Blackfish

documentary

Heartbreaking doc on the Sea World practice of caging orcas and using them for entertainment. These are sentient, intelligent animals, very social and are ripped from their culture to make money for suits hiding away in offices. The trainers come to see through the company's lies because they work with the animals every day. The lies put out by the company are outrageous ...only designed to keep the lucre flowing.

The film follows the life of Tilikum...taken as a youth from the seas off Iceland, then kept in tiny pens all his life until he became psychotic and so far has killed four trainers from rage and frustration.

A pox on humankind for this stuff. Some day people will look back on this behavior and wonder how their ancestors could have been so barbaric. Good question.

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