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Orcas In Seaworld

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Photograph by Gerardo Mora Getty Images. The documentary film Blackfish released in 2013 showed Orcas suffering in captivity. In The Battle At Seaworld The Whales Have Won Nymag While in the ocean orcas range over thousands of kilometres at SeaWold they are kept in small tanks. Orcas in seaworld . Over the years SeaWorld has repeatedly claimed that captive orcas are ambassadors of the sea whose role is to inspire millions But how are spectators supposed to learn anything about the true nature of orcas by looking at SeaWorlds performing orcas that were violently captured from the wild or were born inside a tank and have never seen the ocean. Killer whales are found in all oceans from the frigid Arctic and Antarctic regions to tropical seas. I think by now we can all be fairly confident that SeaWorlds days are numbered. One female orca at SeaWorld Orlando Katina is currently 44 years old while the oldest orca in SeaWorlds care is 54-year-old Corky II in San Diego. 63 rows Ki...