Turned down by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration\u2019s Review Committee, SeaWorld is now virtually certain to proceed to the U.S. Court of Appeals in an effort to escape the ruling that animal trainers cannot be in the water with killer whales during performances.\u00a0 SeaWorld claims that such close interaction is essential, not only to create exciting shows, but also to enhance the “bond” between trainers and whales.\u00a0This perceived “bond” exists, however, only in the fantasies of SeaWorld personnel, and may well be one reason trainer Dawn Brancheau was killed [at the Florida SeaWorld site].\u00a0 Orcas, even those born in captivity, are by no stretch of the imagination domesticated animals. They do not “bond” with their captors simply because they can be trained to obey commands.\u00a0Believing she had a “bond” with Tillikum (the killer whale) may have caused Brancheau to let down her guard with a huge and dangerous predator.\u00a0 This anthropomorphic myth is the very heart of the SeaWorld message.\u00a0 It is the theme of their “BELIEVE” extravaganza, and the epitome of the false image of nature portrayed to employees and public alike. Orcas have been captured, bred, dominated and displayed for some 45 years in theme parks and aquariums, but that does not demonstrate an ethereal connection between human and animal.\u00a0That is simply bondage. Jane Cartmill Encinitas<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Turned down by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration\u2019s Review Committee, SeaWorld is now virtually certain to proceed to the U.S. Court of Appeals in an effort to escape the ruling that animal trainers cannot be in the water with killer whales during performances.\u00a0 SeaWorld claims that such close interaction is essential, not only to […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11559","_seopress_titles_title":"Says SeaWorld trainers, orcas a bad interaction","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11559,11593,11552],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-302738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beach-bay-press","category-no-images","category-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302738\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}