The Risks Of Keeping Killer Whales In Captivity
Today I am going to advise you about the risks of keeping orcas otherwise called killer whales in captivity. I will present to you today are a few actualities, where killer whales are kept, and how they are dealt with. I realize this may not appear a major ordeal but rather gruesome disasters happen now and again with respect to captivity.
I am gonna begin by introducing a killer whale named Corky. Corky carries a legacy of being the first longest held female orca in all history. Corky was captured when she was four years old. She was removed from her family to be placed in a little tank till she was exchanged to Sea World that was located in San Diego. Corky is fifty years old and weighs around 8,000 pounds. On 28th of February 1977, Corky gave birth to her to her first calf, a male. This was the first killer whale to be born in captivity. She had four calves in total and they all died due to mal nursing. In the wild, Corky would have most likely have had a few calves and at this point be a grandmother if she was still in the wild. Do you think if they were born in the wild could they have a chance of living? In the certainties, I can't discover anything awful about corky. Like no lashing out, no non-corporative, no assaults on people or the other mammals.
Do you ever hear about whale attacks in the wild? The only attacks that were accounted for was orcs held in captivity. A whale attacking another whale was the first time in history. Corky got attacked by another whale while in captivity due to jealousy. The whale that attacked corky had injuries to the head and she soon died afterward. Corky remained okay other than a few scratches. After the passing of the orca that assaulted Corky, she got the opportunity to adopt the orcas calf which so happened to be a female. Now moving on to some facts about orcas. Killer whales have been kept in captivity since 1961; somewhere around 166 orcas have been taken into captivity from that point forward. From research, there are sixty killer whales held in captivity as of now. 167 killer whales have died that we know of. SeaWorld holds twenty orcas in its three stops in the United States. Males can live to an average of thirty years while females can live up to forty-six years. Some killer whales in captivity are punished by their trainers for not following directions. in front of a crowd. Corky did not need to manage that since she wanted to perform. Punishing killer whales is a major ordeal it makes them lash out and be vicious and more often than not it prompts injuries or death.
Concluding all these facts I want to ask you this. Do you figure captivity does have an impact on orcas? Or then again do you trust that there is no impact on orcas that live in captivity? I hope I have brung some new data to you that you didn't think about.
