JUST PRESS SPACE! Wild male orcas actually live till about 30 and there is a captive male at SeaWorld called ulises who is 39. Females live to about 50 and there is a female at SeaWorld who is 52. Blackfish is completely propaganda. It is in fact 75% lies. Most of the "trainers" never even worked at SeaWorld in fact one of the trainers that actually worked at SeaWorld got demoted for kicking an otter. The documentary was made so biased to make it more successful. Dorsal fin collapse is not un healthy for the orcas, it is mainly due to the fact they spend more time up at the surface with their trainers and as there are no bones in the dorsal it droops. It doesn't hurt the orcas in anyway. Orcas are very intelligent animals so they receive lots of different forms of enrichment everyday learning new behaviors for shows is actually very mentally stimulating for them. Also they are not forced to perform. If the orca does not want to do a trick it doesn't do it and that's fine. I've got lots of video evidence of the orcas refusing tricks and the trainers just move on. They are not starved either they are fed three times a day and the food in shows is sort if like an extra treat for them. SeaWorld has not collected orcas from the wild for over 47 years and most of the orcas are still with there mothers. The scene in blackfish where the mother "cries" when her baby is taken away is fake. Katina was opening her mouth on command of a trainer and blackfish added the sounds in. Did you know SeaWorld rescues over 35,000 animals every year including 400 whales and dolphins. These animals are great ambassadors to their species scientists study them each and every day to help save those in the wild. In the wild populations of orcas are near to extinction because of pollution, overfishing, boat traffic ect. They are the orcas we should be worrying about not these well fed orcas in filtered saltwater. It is such a shame to see the company that inspired so many of us to love these beautiful mammals slowly shut down. Hope this cleared a few things up. If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask :),
All orca drawings were done by me :)
