The document outlines 10 reasons against keeping orcas and other animals at SeaWorld. It notes that orcas are separated from their families and pods when captured, and sometimes others are killed. Their living conditions in small tanks are unnatural and cause health issues like collapsed dorsal fins. Trainers are performers rather than focused on animal care, and animals suffer physically and emotionally in captivity with shorter lifespans. Specific examples provide details on beluga whales dying prematurely at SeaWorld parks and incidents of dolphin injuries from collisions in tanks.

1. By Paulina Ramos & Judith Serrato

2. Some orcas were kidnapped and sent
to Seaworld
2) Diving with dolphins harms them
3) Orcas who weren’t captured were
killed
4) Trainers mastrubate the whales to
collect sperm
5) Seaworld trainers get injuries and
some even die
6) Orcas in captivity have a shorter
lifespan
7) Collapsed dorsal fins are not normal
or healthy
8) Seaworld fails to care for animals
9) Trainers are performers, not
biologists
10) Animals suffer in cramped, unnatural
living conditions
1)
10 reasons
against
what
Seaworld
is doing to
the
animals
there
www.seaworldof hurt.com/ten-things.aspx

3. First Arrival
 Seaworld separates orca families
 Young orcas are taken away from their mothers, taken from their homes
and put into a very confined little space
 When being captured they are encircled by a net both mother and child
the youngest are picked out from the group the rest left to mourn
 Once the net is released the rest of the orcas will not leave they will stay
mourning for those taken
 There are even some whales that are killed their death is just shaken away
the men cut them open put anchors and rocks into them for them to sink
to the bottom of the ocean

4. Collapsed Dorsal Fins
 In captivity all male orcas have collapsed dorsal fins as adults there are very
few to no orcas in the wild who have collapsed dorsal fins
 This is a sign of an unhealthy orca it can be caused by depression or stress
 Seaworld claims that this is a normal thing but it is to convince the
population to come to their amusement park to make more money

5. Fails to Care for Animals
 Seaworld fails to provide accurately sized tanks for whales and dolphins
 They confine them to a tank that to them seems like the size of a bathtub
 These are animals that swim the ocean blue they travel for about 100 miles
a day
 Seaworld makes their parks seem like this amazing place for families an
educational park, but the truth is that its activities harm the animals
physically and emotionally
 Seaworld has the financial ability to provide a good home for the animals
but they choose to be greedy

6. Beluga Whales at Seaworld
In the summer of last year a 4year old female beluga whale,
named Bella, died prematurely
at the hands of Seaworld. More
than a dozen beluga whales
have died prematurely at
Seaworld San Antonio since
1993. Belugas have a life
expectancy of 35 – 50 years in
the wild, but in captivity they
have to live isolated in small
concrete tanks.
http://www.seaworldofhurt.com/caseagainst-seaworld.aspx

7. Dolphins at Seaworld
The pictures shown here were shot by a visitor
in Seaworld San Antonio of a dolphin that
seems to be missing a part of flesh from his or
her lower mandible.
There has been recently two incidents caught
on videotape showing that the dolphins at
Seaworld are at risk in the tanks. The first
incident was at Seaworld San Antonio when two
dolphins who were performing a jumping trick
crashed into each other which resulted in one of
the dolphins getting thrown into a concrete
walkway which caused the dolphin to bleed.
The second incident was at Seaworld Orlando
one got stuck on the shallow platform , guests
screamed, but the announcer said that the
dolphins would get back in the pool alone and
other employees ignored the problem. The
dolphin was stuggled for 20-25 minutes before
two trainers pushed it back into the water.

8.  Dolphin stuck on Platform

9. Bibliography
 www.seaworldofhurt.com/ten-things.aspx
 www.seaworldofhurt.com/case-against-
seaworld.aspx#stuggling-dolphins