Jack Hanna On Killer Whale Attack At Sea World

http://MOXNews.com/
February 24, 2010 CNN

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Sea
• world
• Trainer
• dies
• Dead
• Killer
• Whale
• Attack
• orca

[kingofallwhites]

Thumbs up if you miss Campbell Brown!!!

[christayk]

@horseanddiver

True but you also mention that crap about wanting to touch and interact with Tilly. People who want him sent to the wild are certainly no saying they want to interact with him at Seaworld!

[horseanddiver]

Go back through and read how many comments want Tilikum back IN THE WILD. Then argue with me

[christayk]

@horseanddiver

We want him sent to a marine sanctuary, not the wild, u nitwit.

I take it, u don't feel sorry for victims of the Japanese quake because u've never been to Japan then?

That's what we have media for. People can care even if they don't "interact" with the orca.

[horseanddiver]

if they released Tilly in the wild now, he would die. Everyone who works with and train animals knows the risks, and they are willing to accept these risks. Otherwise they wouldn't do it. The work that trainers do educates the public so they care about the animals in the wild. A lot of people don't care about something they can't see and touch and interact with. Without these interactions, extinction risks of these animals is potentially MUCH higher

[horseanddiver]

if they released Tilly in the wild now, he would die. Everyone who works with and train animals knows the risks, and they are willing to accept these risks. Otherwise they wouldn't do it.

[quelita28]

Has anyone heard if Yilikum will be released to the ocean anytime soon? It's no use to have him there in that little tank.

[celestriarealms]

@quelita28 you're right. you can even die from a domesticated dog attack. and everyone who works with animals know of the risk.

[celestriarealms]

@FFAfish can the whales born in captivity hunt? the majority of sea worlds whales were born there. if you just talk about tilikum and ones captured, maybe, but the others? the one about 3 or 4 now? can it? how would that 3 year old whale in orlando's sea world do "just fine" without the basic things you learn in the wild?

[celestriarealms]

@FFAfish did you go through all the comments to find ones to criticize? my main point about keiko's story to relate to other whales, any not just tilikum, is disease. the whales currently in captivity are in filtered salt water. natural bacteria found in the ocean is gone. most animals, humans dogs cats whales you name it, after living in a filtered environment for a long time are highly likely to get diseases in "natural" air when released. when released the whales could die of disease.