Yesterday a trainer for Seaworld died after decades of service. She was killed by an Orca whale named Tilikum, who apparently grabbed her off the deck where she was rubbing him, and swam around the pool thrashing around her body and subsequently drowning her. If you know me you know I don't particularly like animals, and I'm terrified of all water creatures. So I'm wondering why it's not okay for people to go whaling for food, but it's perfectly okay for a whale to kill THREE people? Yes THREE, this whale has killed THREE people in it's 30 years of life. Don't you think now maybe the time for this animal- the largest Killer Whale in captivity- to be let go (and you can take that in several different ways). We put dogs to sleep after they bite someone, but a whale tortures three people and it's okay because we are the ones who kept him in captivity. Let me leave you with the quick definition of terrorism: "the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals". Point made!
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-02-24-seaworld-whale-death_N.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilikum_(whale)#Tilikum
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