Some people would say that animals in captivity can never be trusted. I partly believe that this fact is true. Any WILd animal that is put into a park for entertainment, should never be fully trusted, or blamed when an incident occurs....People! They are wild animals! For a certain reason they were put into the jungle, ocean, woods, etc they are not pets. The reason I post about this topic is because on Tuesday a killer whale killed his trainer in Orlando, Florida. My question to you guys is what should they do with Tilikum (the whale involved with three deaths now)??? Do they let this beautiful untamed animal live or do they euthanize him?
My whole view on this is that he is the biggest whale they have in their park, and if you're ever lucky enough to see this amazing creature, you can tell that he is all muscle! Tilikum weighs 12,300 tons! Now my problem is that based on the news a reporter/witness of the show where Tilikum makes his attack says, and I quote, "I wish and pray that the park wouldn't have used him for the rest of the day after his first performance (the one before he attacked his trainer). The whale looked angry and bothered by something...?!?!" What bigger hint could the whale give his trainers to leave him alone then besides acting differently in the first performance of the day. He was obviously trying to tell everyone he didn't want to perform. So How come the park and trainers thought it would be okay to 'play' with him or 'show' him off. Maybe just maybe, Tilikum attacked the trainer because she was the only one close enough and his message wasn't getting across. Therefore he thought he must do something to tell everyone how he felt. It probably was the trainer's faults. All in all both Tilikum and the trainer is to blame?!?! But should Tilikum be punished or was it just natural behavior for a WILD animal? What do you think? (I also send my condolences to the family of the attacked trainer) Feel free to watch videos that will be posted on my page till tomorrow
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