Assertion: killer whale | /r/AtLocation | captivity
Facets:
value: since 1961
type: TEMPORAL
value: unfortunately
type: MANNER
value: by seaworld
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Housed in concrete pools, separated from family members, often separated from their children, killer whales held in captivity have endured so much mental anguish on a daily basis that many of them simply loose their minds.
text: By means of comparison, killer whales that are kept in captivity will often not live longer than 25 years but in the wild killer whales live for much longer.
text: Orcas held in captivity tend to live less than those in the wild, although this is subject to scientific debate.
text: In captivity, orcas are kept in artificial social groups.
text: For killer whales that are held in captivity in places like SeaWorld, it is a very different story.
text: Others, such as water parks that keep killer whales in captivity and use them in theme-park shows, argue that there are no health threats to killer whales held in captivity and that dorsal fin collapse is natural.
text: With that said there are a few stories of killer whales held in captivity grabbing hold of a persons limb, hair or clothing and pulling them under the water until they drown, but these stories are rare and in no cases we’re any body parts ever consumed.
text: For killer whales that are held in captivity in places like SeaWorld, it is a very different story.
text: Numerous people have stated that these attacks occur because the killer whales are isolated from family/friends and kept in small unnatural environments which leads to depression and aggression, so it is understandable that a killer whale held in captivity may act accordingly.
text: Founded by whale researcher Dr. Paul Spong, the OrcaLab research facility in northern Vancouver Island, recognized as the hub for Northern Resident killer whales was established for the campaign against killer whales held in captivity.
text: Killer whales are not extensively hunted by humans, but have long been captured to be kept in captivity.
text: When kept in captivity, they can develop dysfunctional behavior, which can be dangerous to their trainers.
text: Killer whales, more properly known as orcas, have been kept in captivity since 1961, helpless victims of a blatantly commercial experiment which has seen dozens of wild orcas plucked from their families and forced to live in artificial social groupings which bear scant resemblance to their natural order.
text: The killer whales were first kept in captivity in the early 1960s.
text: Killer whales have been kept in captivity since 1961.
text: Animal-rights activists say that these fins collapse because the conditions under which killer whales — or orcas — are held in captivity are not healthy.
text: The largest, best known—and most notorious—orca held in captivity by SeaWorld died on Friday in Orlando after a long battle with illness, including a drug-resistant bacterial lung infection.
text: Unfortunately, many of these beautiful creatures (orcas and dolphins included) are kept in captivity!