SeaWorld blamed the trainers for their own deaths, when in fact it was the orcas that killed due to their anger because of the conditions they were being kept in. In one situation, a trainer was dragged into the pool by an orca after the orca had performed a trick wrong and hadn't been rewarded, it was a long day for the mammal. Although, SeaWorld released a different story. They claimed that the trainer had caused her own death because she was wearing her hair in a ponytail. The orca supposedly pulled her in by her hair because of the way she was wearing it (even the footage shows that they isn't true). SeaWorld want the orcas to seem more friendly than they actually are because they don't want to lose their visitors.

What is quite extraordinary about orcas is that they are highly intelligent animals. They have a whole other section of the brain that we don't even have. This section allows them to have a sense of society and self, linking to my next point…

Probably the most upsetting part of the documentary is when baby orcas are separated from their mothers. SeaWorld would transfer orcas over to their sister parks, most of them being just babies. When they were separated from their mothers, they knew what was going on. After the baby was taken away, the mother would make sounds that trainers had never heard before. They were screams. In one case, the mother was shaking and screaming in one corner of the pool, actually actively looking for her baby. The pool she was in was shared with other female orcas and every so often, they would come out and check on the mother to see how she was doing, which really shows how far their sense of society and community goes. The mother stayed like this for several hours.


To quickly summarise, SeaWorld are making their money through the exploitation of orcas. I couldn't believe half the things I saw in that documentary and I very much encourage you all to watch it..