{"id":71,"date":"2016-12-13T08:55:02","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T08:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/adamsafta\/?p=71"},"modified":"2017-01-23T00:49:29","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T00:49:29","slug":"future-freedom-orcas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/adamsafta\/2016\/12\/future-freedom-orcas\/","title":{"rendered":"THE FUTURE FREEDOM OF ORCAS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>THIS VICTORY IS ONLY ONE SMALL STEP TOWARDS A GLOBAL SOCIAL CHANGE.<\/h1>\n<figure id=\"attachment_76\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76\" style=\"width: 358px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-76 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/adamsafta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2016\/12\/Orcas-In-Wild.jpg\" alt=\"We are one step closer to acheiveing freedom and harmony for Orcas. A picture of a mother and baby orca free in the wild and their natural habitat.\" width=\"358\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/adamsafta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2016\/12\/Orcas-In-Wild.jpg 358w, https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/adamsafta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2016\/12\/Orcas-In-Wild-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-76\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We are one step closer to acheiveing freedom and harmony for Orcas. A picture of a mother and baby orca free in the wild and their natural habitat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/uk.whales.org\/wdc-in-action\/fate-of-captive-orcas\"><strong><u>Orcas in Captivity \u2013 The History:<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Orcas (Killer Whales) have been kept in captivity since 1961.<\/li>\n<li>They have been plucked from their families and their natural habitats \u2013 forced to live in artificial homes which are inefficient for their needs. This is proven by the curve in many of their dorsal fins due to the lack of space to swim and be free.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThere are currently a total of 56 orcas held in captivity (23 wild-captured plus 33 captive-born) in at least 12 marine parks in 8 different countries.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAt least 163 orcas have died in captivity, not including 30 miscarried or still-born calves.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><u>Social Awareness:<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The 2013 document, \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackfishmovie.com\/\">BLACKFISH<\/a>\u2019, helps highlight the story of one orca known as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seaworldofhurt.com\/features\/30-years-three-deaths-tilikums-tragic-story\/\">Tilikum<\/a>, who was held captive by the Sealand in Canada and later Orlando SeaWorld in America. His story is one of tragedy as he was under these company\u2019s care.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_75\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-75 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/adamsafta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2016\/12\/Tilikum_orca_Shamu.jpg\" alt=\"Killer Whale\" width=\"1024\" height=\"688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/adamsafta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2016\/12\/Tilikum_orca_Shamu.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/adamsafta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2016\/12\/Tilikum_orca_Shamu-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/adamsafta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2016\/12\/Tilikum_orca_Shamu-768x516.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-75\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A picture of Tilikum, the orca in captivity who&#8217;s tragic story helped create social change in the direction of orcas freedom.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At Sealand he was bullied by the other orcas, in the wild he would have been able to escape this harassment. As a training technique food was withheld from him. In the wild he would have hunted for his food in his own time and when he needed it. \u201cThe constant stress and exhaustion gave him stomach ulcers.\u201d Also, during the parks closed hours the orcas under their care where squished into \u2018tiny round metal-sided module\u2019 until the park opened the next day. This caused him to develop aggressive tendencies which later lead to him murdering one off his trainers.<\/p>\n<p>After these events Sealand shut down and Tilikum was sold to SeaWorld \u2013 who had little consideration to his violent tendencies as he was the biggest Orca in the market. Therefore, they decided to use him for their breeding programme. \u201cTilikum\u2019s sperm was used to build up a collection of orcas, and now, 54 percent of SeaWorld\u2019s orcas have his genes.\u201d At SeaWorld he was \u201cconfined to a tank containing 0.0001 percent of the quantity of water that he would traverse in a single day in nature.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Due to Tilikum\u2019s stress, frustration, and confinement he went on to kill two more members of staff at SeaWorld. Following these events Tilikum was isolated in a tiny enclosure that limited his ability to swim and communicate.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><u>Social Change:<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u2018BLACKFISH\u2019 and its marketing campaign helped raise awareness due to its great public reception. It mobilised the world to use their power to help orcas in captivity, through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/seaworld-end-captive-orca-breeding-program\">social media and partitions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_78\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-78\" style=\"width: 2500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-78 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/adamsafta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2016\/12\/Blackfish.jpg\" alt=\"A poster of the title of the 2013 documentry which helped raise awareness to the public of the issue's for orcas in captivity.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/adamsafta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2016\/12\/Blackfish.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/adamsafta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2016\/12\/Blackfish-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/adamsafta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2016\/12\/Blackfish-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/adamsafta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2016\/12\/Blackfish-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-78\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A poster of the title of the 2013 documentry which helped raise awareness to the public of the issue&#8217;s for orcas in captivity.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Furthermore, due to the negative impact on SeaWorld\u2019s image, on the 17 March 2016, they have decided to stop Orca breeding programmes and this will be the <a href=\"https:\/\/seaworldcares.com\/Future\/Last-Generation\/\">last generation<\/a> of orcas to be kept in their care.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tjSRkWF9FdE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><u>Overview:<\/u><\/h3>\n<p>It has been a long fight but finally we have made an impact and change for these majestic creators. Although this is a victory, there are still many parks around the world who still have orcas in captivity. Not to mention the other wild animals who do not belong in captivity.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_81\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-81 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/adamsafta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2016\/12\/Capticity-Quote.jpg\" alt=\"A quote with an image of killer whales in the wild which says, &quot;When we return animals to nature, we merely return them to what is already theirs. Man cannot give wild animals freedom, they can only take it away.&quot; By Jacques Cousteau.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/adamsafta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2016\/12\/Capticity-Quote.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/adamsafta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2016\/12\/Capticity-Quote-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/adamsafta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2016\/12\/Capticity-Quote-768x447.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-81\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A quote with an image of killer whales in the wild which says, &#8220;When we return animals to nature, we merely return them to what is already theirs. Man cannot give wild animals freedom, they can only take it away.&#8221; By Jacques Cousteau.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Please carry on the good work, spread awareness and help these animals find the freedom they deserve and be treated with the respect they deserve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS VICTORY IS ONLY ONE SMALL STEP TOWARDS A GLOBAL SOCIAL CHANGE. Orcas in Captivity \u2013 The History: Orcas (Killer Whales) have been kept in captivity since 1961. They have been plucked from their families and their natural habitats \u2013 forced to live in artificial homes which are inefficient for their needs. 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