SeaWorld's at it again...
It's no surprise that SeaWorld would blatantly lie to the public, they've done it plenty many times before. A recent tweet from the verified SeaWorld account, linked a video about "misleading information" and "lies from Blackfish" about the captive killer whales and their dorsal fins. (See tweet here: https://twitter.com/SeaWorld/status/602299228623228928).
What is a dorsal fin, you ask?
A dorsal fin is the 6ft tall black fin that should stand right up on the back of an orca. Less than 1% of orcas in the wild have collapsed dorsal fins while in captivity, it is unnaturally common. Look at the gallery below, comparing what a dorsal fin should look like and what it looks like in most captive male killer whales.
SeaWorld's truth vs. the actual truth...
In the video, SeaWorld has their head veterinarian, Dr. Christopher Dold, speaking and giving SeaWorld's explanation as to why their killer whales have collapsed dorsal fins. Dr. Dold states, "The dorsal fin is not an indicator of the animal's overall health." Where exactly are they getting their information!? There are loads of studies that explain that a collapsed or "wavy" dorsal fin means that an orca is either dehydrated, not used to water temperatures, adjusting to different water pressures, stressed out, have an unhealthy change in their diet and cramped spaces... hmmm kind of like those at SeaWorld, what a coincidence! A few days ago, I was on twitter and I saw that someone had tweeted that SeaWorld's parking lot is bigger than the orca habitat. It is so upsetting to see the difference, just take a look for yourself..
Small spaces and depriving orcas of what they need all together is causing their dorsal fins to fall, not that the fins are being weighed down due to the fact that the orcas float to the top of the pools and stay there for hours at a time because of the stress they're being put under. But SeaWorld claims they're rising to the surface for air and they "rest"/spend a lot of time up there, which many killer whales don't do in the wild. I don't know about you, but I think SeaWorld just owned up to the fact that they force their whales to lived in cramped spaces and that it's not natural... I'm out. *Drops Mic*
Author: Kennedi
Date: 5/29/15
Time: 11:20 pm
Last updated: 5/29/15, 11:20pm
Date: 5/29/15
Time: 11:20 pm
Last updated: 5/29/15, 11:20pm