Captivity ‘turning orcas into killers’ – IOL SciTech | IOL.co.za
London – Life in captivity can turn killer whales aggressive, driving them to attack humans, a film claims.
It says orcas who perform for theme park audiences are traumatised and “turned into killers”.
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Don’t shoot me for saying this: if someone’s pet dog had mauled or killed someone, it would have been shot on the spot. I’m not suggesting, that Tillikum should be killed for what happened – but if had never been kidnapped from his pod, this never would have happened. Statistics I have seen indicate that orcas rarely if ever attack humans.
There are no records of an orca ever killing a human in the wild — only in captivity. That should be more than enough reason to not hold them captive.
captivity would turn any living being into a killer, including man!
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