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SeaWorld’s Open Letter

SeaWorld’s Open Letter. Misconceptions & Truth. Kaitlyn Glaza. Blackfish. Compelled SeaWorld to Respond. Thesis Statement.

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SeaWorld’s Open Letter

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  1. SeaWorld’s Open Letter Misconceptions & Truth KaitlynGlaza

  2. Blackfish Compelled SeaWorld to Respond

  3. Thesis Statement • Mainstream media, with for-profit influence, perpetuates misleading stories about orcas to a targeted audience. These messages offend some people within the non-target audience, who see through the false portrayals and have suggestions to better represent the orcas.

  4. Important Findings • Cultures • Collecting Orcas • Interactions with Non-Species

  5. Note Physical Differences:

  6. Collecting Orcas • 134 Orcas collected since 19611 • 106 are dead1 • More orcas die in the collection process than survive it

  7. SeaWorld’s Letter… • “We give our animals restaurant-quality fish, exercise, veterinary care, mental stimulation, and the company of other members of their species.”

  8. Interacting with Non-Species Apex predator Hunt anything except humans

  9. Saving Humans • Countless Stories • Shipwreck10 • Guiding boats to safety11 Humans saved 11 orcas trapped in ice

  10. Kandu’s Death7

  11. References • Great White Shark http://37.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbyp04UUXc1rcreq5o1_500.jpg • Human& Orca http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130110045343-vo-canada-trapped-whales-00004019-story-top.jpg • 1Williams, V. (2001) Captive orcas “Dying to entertain you.” A Report for Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) Chippenham, UK.http://www.wdcs.org/submissions_bin/orcareport.pdf • 5Original Shamuhttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Cetacea_range_map_Orca.PNG • 6Dead Kshamenkhttp://championsforcetaceans.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/kshamenk-the-forgotten-orca-2.jpg • 7Kandu Death http://championsforcetaceans.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/kshamenk-the-forgotten-orca-2.jpg • 8Forgotten Shamus http://th05.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2013/301/c/d/forgotten_orcas_project_1_by_okura-d6s1uf7.png • 10https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1ZkkHesyjg • 11Whales in the wild. (2014, February 21) National Geographic. • http://seaworld.com/en/~/link.aspx?_id=9D0C956E74134E4AA34626AD43CC1F79&_z=z

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