What makes a Killer Whale go bad? Are they the product of a bad home life, victim of racism, poverty, lack of opportunity, gangs (Pods), violent video games, drugs, lack of role models, peer pressure, low self esteem, personal issues, mom and dad had poor parenting skills, internal conflict over race (am I black or white), or what? Will other whales like the grey whale or blue whale associate with them?
Nut jobs like People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and Sea Shepard's will tell you that every time a person is injured or killed by an animal it is the person's fault. The claim is the person encroached on their territory, scarred them, molested them, or fed them.
I normally disagree with PETA on every issue. A woman walking in a wooded area is eaten by a Puma and according to them it would be her fault. She encroached into their world asking to be eaten. People are not aliens from another planet. We are part of nature and are entitled to use the wooded area same as the lion. I only fault the woman for not carrying a gun in order to defend herself from the lions, tigers and bears. In the instance of this whale I agree stay out of this mammal's neighborhood.
The serial killer whale is a different story. It killed a previous trainer and a homeless guy. I assume he was homeless as he entered the park after closing possibly seeking shelter. Can you imagine the guys face as he was prowling around and a giant monster's head came out of the water and grabbed him. Picture the expression on his face. What a surprise!
My question is why these people at Sea World Orlando continue playing with this whale. Either make whale fillets out of him or release him to the sea. Stop the chain of endless violence. When a whale becomes a serial killer he is trying to tell you something. Tilly or Tillie (not sure of the spelling and don't care) says "don't mess with me."
A. C. Smithson
Nut jobs like People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and Sea Shepard's will tell you that every time a person is injured or killed by an animal it is the person's fault. The claim is the person encroached on their territory, scarred them, molested them, or fed them.
I normally disagree with PETA on every issue. A woman walking in a wooded area is eaten by a Puma and according to them it would be her fault. She encroached into their world asking to be eaten. People are not aliens from another planet. We are part of nature and are entitled to use the wooded area same as the lion. I only fault the woman for not carrying a gun in order to defend herself from the lions, tigers and bears. In the instance of this whale I agree stay out of this mammal's neighborhood.
The serial killer whale is a different story. It killed a previous trainer and a homeless guy. I assume he was homeless as he entered the park after closing possibly seeking shelter. Can you imagine the guys face as he was prowling around and a giant monster's head came out of the water and grabbed him. Picture the expression on his face. What a surprise!
My question is why these people at Sea World Orlando continue playing with this whale. Either make whale fillets out of him or release him to the sea. Stop the chain of endless violence. When a whale becomes a serial killer he is trying to tell you something. Tilly or Tillie (not sure of the spelling and don't care) says "don't mess with me."
A. C. Smithson
"Tilikum is a casualty of captivity; it has destroyed his mind and turned him demented," Russ Rector, a former dolphin trainer in Fort Lauderdale who now runs the Dolphin Freedom Foundation, said. "If he was a horse, dog, bear, cat or elephant he would already have been put down after the first kill, and this is his third."
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