SeaWorld premieres "One Ocean," SeaWorld Orlando, April 22 2011/InsideTheMagic, insidethemagic.net
Good news for one kind of dolphin lover is bad news for another. Take the way SeaWorld is bouncing back from a rough year last year with an all-new killer whale show that premiered on Friday, April 22 —Earth Day, 2011.
If you’re the kind of dolphin lover who sees nothing wrong with keeping dolphins and whales in tanks and thinks getting close to them, swimming with them and watching them perform in captivity is cool, you’ll probably be pleased to learn that SeaWorld seems to be doing so well.
SeaWorld premieres "One Ocean," SeaWorld Orlando, April 22 2011/InsideTheMagic, youtube, youtube.com
If, on the other hand, you think dolphins and whales belong in the ocean and not in tanks, consider captivity cruel and degrading, and would like to see marine parks, aquarium displays and swim programs shut down, you won’t be happy about how well SeaWorld is doing, but you may find the news enlightening in a disheartening kind of way….
L Pod, Southern resident killer whale community, Puget Sound, Washington State, Feb 20 2009/Jeff Hogan, Killer Whale Tales, West Seattle Blog, westseattleblog.com
Killer whale family, location & date unknown/whale-images.com
Thought captivity might be on its way out after what happened last year at SeaWorld Orlando? Think again.
Unidentified killer whale & trainer, SeaWorld Orlando, May 2010/Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel, SunSentinel.com
Malia & Trua, SeaWorld Orlando, April 10 2008/orcalover109, outdoors.webshots.com
Gini's Nature News 