Posted September 8, 2010 by Sunny Subramanian
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The death toll continues to rise at SeaWorld with the passing of a 12-year-old orca named Sumar at the theme-park chain’s San Diego location. Sumar died far short of the expected 50-to-60 year lifespan of orcas who roam the vast oceans where they belong.
Whatever caused Sumar’s death, a lifetime in a barren concrete pool—in mere gallons of water instead of the fathoms he deserved—was no life at all for this orca. How many animals and people must pay with their lives before SeaWorld begins the process of transitioning orcas to coastal sanctuaries?
Please contact Blackstone Group (which owns SeaWorld) and insist that it begin the rehabilitation process right away.
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978 days ago
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Seven orcas died from the J and L pod this year. That’s more than SeaWorld and 4 of those that died were under the age of 10. Two were less that a year old. Let’s all write a letter to Alaska and protest that they’re killing the whales! Let’s write a letter to the Pacific ocean to end the deaths! From now on I’m boycotting the ocean!! Boooo!!
982 days ago
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Poor sumar! D’:
983 days ago
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RIP Sumar.
983 days ago
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DOLPHINS ARE NOT MEANT TO DO TRICKS! thats what dogs to a little kid are for. ALL ORCAS AND WILD LIFE DESERVE TO BE IN THEIR NATURAL HABITAT!
i know i would certainly die if i lived in a hall of mirrors!
I AM OFFICIALLY BOYCOTTING SEAWORLD!
983 days ago
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Those seaworld people just care about making money. “Oh, we killed another whale? That’s okay just replace it till the next one dies.” I can’t stand people like this.
983 days ago
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Need to not keep them in captivity…. All I can say
983 days ago
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People are being so selffish,they are only caring about themselves and not of the animals in the world. Can’t they think that what you do can also affect the animals???
984 days ago
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or if you want to go whale watching,
you can go to an all you can eat meat lovers buffet.
^.^
but seriously, this is shizz.
i live in san diego, so it’s weird knowing that the orca i saw jumping out of the water in first grade is now dead.
seaworld sucks.
984 days ago
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Holy crap they need to shut that place down, if people want to see whales.. go WHALE WATCHING — lazy people.