common and natural for all orcas. However, collapsed dorsal fins are caused by the unnatural environment of captivity and are rarely seen in the wild. Only 1 to 5 percent of male orcas in some populations (and none in others) have fully collapsed dorsal fins. 8. Trainers are Performers, not Biologists Contrary to popular belief, trainers often have no formal education in marine biology. Their main purpose is to entertain and put on a “good” show for visitors, not educate people about the intelligence, social nature, or natural families, foraging behavior, and habitats of the animals held at SeaWorld. 9. SeaWorld Fails to Care for Animals On January 11, 2012, the USDA issued an official warning to SeaWorld San Antonio for its “repeated failure to provide drain covers that are securely fastened in order to minimize the potential risk of animal entrapment”-a violation that resulted in the death of a sea lion.In March 2013, prompted by PETA’s complaint about a child who had been bitten by a dolphin at SeaWorld, the USDA conducted an investigation and cited the marine park for several violations of the Animal Welfare Act, including the use of expired surgical materials, some almost a decade old. The USDA also documented that a dolphin tank and the areas surrounding the orca performance tank were in disrepair and contained cracked and crumbling concrete and rusty beams that could pose a threat to the health and safety of both the animals and workers. The USDA pointed out that the unsafe conditions “might create a health risk if these pieces of concrete fall off into the pool and get ingested, or if they become abrasive” and that they “do not facilitate cleaning and disinfection.” 10. Animals Suffer in Cramped, Unnatural Living Conditions SeaWorld confines whales and dolphins-who often swim up to 100 miles a day in the wild-to tanks that, to them, are the size of a bathtub. SeaWorld presents itself as a family establishment full of fun “educational” activities. However, these activities harm animals physically and emotionally. SeaWorld has the financial means and ability to create coastal sanctuaries, where the orcas would have a more natural and less stressful life and where they could feel the tides and waves; see, sense, and communicate with their wild relatives and other ocean animals; and engage in other natural behavior that they are now denied. However, the park instead chooses to stick with the same inhumane business model that it has used for 50 years, despite all the violent and deadly incidents and evidence of harm. Please say NO to SeaWorld and its enslavement of animals by refusing to buy a ticket to this abusement park, and ask the marine park to release these animals to sanctuaries.

[@inkareimer1963]

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