During the recent December 2015 vacations, we visited
Atlanta, GA. Our son Aarav will turn 3 in March 2016; we thought it would be
nice to visit a zoo and aquarium again. At his age, this was his 4th
visit to a zoo and 2nd to an aquarium! We just assumed he has much
better understanding now so he’ll enjoy better!
Atlanta Aquarium is rated as the best aquarium in USA!
Personally, I have never seen whales! Never been to Seaworld. Had been to a
small seaworld kind of amusement park in Hawaii where I saw the dolphin and sea
lion shows; the jumps and tricks they do! Atlanta Aquarium has the Beluga
whales and giant whale sharks! Huge magnanimous creatures that just leave you
in awe!
Aarav was excited to see the Dolphins! He loved the show,
though he was almost asleep by the time the show started! The dolphins were
just beautiful!
After we returned we were discussing with our friends of the
two amusement parks and how the Aquarium is one of the best! My friend shared
that this particular corporation has intensive care for the dolphins and they
have a panel of scientists, doctors and psychiatrist to study and provide them
a healthy environment! She then suggested of a documentary “BLACKFISH” that’s available
on Netflix which has the orca trainers disclose and share their experience of training
the wild orcas, the unpredictable nature of the animals, how they are captured
from the wild, the emotional trauma that the animals endure in captivity
through their life, the major accidents that have occurred and how the huge business
corporations ruthlessly work despite history of fatalities and clear
indications of disturbed animals, while putting the trainers lives at risk each
day!
The documentary is very emotional on many levels, mainly
from the animal’s perspective that without a doubt it shames me to think of how
selfish Human race is! And not just selfish, but ruthless, ignorant and utterly
insensitive! There are so many points that the audience probably never thinks
of like how did they get them, how are they trained, how are their enclosures
etc. I never did myself!
Prior to this documentary, I never had any idea of how
gentle, super intelligent and emotional these gigantic animals are, so much
like us humans! After watching the documentary, I felt so so sorry for these
animals, though they are so much larger in size than us, our cunning intelligence
beats their innocence!
It makes me think how as an audience, I’m contributing to
the animal’s captive life! I know that just sharing the information won’t stop
people from going to these amusement parks, but can spread
awareness. The story of Tilikum the Orca at seaworld is truly heartbreaking and
to see that huge fish with a bent dorsal fin…you know it’s just WRONG!
Sharing the trailer video link on youtube. Recommend to
watch and share.
While I was still disturbed after watching the documentary,
I came across an article of how even Dolphins in captivity suffer and how the ‘Swim-with-dolphin’
program is disturbing!
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