Abuse for Entertainment?

Nakai, an 11-year-old male orca at SeaWorld San Diego, was injured September 20 in an incident involving two other whales during an evening performance at the Southern California amusement park. A correspondent for Outside magazine,first reported the injury, describing the serious gash as a "dinner plate-sized chunk of his lower mandible sheared off."

Following the report and gruesome photos of Nakai's injury, animal rights organization PETA filed a complaint against SeaWorld with the U.S. Department of Agriculture for violating the Animal Welfare Act. Under the legislation, which regulates the treatment of animals, SeaWorld is required to house orcas who are not compatible in separate spaces. 

Incidents like this have been happening for years, these actions should be put to a stop. Orcas and dolphins being hurt and not properly taken care of is wrong.

Living Conditions For Animals At Sea World

Sea World has been a "family-friendly" attraction for the past 50 years, advertising happy dolphins and orcas, looking like they are having the time of their life. What families everywhere don't know is what the animals actually go through to continue the show, they don't know that the past years of performance has been done by abused animals and greedy business owners. This entertainment is cruel and inhumane.

This is an orca with a collapsed dorsal fin, one of the many examples of cruelty against orcas. 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.

One of Sea Worlds main attractions is swimming with dolphins. People loves to play and swim with the friendly mammals, but do they know that swimming with them harms them.

A scientific study by Newcastle University found that dolphins in close proximity to humans experience extreme stress, “preventing them from resting, feeding or nurturing their young.” Despite these findings, SeaWorld continues to allow park guests to swim and touch dolphins at its Discovery Cove location in Orlando, Florida.