In fact, the concrete cage environment distorts the whale’s behavior which makes any scientific gains, unreliable information. Humans as a species, have to realize that our discoveries are not our property. There are alternatives to seeing the majestic orca whale in all its beauty that doesn’t require endangering the animals. Whale watching has become a popular phenomenon in coastal regions. It allows the public to travel on boats close to the pods of orcas.
(blackfishmovie.com) Blackfish tells the story of Tilikum, a performing killer whale who has not only injured several people in captivity but killed. Behind the scene footage and shocking interviews are shown throughout the film to present a convincing case against keeping these wild animals for human entertainment. This emotional, heart touching story challenges us to reconsider our relationship with nature. It reveals how little we know about these mammals. This documentary explores how the harmful living conditions may be causing orcas to lash out violently toward their trainers.
My own experience in "shooting an iguana" involves hunting and capturing sand crabs. Watching the surface of the shoreline for air holes, I would dig into the sand capturing crabs. I begged my parents to let me take the crabs home, but they explained to me the importance of natural habitat and the very realistic possibility that the transfer of the sand crabs to my home would kill them. George Orwell is a policeman in the town of Moulmein in Lower Burma. After a rampant elephant kills a man, Orwell is in a position where he feels he has to kill the elephant.
Recently after numerous attacks, the Western Australian government stated a hunt and kill policy on any shark that is a tiger, bull or great white over the size of 4 meters. For numerous reasons this should be deemed illegal by the government and stop the culling in Western Australia. Australia is home to more diverse, unique and beautiful animals than any other place on earth, and included in these animals are the three sharks that have been focused on about in the cull in Western Australia. Ever since people have been utilising beaches for swimming and surfing, there have been shark attacks. And sadly on the flip side, ever since people have been swimming/ surfing at beaches, there have been attacks on sharks.
If sharks were to be extinct then we would not be able to go with our families to the beach to have a fun in the waters as the water would be disgusting and not swimmable. While the numbers of large sharks have been going low it has led to the collapse of fisheries being able to go out to sea to fish as sharks play an important role of keeping the fish and coral reefs healthy. As large sharks do have an important role in the ocean, we do have to be cautious about where we swim as we could be in there territory or near predators. If you do take a shark out of there eco-system then in conclusion there will be bad consequences, because they keep their eco-system healthy and clean. For example imagine you at home doing your own thing then out of nowhere an intruder comes in and kidnaps you and while that happens there will be consequences but in the end you will end up being shot, not a good thing to think about so we should think the same about sharks.
Dr Carl Meyer from Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology stated that mass levels of shark culling “runs the risk of ecosystem-level cascade effects where a general lack of sharks results in boom or bust in populations of species further down the food chain”. Furthermore when nets are used to trap sharks, often animals such as dolphins, turtles, whales and dugongs become trapped in them. Turtles are one of the most endangered species as a whole and are just innocent bystanders in this war between humans and sharks. We need to be careful of not affecting other animals in this quest to reduce shark numbers in the name of nothing. Sharks can already be caught legally by commercial and recreational fishers so any cull would be largely
Two percent of the ocean has been overlooked by people ant it leaves ninety-eight percent of the ocean for the megladon can swim. This shark could be a very intelligent shark by possibly attacking its pray as fast as it can and head down the bottom of the big blue. The evidence has proven that there was a time this shark had lived because of the physical evidence shown by the teeth collected. The pictures clearly state that there is a mega shark out there and the eyewitnesses explained that a huge shark had been around in South Africa. There may come a time when this shark may make a mistake and show its self to the world with
After only a few moments the viewer is thrown into a horrific scene where soldiers kill his family and burn his home. As Whales sifts through the ashes he retrieves his pistol and looks into the distance. In the next scene he is seen burying his family and crying uncontrollably. The scene fades to the sound of gunfire and the camera zooms in on a fence post being used for target practice. As the shooting continues the camera shot turns 180 degrees and zooms in on the hollow and pinpointed eyes of Whales who seems to be staring beyond the camera at his target.
The documentary begins with the birth of the orca over two decades ago. It then proceeds to show a series of events that lead to the progression of Tilikum’s aggressive behavior. As the film explores the psychosis of a killer whale, such as Tilikum, who has been in captivity for most of his life, it becomes evident to the audience that the injuries and deaths of many SeaWorld trainers were essentially inevitable. The film’s most essential strategy is the use of numerous interviews of former SeaWorld employees who can give first hand accounts of the incidents and corruption of the industry. A majority of these interviewees were orca trainers who dealt directly with the animal on a daily basis.
Japan’s heavy involvement in whaling throughout the twentieth century has caused quite an uproar over the years due to the fact that over 1.5 million whales have been slaughtered and are being inhumanely treated. An ABC News 24 opinion piece entitled “Saving whales: a cause worth fighting war” was written by Reese Halter in response to the ongoing debate about Japanese whaling. Using an informative and authoritative tone, Halter urges that whaling needs to be stopped in order to end the “War against Nature” and thus provide whales the ability to swim freely in the ocean without threat of extinction. The article is categorically targeted towards those with an immense interest in the concept of conservation and particularly the whales in addition to the stakeholders who comprise of politicians, environmentalists, pro and anti whaling organisations and the general public. Halter commences his article with an accusing tone that provides a background on the “war against nature” and the Sea Shepherd organisation, whilst highlighting the fact that the Institute of Cetacean Research in Japan has provided little to no credible research over the past century, despite this being their agenda for whaling.