Fate of orcas in captivity at SeaWorld and other marine parks | Whale and Dolphin Conservation

[@melli9896]

This video deserves so much more attention! Not only is it completely informative and important, but it is also made in such a beautiful, relatable way that it is so easy to understand that these creatures have to be freed.

[@PriyaFlorenceShah]

Beautifully instructive and explains exactly why we need to make this the last generation of orcas in captivity.

[@MnCoffeebean]

Love this. It gets right to the point in a language everybody understands. Thanks for that.

[@maryyang1979]

Thank you for making these milestones and giving the public REAL information!

[@shamushouka2020]

"What would you do if you were taken away from your family? Taken to a world that was completely alien to your own, blindfolded and imprisoned? You can’t see. You don’t understand. You don’t get what’s going on. You can barely hear above the whirlwind of distortion which seems to surreally encircle you. Several times a day to are pushed onto a stage in front of what you can feel is a huge audience of alien beings, staring and screaming and applauding as you, at the signal of a sharp whistle, go through certain patterns of tricks- or ‘behaviors’, as they call them. For them it’s a show- totally entertaining. But for you it’s payment for a meal. You live in a small, sterile cell about the size of a phone booth. Sometimes you live here entirely alone, and at other times there are a couple others living with you, who are also blindfolded, and equally disoriented. If this happened to you- just imagine it for a moment -if this seriously happened to you… how would you feel? Maybe…depressed? Naturally. But when you’re performing you look happy. Your face is painted. You’re smiling. Grinning. Beaming at the alien audience in front of your face. No one knows how you really feel. No one knows about what’s going on inside of you. Or where you came from. Or how you got here. And your caretakers? Well, they tell the audience- the alien beings who are coming to watch you perform -that they shouldn't worry about you. You're here for scientific purposes. Research. You're an ambassador for your species- an awesome representative of the world you came from. You're helping to inspire everyone to help your kind. That’s why you're here. And that’s why you can’t go home. Everyday you attempt to communicate with your caretakers- your trainers. Talking, and signing and trying to somehow ask them questions like 'Why am I here? Why won't you let me go? Why can't I be free?'. But you never seem to make any progress with them. They can’t understand your language whatsoever. You’re literally voiceless in this, frightening, confusing, distressing and foreign world. So eventually, as the years and decades drag on endlessly, You give up. There’s no way you’ll be able to escape. It’s impossible. No one can hear you and no one knows the truth about how you got here. And most importantly, no one knows that you want to go home. You will live and die here and there’s absolutely nothing you can do about it. How would you feel if that actually happened to you? …And what would you say if I told you this happens all the time? Right here. Amongst us. Around us. Going totally unnoticed? …What would you say if I told you that we are the aliens?" -bluefreedom.org/voiceless/

[@orcqa2534]

Shamu Shouka The orcas do get whats going on and that makes it so much more sad and love your comment

[@cleerline]

Amazing. Thankyou for this.

[@spacebug30]

This story could also be about a dog, exactly the same thing.

[@ShemilioClown]

Hey, I wanted to ask who created this? I have tried the link but it looks like it doesn't work, and I'd love to use this for a presentation, but if you wouldn't mind replying to me who created it and maybe a link to where it came from, thanks!

[@Funksinthehouse]

This is the best way I ever heard absolutely amazing. Thank you ❤️🐬🐋

[@jenna5112]

This video needs to be seen by more people

[@michaeldelossantos8560]

Free Lolita from the Miami sea aquarium

[@its_ezralol]

Free all orcas

[@hallgeove9387]

no

[@PhebusdesTours]

It is a very nice and clear video. Here in France, Marineland in Antibes has been partially destroyed by floods, tropical fishes and rays are dead... It is supposed to re-open in two weeks. We have been calling for this park to be closed for years, but unfortunately, the movie 'Blackfish' didn't have as much impact in France as in the United States. Last June, the orca Freya died, aged only 36... and dolphins are depressed and bored... :-(

[@WhalesOrg]

As our supporters in the US prepare to spend time with friends and family this Thanksgiving, please spare a thought for those less fortunate who don’t have the freedom to be with theirs. #orca

[@boredandihaveyoutube8175]

+Whale and Dolphin Conservation,orcas are my favorite animal,and I will never go to SeaWorld,Maimi Seaquarium,and Loro Parque,but I will still go to Marineland Canada.

[@W4RJ]

I applaud the video and will share it. Join the Miracle March For Lolita Saturday January 17, 2015 at the Miami Seaquarium in Miami, Florida. Take the Pledge: Don't buy a ticket to a whale or dolphin show. Write to the California State Assembly in Sacramento in support of AB-2140, the Orca Welfare and Safety Act.

[@Indy44636]

The last orca capture was over 30 years ago

[@shellyvining2365]

I really believe in this message

[@celticbianca]

So do I

[@cleerline]

me to I think in the future they will look back at this sort of thing with horror and disbelief

[@spacebug30]

That's sad that you believe in obvious lies :(

[@archiecarter4598]

@@spacebug30 ????

[@its_ezralol]

@@spacebug30 It’s not lies or it’s just that you have no heart nor soul for these animals

[@my2cents980]

Thank you for this video!!i get so upset seeing all the videos of orcas at sea world and stupid people taking selfie’s in front of their tanks....... or all the videos of the circus acts that they have to perform! It amazes me that people can even stomach seeing these magnificent, self aware animals in captivity especially with ALL the information out there! Anyone who is an Orca trainer should be ashamed of yourself! There’s way too many documentaries about the horrific existence of orcas in captivity!!

[@jayjay4550]

Great clip....As a biology advanced graduate student..the information in this clip are all credible.. Moreover, the reason used by the speaker is great... LET US STOP BUYING A TICKET...and give these wild animals.. a chance to live freely... EVERY LIVING BEING HAS THE RIGHT TO LIVE..the way it was designed to live.

[@AKenny882]

No Orca should be confined to small tanks and ripped away from their family. Now is the time to say Enough is Enough !!!!

[@rachelkibler5812]

The blackfish quotes are my fav. Like I just watched that movie so like I picked up on it

[@jenniferguerena4534]

Orcas belong in the ocean.

[@orcaguy4153]

Exactly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS!

[@OliviaEllinger]

This is anxiety 🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦

[@emmalagoona4155]

I knew about how wrong Seaworld was about taking animals from the wild before Blackfish came out, but my mother needed a movie to convince her. Finnally, after she watched it we never went back to that horrible place again. It's not just the whales that are suffering there, it's every animal that is being forced to live in such a confined place with many others and dance or splash us. #blackfish

[@evosoldchannel639]

they haven't captured for nearly 40 years... and nearly everything said is a lie in blackfish

[@emmalagoona4155]

Listen, I don't want to argue, but my beliefs are very different from yours I can tell. I simply don't believe animal captivity is okay.

[@evosoldchannel639]

+Emma Lagoona ok, i hate arguing also its just that loads of anti captivity people say to watch blackfish as if it is enough proof you need to decide whether its humane or not

[@orkydorky2125]

i was anticap before i watched blackfish

[@sergio446]

EvoTheNerd you dont need to watch blackfish to decide whether its humane or not, its obvious for people with a little of empathy... For the rest of humanes that enjoy with suffering maybe blackfish helps to some to understand a little of the pain they suffer...

[@YasminOsmanfandomlover]

I never went to SeaWorld in my life and I still regret nothing.

[@glenhenry9907]

Yasmin Osman you are missing out u can touch the dolphins and watch the whales do amazing trick that they don't do in the wild if a fun place for the family

[@Nawe19]

no... he's not.

[@sunshineinlondon9460]

love this... keep up the good work!!

[@evergladesequineobsession3976]

#EmptytheTanks when I go to college I want to do animation and do videos like this to support welfare and stop certain illegal and cruel captivity! WHOS WITH ME

[@ErinJanus]

Hey, this is awesome. Can I please use a few select moments/clips from this animation in a video of mine and link/credit back to this video in the description? -Erin

[@PenleyPatricia]

It is monstrous to capture these beautiful being and then lock them up in small tanks! It is mentally and physically cruel! Even those born in captivity will have deep yearnings to swim far and follow their generation old migrations etc. Keeping any creature of this size in a manmade pool depriving them of all that is nature to them is unacceptable and needs to stop now!!! Watch 'Blackfish' is you need to know more........

[@razaalam1350]

Blackfish is awful. It only interviews people that have a strong bias towards them being freed. They interview one guy who opposes them and isolate his statments from any information to make him look like an asshole

[@shamushouka2020]

Raza Alam That's because SeaWorld declined multiple requests for interview. However, I do believe that "Death at SeaWorld", the book that "Blackfish" was based off of, is more informative.

[@AnimalLeftist]

+Bruh Okay , another one who didn't watch it, I'll bet. SO many $W supporters will spout off how "awful" it is, how "full of lies" it is, but they never actually have WATCHED it. Funny, that. $W supporters take what $W says as truth. Too bad the truth isn't told at $W.

[@cameronkrska2939]

Hello. How did you make this video. Doing a similar project for school.

[@soniaborini1029]

Beautiful explanation

[@blancheguernier4703]

thankyou Jack for sharing this!! XX

[@yesserafim]

Great White Sharks: NAH

[@bellacanelli1927]

It’s 2019 we have to get are act together and think about all the harm we course are planet! Open your fucking eyes

[@jeandory8400]

This is so sad. It makes me realize that humans have a lot to learn.

[@jeandory8400]

And yet, this only has 47,000 views.

[@jenniferguerena4534]

I love your orca video so much.

[@radelofficial2070]

perfectly said

[@SoniaMartinez-tl9bm]

i totaly agree with everything you said

[@Sandy-iw9rf]

I’m ashamed to say I’ve visited these parks and I feel sick to my stomach about it, hopefully sooner rather than later these parks won’t exist.

[@himissgivemeperfectplease8318]

Where tf did you get those high life expectancy for both male and female orcas?

[@WhalesOrg]

These figures can be found widely such as: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/killer-whale Granny (J2), a resident orca in the Pacific Northwest, was thought by some researchers to be over 100 years old when she was reported to have died in 2017. news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/01/granny-j2-killer-whale-orca-presumed-dead-washington-puget-sound/ One area of research being undertaken by scientists is looking at why resident female orcas live long after they stop breeding. Along with humans and short-finned pilot whales, they are the only species discovered so far that go through the menopause. phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2015/03/05/why-killer-whales-go-through-menopause-but-elephants-dont/

[@himissgivemeperfectplease8318]

Whale and Dolphin Conservation is the link you showed me is what you based this video is on, then your video is wrong, your link said 30-90 but you didn’t put 30 there, and 30 is usually the age expectancy an orca male reaches and female is 50, although your video is not all truly since orcas have been seen to reach those age but the usual is 30-50 for both male and female. Granny(J2) is one orca, her age wouldn’t really change life expectancy since she’s just one orca and it’s rare for orcas to reach even 90

[@spacebug30]

These kind of people are good at spreading propaganda. Displaying a maximum age is always extremely misleading. The oldest verified person ever was 122yrs old. If I tell you "humans can live for 122 years!", that would be very wrong. When talking about age, we should talk in medians (not even averages because they can be very misleading too with a few extremes).

[@cailinleimbrock3837]

Imagine being abducted from your family and kept inside a closet for the rest of your life with out proper care. That’s basically what the orcas are being put through. I hope soon these beautiful creatures will be set free and able to live out the rest of their lives peacefully and happily

[@spacebug30]

Soooo like any dog/cat/hamster/rabbit/fish/bird we have in our houses?

[@CleverClover2023]

@@spacebug30 Domesticated animals are not the same as a wild animal. You know that right?

[@spacebug30]

@@CleverClover2023 Wild dog and cat populations are doing totally fine (so fine that they're destroying entire ecosystems) so that means they still have plenty of wild instincts in them, making them not much different from wild animals. You think ripping a puppy away from its mom is different than ripping a calf away from its orca mom? Yet one is seen as something to celebrate and the other like a crime lol. Go watch some more dirty pokeporn if you do'nt know how to spend you spare time, pokeboy. Or choose a good cause to defend and be usefull.

[@YogeshKumamn]

Shame on Humanity

[@fap861]

is there anyway we can keep them happy in captivity

[@EricLiu-kx2dy]

+fap861 no

[@orkydorky2125]

No nothing beats Having there family In a endless ocean

[@juliaclark725]

this made me cry

[@oliviathehuman3163]

Orcas are mammals 🐝🐝🐝🐝

[@rafanararya6703]

I hate freaking seaworld now

[@atalanteism]

Honestly, as over here true Humans, we must admit that some of humans have evolved to the worst and to the darkest! Example Taiji Japan guys by torturing and slaughtering so evolved creatures as cetaceans during 6 Months every year; 20000 dolphins slaughters each year turn crazy. Those Taiji guys lives are only giving deaths. Taiji guys have lost their minds, their Souls and above all Taiji guys have lost humanity! Japan System of government allow atrocities to repeatedly committed without having any Conscious of the damages on marine Lives, Species and Biodiversity! Japan is only concerned by money, by their greediness and their atrocities, they push us quickly to 6th Extinction

[@tea5521]

we should stop this.

[@RachybopsiPhone]

Great video

[@haroldbrooks4235]

My favorite animal on the planet

[@andrewhogle9459]

Wait what’s the rainbow thing?

[@Margaret-xs8xy]

Unfortunately, there are over 30 marine parks in China with Orcas also.

[@cursed_666_]

😡😡 i hate SeaWorld and all like that😠😠😠

[@lavendergilly5843]

animals aren't clowns. they aren't entertainers. they are not below us. we don't need to do what we do to them.

[@endergirldiyslifehacksmusi2392]

I agree

[@oliviathehuman3163]

Awww ⚰️⚰️⚰️⚰️

[@bestlemming9270]

I tried to help but sometimes people don't like it. Please share

[@jannie3]

I enjoyed this video, but did you really say that whales can make rainbows? (see 57 sec mark) That would be pretty remarkable & I'm sure that more people would be interested in keeping whales in captivity if that were the case.

[@OrlandoOrca]

Yes orcas can "make" rainbows. the water that sprays out their blowholes makes rainbows. like how it rains when it's sunny a rainbow appears. They aren't magic unicorn creatures and they shouldve made that clear tbh

[@Death-bd1tl]

im so happy im crying😭😭😭😭

[@rileyobrien5583]

As humans we have NO right whatsoever to take completely self aware beings and torture them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@warburtonize]

humans with the power and megarich dot know when to stop xploitation. #capitalismgonehyperbolic

[@elainepike7518]

It's so sad, you can't get mad at the people that go to sea world because hey simply don't know what the orcas are going through. I used to think sea world was the most awesome thing ever. I would love to see them jump and do tricks and stuff. I had no idea that the orcas were going through this pain and I know so many other people that don't. If people knew what the orcas were going through I'm sure people would stop going. It's just that they don't know. I'm so happy I know this now and I feel so bad for giving money to this torture facility.

[@teresawagner6425]

Bravo!!

[@louisaatkinson66]

I think that that's really good if u support them as they are in this much danger. So people see this clip cause this is life. It must feel terrible to be in this situation. So think about you animal facts they are nice and they don't want anny harm done.

[@utistudent099]

Some say "Orca" some say "Killer Whale". Both are fine. This is the top , TOP predator. They are impressively powerful and determined. They kill much larger prey in dramatic fashion. However , there has never been a documented event where this cultural and cognitively complex creature has actually killed a human being in the wild.

[@glenhenry9907]

What about skid row huh

[@ATX-yu1dd]

But she would also does put their money towards educating the public on plastic and reusable materials and they als But she would also does put their money towards educating the public on plastic and reusable resources But you also have to think humans are trash in the oceans and there’s more plastic in the ocean then there are animals and that’s a disturbing fact

[@eyersiethestrange]

I wish that all captive orcas will live out the rest of there days in the wild

[@tigerlily8866]

WHY did they choose this narrator?! I'm having a hard time understanding her and I'm a native English speaker. Don't muddy the message, get a clear speaker.

[@bellathebestautisticgirl247]

Orcas should not be captured in the first time 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈

[@cetaceanproject134]

orca captivity is cruel and unnecessary look at them in the wild they are friendlier and more majestic

[@briseries]

How can we stop Russia and China? :(

[@dannyparra5955]

so i quite my job, i don't think so

[@archiecarter4598]

Yep

[@LigmaStories]

I still support SeaWorld

[@hytallo_marquesbr3132]

SeaWorld 🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫

[@manueljr2974]

🙏🙏🙏 #RETIRINGWHALEPEN #LETSSAVEALLWHALESWORLDWIDE 🙏🙏🙏

[@Madissonthegraycat6]

I hope that i don't go to seaworld

[@evanbyrth1739]

there was a lot of quotes from blackfish in there...still liked it tho #fuckseaworld

[@neverwithoutnalani]

You do realize that is SeaWorld shuts down we will loose over 10,000 animals, right? The orcas and dolphins can't go to sea pens. They would die of sickness. If you're going to argue you can try but you're not correct. Maybe check out my "anti - anti SeaWorld playlist

[@aisyforreal]

this is so deep #emptythetank

[@AKenny882]

FREEDOM !!!!

[@mjssexyfoxyladyme]

Yes I do get all this. Sea World of 3 parks do have a heart too that some people just don't see. I do Sea World of all 3 parks do care and do care for the orcas(killer whales)and all the other animals. I do get what is being said here on all this. I feelings too like the killer whales do. Make me cry right now about this. Let the killer whales be the judge of all this. I do get that this is hurting them. I am also very sensitive too and can get very supersensitive friendly FYI to you and anyone else who doesn't know me and my love for these animals. How you said it made me want to cry. Before you disagree with me on this, please understand that the trainers are not evil bad people and Sea World of Florida I do go back to over and over again when I get a chance of Texas and of California is not evil places for these animals. What you or anyone who agrees with you on this don't really understand this.You and no one who disagrees with me are NOT going to stop me from going to Sea World of Florida that I have gone to countless times FYI to you and anyone who disagrees with me on this. That is putting all 3 Sea World parks out business. Don't judge me for coming to Sea World of Florida over and over again to see the killer whales.

[@emmalagoona4155]

I don't think the people that go there are bad, I think the people that think it is okay to take these animals out of the water to entertain us are cruel or under educated.

[@nickihazelett3522]

+Emma Lagoona that is wrong. disagree

[@emmalagoona4155]

Alright, I will let you believe what you wish.

[@sarahpoole7240]

it is cruel to take wild any wild creature from he wild.we have no right to do this. we have still got a lot to learn

[@olivia567]

Nooooooo 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@soniaborini1029]

I love film free willy, but stop animas captivity!

[@debrafiore7411]

Free them all into the ocean they are smart they will figure it out

[@paulalancornelius8671]

Change the law.

[@spicyheadcrab0723]

#EmptyTheTanks !

[@shizemu4108]

I went to the app

[@bethgreen8730]

💗💗

[@renukandpal9102]

Some knoladge for me

[@Dan-rk9vz]

its always CHINA CHINA CHINA

[@haroldbrooks4235]

Stop supporting Sea World

[@spacebug30]

No, they have saved over 30 000 sea animals. How many have you rescued?

[@CleverClover2023]

@@spacebug30 That number is mostly sea turtles and sea lions. They rarely rescue cetaceans. They could still help do rescue rehab and release, but the exploitation and display of whales and dolphins is what needs to end. Just because they have done so many rescues doesnt wash their hands of the death, kidnapping and abuse of marine mammals. One right will NEVER make up for 50yrs of wrong.

[@tursiopstobie]

15 lies have been spotted! how many can you find ;)

[@orkydorky2125]

I can find 10000 lies on seaworldcares

[@tursiopstobie]

+swag swag dolphin say 5 :)

[@orkydorky2125]

Also lets See what facts are 100 true Shall we ;) Hmm lets see The orca have a part we dont have it true Orcas getting captured Is true orcas living in familys pods Is true...Ok did u even care to watch the fucking video hun?

[@AnimalLeftist]

Since you don't mention anything, I guess you just mean 15 pieces of truth you don't like. Doesn't make any of this a lie. Did you even watch?

[@Death-bd1tl]

#emtytanks

[@onesparkdancer2006]

Me and my friends have a “business” called One Spark and we donate money we make to you.

[@Alycutie4ever]

stole every line from Blackfish

[@dawndayton9937]

actually Blackfish stole a lot of their lines from Costue about dolphins but since Orca are related to dolphins it still applies

[@glenhenry9907]

I love sea world

[@elizabethstansberry5459]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@elizabethstansberry5459]

WEE XUE LE (Student ACCT) Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@mariluelizarraraz4818]

#EMPTYTHETANKS

[@mariluelizarraraz4818]

That is wrong why would people do that? 😔