Orca whale injured at SeaWorld sparks concern.

[@Nags]

Everyone keeps blaming Blackfish for the backlash against Seaworld and I'm sick of it. Anyone in their right mind wouldn't think that keeping these animals in pools and forced to perform for food and human entertainment is normal and alright. Even if you ignore the doc existing, if you are sound in the head, alarm bells should be going off. You wouldn't allow this treatment for humans, why are we doing it to other animals?

[@lifeofalady]

ExActly! I often wondered why they were kept in that tiny pool! let them go cut the loss

[@Nags]

There is many options for Seaworld available on the table. From retiring their current collection to sea sanctuaries where the public can still go and visit to even retiring the shows, taking long term care until their current collection goes instinct and build HD/3D showcases along with a actual amusement park. Seaworld REFUSES change. They do not want to retire, release, or get rid of profit. Not to mention each orca has a HUGE insurance policy on them. I can see Seaworld quietly killing them off to collect it before they would go bankrupt. Keep in mind that Seaworld is a business. A FOR PROFIT business first and foremost.

[@sarahsymmans936]

SunnehShides iiii

[@anyaibogdanova]

If they were being aggressive to one another then they would separate them (example: Tilly in the past usually gets attacked by the females and so they separated the orcas who are always aggressive to him and put him with whales who they would get along with!)

[@AnimalLeftist]

"Normal social behaviour" for animals driven mad by confinement stress is NOT normal social behaviour!

[@lifeofalady]

ExActly I think the justification for this mess is sad

[@iBlingasaur]

Jocelyn Rios There are "anti-captivity" comments because in the wild, there would be no such "gate" for Nakai to injure him. The injury is abnormal but bound to happen in such a small environment, when orca whales really should be in the ocean.

[@lifeofalady]

yea I agree. but I think a lot of people just like to play devils advocAte. I live in Orlando and I stopped going to Sea world years ago

[@katiemcdonald5119]

if a trainer gets hurt or killed by an orca in this case, they should free it, not put other trainers lives in jeapordy! the wild is where they belong! ]

[@CT97559]

You can't watch blackfish and automatically say you're a whale advocate. Do your research people!

[@CT97559]

Leggo My Ego You didn't understand my comment. I said people need to do their research and develop their own opinions instead of watching someone else's. That's like someone telling you that they don't agree with something, and you just automatically side with them just because they said it. People need to think for themselves.

[@archangel91]

And how do you have a portion of the pool environment that is accessible to cause this type of injury. I thought Sea World was about the upmost care and safety of their animals. (sarcasm). I wonder if that was from all the times they make those poor, majestic, magnificent animal Beach themselves on the concrete. Why if an animal has that injury, are they going to continue to have that animal jump up on the concrete. It's like having road rash, and you keep rubbing that same spot on the street. Proof speaks for itself. Some vet!!! What ever happened to rehab. It clearly shows the injury with the orca being forced to perform! Much prayer is needed for these animals.

[@deinDilemma]

Imagine yourself being kept in a tiny sterile room with foreign people speaking different languages. Earning frozen food for the rest of your life. Would you feel "just fine"? The "smile" of the orcas and dolphins is an illusion! If they had the same facial expressions humans have, I am pretty sure people won´t go to SW anymore because they can see how sad these beautiful poor mammals look.

[@johnshepard6851]

В эпоху рабства тож самое делали с людьми.

[@annabelleehelpme]

It is not normal for whales in the wild to be so aggressive. When they live in the pods they choose for themselves or are born into, whale on whale aggression that results in an injury this severe is extremely rare. At Sea World, it happens so often that they like to call it "natural behavior". No matter how you feel about PETA, it's painfully obvious that whales cannot cope in small spaces with artificially assembled pods.

[@dobermandiaries]

Blackfish was the light.if seaworld was serious they would take precautions not to continue breeding

[@AllisonRichardsonSquared]

You are wrong I know orcas and it is never anyones falt not even the animals! I believe that these whales are just fine in captivity. I'v seen their behind the senes tour and they treated the like family. Would you treat your family the way u think they treat them!

[@margui6224]

Is Nakai still alive or he passed away?

[@ForeverShouka]

+Margui622 Nakai is alive and fully recovered, with barely a trace left on his chin. (:

[@margui6224]

I hope one day , Nakai and the rest of his family can stop performing in that "Seajail" and be free to a sea sanctuary .

[@joianne6237]

Seaworld sounds extremely foolish with that statement they released

[@SuperstarCandy]

Poor Nakai!

[@r179jtrain8]

What tulikum is father for nakai

[@Neediealfa]

It is just me or did that women feed that orca a plastic container?!?!?!? 😡😡😡 At 1:29 rewatch that!!!

[@AnimalLeftist]

Frozen jello?

[@elizajhall]

It's an ice cube. They love them :)

[@AnimalLeftist]

They NEED them,because their food dehydrates their guts. hardly "love", when it's a necessity.

[@archangel91]

I see NO footage showing healing!!!

[@archangel91]

I hope so!

[@horse24draws9]

That injury was open for two years

[@archangel91]

@@horse24draws9 Its so sad. And the fact the trainers have the orcas beach themselves on that concrete only makes that wound even worse.

[@horse24draws9]

@@archangel91 I read an article on it, they had him do something called a backwards bow, which is jumping out of the water backwards, putting stress on the wound

[@archangel91]

It makes me so sick. All i do is pray for ALL animals in captivity no matter how big or small. Its all i can do.

[@EdomondaIsacuri]

YOUR WONG!!!! open your eyes!!!

[@2011blueman]

@cari T - be an adult and support your position. Don't reply and then turn off responses so that no one can reply to you. It makes you look childish and foolish.

[@matthewjuarez3976]

Sea world more like killing orca park

[@matthewjuarez3976]

orca the best of all King of the ocean and get here

[@shawndays1671]

the injury looks like a bite mark not a simple pool injured seaworld lies

[@bellathebestautisticgirl247]

Blackfish 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mutchie6g]

CLOSE SEAWORLD FOREVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[@nathanschannel0]

They are lies watch Black fish she was dragged by her torso and her four arm not by her pony tail they lied to get people's attention

[@matthewjuarez3976]

I mean there king so if they survive in pod

[@tightlywound]

Do you mean you saw a 'behind the scenes tour' that was created by Seaworld? Think about that, don't you think Seaworld might be a little biased, they're not going to put out any information that makes them look bad. Please before you make a decision, do a bit more research into the subject, like take AxelShurikin's advice and watch Blackfish. When I was younger I didn't see anything wrong with Seaworld either but then I got informed.

[@matthewjuarez3976]

They get hurt killed

[@t.angelbuddy6805]

The life of these animals is horrible they're snatched out of the ocean any of the marine animals the whales the Dolphins it it's terrible all of them there in a little swimming pools snatched out of the ocean they should have a big Oceanic Pier Penn learn how to be wild again and released not for people to make money off of and them to do tricks as well as circuses or abuse of any animal is wrong

[@deinDilemma]

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