Stolen from the wild, torn from their families, shoved in a bathtub, forced to perform tricks for food, deprived of their right to live free. End this abuse!
Tilly is now free in Heaven after years of suffering. I wished he could have been free when he was still alive, swimming in his native Iceland waters, eating fresh herring fish along with his family.
these trainers probably genuinely love the whales in their own way but are so terribly misguided that they become immune to the cruelty these animals endure while in captivity. it goes back to if you truly love them let them free. it put tears in my eyes hearing the audience cheer while these poor whales are forced to preform
As beautiful as that show was, it makes me sick watching it. Knowing that these incredible and intelligent creatures are being locked in a tiny pool while being forced to do silly tricks for food makes me absolutely sick. Would like to see a video of one of the CEOs of SeaWorld being locked into that pool with those whales for just one hour when they're having a very, very bad day.
I'm just going to point out that the finale of these shows is usually halfway through the lyrics of We're One. But this time Tilikum delayed his daughter and the other 4 orcas from starting when the trainers wanted them to, so the finale was synced perfectly. Hmmm... Call it coincidence if you will, but I think Tilikum has been in SeaWorld for so long he knew the timing of We're One and did that on purpose. Which is not only clever & admirable, but equally grim if you think about it.
Jeez...Tilikum was an absolute unit. I'd be beyond terrified to get in the water with him. Just based on size alone. Hell, any one of them. No matter what people say about them in the wild...I'll respect these guys from the safe embrace of TH-cam.
I wish they wouldn’t allow breeding of any orcas. No more dolphin breeding or shows. When I was a little girl my father knew the trainer of flipper. His name was rick. He told us he couldn’t capture or train another dolphin ever again after his favorite dolphin Sandy suffered from depression and committed suicide after she looked him in the eye. Let all the air out of her lungs and floated to the bottom of the training area. The vision haunts him to this day.
Are you kidding me? He spent years of his life there just to splash his tail at people and pose at the end a couple of times a day, then spend the rest of his day swimming in circles in a tank....
Blue Fluke No, it’s called gravity. You see transient orcas dorsal fins bent over a bit too, that’s because they go out of water to hunt for their seals. I’ve seen wild orcas and captive orcas, I know the difference and they aren’t suffering. People like Dr. Ingrid Visser are educated about wild orcas, but with captive orcas she hasn’t been to SeaWorld once
Since this is a heavy topic in the comments: The dorsal fin for wild and captive orcas. Living in Washington, where we have orcas, I have never seen one breach the surface with a collapsed dorsal fin. But, after researching it this does (though quite rarely) happen in the wild. A typical behavior of wild orcas is swimming hundreds of miles in a straight line. This allows for the dorsal fin to have regular muscle activity, keeping it strong. If an orca for some reason does not swim this way (illness, injury or such) their dorsal fin starts to show signs of stain and starts to collapse. There have been reports in areas of ocean containing oil spills of having a high number of orcas dorsal collapse. Every single captive orca has a collapsed dorsal fin. Fully or on the verge. They do because they do not have the opportunity to swim long distances, and only in circles. The dorsal fin does not have any bones, very little biological foundation for self sustainability. The condition of the dorsal fin is an indicator of the health and mobility of the individual orca. That being said, orcas born in captivity that have this condition not only have very little chance of having normal wild born capabilities because of this damage, this and unknown wild orca behaviors and socialization gives them a major disadvantage if released. I'm happy SeaWorld has phased out the dolphin and orca show.
If people stopped going to see such shows then hopefully this would stop these animals on not meant to be kept in tanks they should be free in the ocean such a shame and you wonder why they are attacking trainers they are not happy all this for money
Music is horrible. Orcas should not be in captivity. Sea World separates mothers from calves. Its no wonder they can't take it anymore. Leave them alone!!
The whale may not have minded doing these tricks when it was young, but I can't imagine how such an intensely intelligent animal wouldn't be bored after years and years of doing the same thing. They are hunters and strategists, they were meant to use their own minds and to explore. I wonder if years in captivity retards their true mental growth?
Tilly just stayed right behind that gate door watching everyone else have all the fun... As if he's wondering why he can't be out there too... "What did I do to be in trouble?" 🖤🥺💔🥺🌑 🤍🙏🏻God Bless Tilly's soul (& Keiko's also)🙏🏻🤍
exactly, a very good lesson for me, as SeaWorld explained that the gates apply little pressure to close it, they can choose to push it, play with it, these animals are thousands of pounds and could manipulate the gates if they want to....thanks!
Dottie Hart , You're not the one that should be sorry.... It's them (Seaworld) that should be sorry. I was there observing Tilikum the week before he killed Dawn. There was clearly something wrong with him. He was cruising around in his pool in a repetitive patern where he would drop to the bottom in the same spot every time and roll onto his side. And he had what looked like a large patch of white paint on the front of his head (as if he'd been ramming his head into something.) I took video of him (pacing) his cage over & over that day and you could clearly see he was disturbed.
Claude Herbert I just saw your post, I would have responded sooner! Oh My Goodness! That's unbelievable! And they say they care about the well-being of these beautiful creatures! If you noticed something off about the whale... I'm sure they did as well! They just didn't care!
My heart.... To see him take another look out of that gate before vanishing into the back. I would have never wished that horrific life upon any of them. I run an equine rescue and rehab equine and large breed dogs with people problems Amd most have seen years and years of neglect and abuse, as well as pulling many from feedlots bound for slaughter because they are unmanageable, rank or violently aggressive. I’m able to understand and work with these amazing Amd majestic creatures. But not because I see myself as smarter, or the more intelligent species, almost the opposite.. They are more deeply emotional, communicate on much deeper levels and i was once just as broken as so many of them were and are. I get them, and understand. Once his life became what it was, and all he knew, he could only show and display his confusion, displeasure and frustration in but so many ways. Like I tell my lesson students, we cannot expect them to learn our language, how vain of us for starters. So it is up to us to learn how to speak theirs, as it is we, who are asking something of them. So we need to humble ourselves, open our eyes, ears, minds, hearts, and dig deeper, find our ability to create a deeper connection with these amazing and majestic creatures on THEIR level, NOT ours. To deny him compassion, companionship, interaction, and understanding after that had become his life and all he had come to know and understand.. I doubt he truly understood he would “break” his trainer Dawn so completely when he wanted to just yet again, explain his frustrations or unhappiness. As it never did sound like a true aggressive or violent attack to me. Just a frustrated young man that forgot how big and strong he really was. And because of that and yet again the situation we as humans put him in, he was made to suffer for it in the most horrific and unnatural ways the rest of his life. In my world, had he been a horse, that would have had to suffer so unjustly and sadly, I would have humanly euthanized him to save him the unkind, undignified and painful, unnatural existence since release back into the wild was never a safe option for him. We saw that proven first hand with poor Keiko. Sadly, I’m broken hearted his life ever ended up being the sad story and existence it was, and that it came to and end the way it did. But that the worlds saddest and loneliest Black Whale is finally free again, I hope his soul and spirit are at least soaring across the oceans again.
I can't stand watching anymore of this display I feel so sad for these poor creatures, they are stolen from they're mum's as babies and never to see her again then to be put in a cage then drugged and starved to do tricks what a wonderful and happy life they lead. Perfect
I wish it were that simple but if we released them into the wild they would die bc orcas travel in schools and bc they don’t know how to hunt they wouldn’t be able to get food
maciverandy1 because they already tried that once, with Keiko. He clearly wanted to stay with humans and couldn't find food on his own, he caught disease after disease. They abandoned him in the middle of the ocean, just so their selfish anti-cap hearts could be satisfied, all at the cost of that beautiful animal who didn't want anything but be around humans and enjoy their care they provided for him.
When humans go extinct. I’m willing to bet no animal will shed a tear. We as humans are so cruel we can’t even be respectful to our own kind. Mass incarceration’s due to the corrupt justice system and private prison facilities.we even have humans suffering from pain. But yet do to money, and job security. Cronic pain suffers are taken off there pain meds only to suffer or commit suicide. Our day is coming one day we will be torn from earth like a cancer. The funny thing is. Our extinction will be caused by human error and stupidity.
For profit. What makes me sick is the selfish people that will deny the truth and continue to pay for tickets to entertain themselves as the animals suffer.
It is an obvious hyped up, loud, act to incite people to spend money giving Sea World the (May 9, 2017), company reported total revenues of $186.4 million down 15% from previous. People are learning.
Not really. You can teach ANY animal tricks if they understand the benefit of positive reinforcement. Yes they are highly intelligent, but not because they can blow water at people.
my spirit is broken everytime i see how out of touch people are with the real world, people are getting killed over a war on oil, millions of people blown apart literally and families destroyed and people dont say shit the fear of deep meaningful conversation and say its a taboo, or blacks getting shot in the streets everyday by racist police, a boy killed in front of his grandmother at his own home for being black looking like a suspect, a black kid shot at walmart for holding a walmart bb gun in the bb gun section where is the outrage for that people are dehumanized and out of touch they car more about a dog then their neighbor and sad and pathetic and makes me sick i care about everyone i wish people would return the favor
I agree with you. "Kaepernick had said: “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of colour. " The best way for us to have a great country again, of, by and for the people, all people, regardless of race, religion, or gender is to know who we vote for; their histories, their affiliations and their accomplishments. I have, sadly, learned not to believe what a person says, or says they have done or will do. I research them. I hope everyone will vote by the efforts of their own research.
I am ashamed of Seaworld. One year ago, Tilikum passed away, and on Tilikum's day of death the next year, Seaworld did nothing but greedily taking the money that Tilikum produced for them and not giving a s*** about the day of Tilikum's death. They didn't even give a few words to celebrate his so called "great" life. He was supposedly "surrounded by family and his loyal trainers" when he died. If Seaworld didn't give a S***, than you know they knew of his miserable life.
my heart sinks everytime i see how out of touch people are with the real world, people are getting killed over a war on oil, millions of people blown apart literally and families destroyed and people dont say shit the fear of deep meaningful conversation and say its a taboo, or blacks getting shot in the streets everyday by racist police, a boy killed in front of his grandmother at his own home for being black looking like a suspect, a black kid shot at walmart for holding a walmart bb gun in the bb gun section where is the outrage for that people are dehumanized and out of touch they car more about a dog then their neighbor and sad and pathetic and makes me sick i care about everyone i wish people would return the favor
Stopbeingscowards: Your comment is completely out of topic. it's nothing to do with Tilikum. Go to a page that talked about blacks, war and other issues. You are in the wrong page.
These animals have no choice. They are merely responding to cues, and hoping for food. They don't care about all the happy clapping and music. Thrills all the people watching. The whales could care less. Notice how there was no clapping or fish when Tilly didn't go back where he was supposed to. Can only imagine he was "punished" for disrupting what they call a "show". They all just stood around not knowing what to do because Tilly was doing his own thing. Seaworld should be prosecuted for kidnapping, unlawful confinement, and shut down. They had no right to steal these animals from their families in the beginning. But made billions of dollars from it. Should be outlawed. I don't know why it isn't already.
Sadness for these animals. They live in saltwater naturally over thousands of miles. . SW puts them in chlorinated water where they get infections and hurt themselves in tiny cages. Sad.
I just cannot imagine the life...I know if you tap on a fish tank, it's painful to them. This is nothing about love. These humans have a misinterpreted idea of true unconditional love.
oh for shame, what about you? what have you done about it? the spectators supports SeaWorld and its rescue mission, and you support anti captivity, so you made a comment and what else? thats it, your off to dinner? and enjoying your comfortable house? oh for shame!
It's wonderful to see the staff having such a great time, dancing and clapping, too bad the animals aren't having a good a time. They need to close these places.
philena norton Yes dorsal fin collapse can happen in the wild but it's incredibly rare in most places Orcas live while in other places it might be slightly higher. Except of course in captivity where it happens to all adult male orcas.
Oftobhon Kenjaeva well there are actual careers where you have to jump around and act happy; they’re dancers, broadway performers, and actors, so yeah I would kind of like it
Oh that's heartbreaking. Tilly was watching the other whales jumping and performing. It really looked like he wanted to go out there and perform again like he used to.
Tilikum was an unbelievable creation by God. His-story was so sad but you can't deny how awesome he made people feel. There is something to be said about that
There are other reinforcements beside fish...they still get fed the same amount of food they need every day, the fish they get from shows are like treats
Tilikum16 i hate to ask this question... But I'm not familiar with SWF'S Orcas... How can i tell Kayla apart from Malia, Nalani, and her mother Katina? Can you help me with iding them?
sorry was busy the past few weeks, well Kayla is longer compared to Katina, although thry are both large in size..... Malia has a narrow eye patch much like her mother Taima... Nalani has three lines on her eye patch, much like eye lashes lol and Katina's dorsal bends a lot compared to Kayla....
The more a dorsal fin is tilting or falling the more unhealthy an orca is pore tilicum he was so unhealthy In the ocean all there dorsal fins are standing up no matter how big or small the fin is
You wanna conserve these whales and our oceans. You make them pretend to kiss each other, but gotta have trainers throw fish in their mouths from 3 ft away. They don’t know love, but they know disrespect.
Listening to that music all day is probably driving them crazy, it would me
Stolen from the wild, torn from their families, shoved in a bathtub, forced to perform tricks for food, deprived of their right to live free. End this abuse!
Tilly is now free in Heaven after years of suffering. I wished he could have been free when he was still alive, swimming in his native Iceland waters, eating fresh herring fish along with his family.
these trainers probably genuinely love the whales in their own way but are so terribly misguided that they become immune to the cruelty these animals endure while in captivity. it goes back to if you truly love them let them free. it put tears in my eyes hearing the audience cheer while these poor whales are forced to preform
Rest in peace, Tilly. May you be able to swim free in heaven. You touched hearts. We love you
The music is awful.
And the trainers dancing to it!!
Glad to see a lot of empty seats up there, I truly hope people are finally seeing this for cruel moneymaking the circus it is.
If you know there are empty seats that means you go there to.
Whale and dolphin shows should be illegal. Keeping them in tanks is so wrong
As beautiful as that show was, it makes me sick watching it. Knowing that these incredible and intelligent creatures are being locked in a tiny pool while being forced to do silly tricks for food makes me absolutely sick. Would like to see a video of one of the CEOs of SeaWorld being locked into that pool with those whales for just one hour when they're having a very, very bad day.
They aren't whales they are apart the dolphin family
Even after Dawn passed away they were like “the show must go on” this is so sad
I'm just going to point out that the finale of these shows is usually halfway through the lyrics of We're One. But this time Tilikum delayed his daughter and the other 4 orcas from starting when the trainers wanted them to, so the finale was synced perfectly. Hmmm...
Call it coincidence if you will, but I think Tilikum has been in SeaWorld for so long he knew the timing of We're One and did that on purpose. Which is not only clever & admirable, but equally grim if you think about it.
Jeez...Tilikum was an absolute unit. I'd be beyond terrified to get in the water with him. Just based on size alone. Hell, any one of them. No matter what people say about them in the wild...I'll respect these guys from the safe embrace of TH-cam.
Disgusting that they keep these animals captive!!! People should stand together and boycott SeaWorld!!!
LIKE IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE SEAWORLD CEO'S THROWN IN THE TANK WITH THE WHALES DURING THE SHOW!
I wish they wouldn’t allow breeding of any orcas. No more dolphin breeding or shows. When I was a little girl my father knew the trainer of flipper. His name was rick. He told us he couldn’t capture or train another dolphin ever again after his favorite dolphin Sandy suffered from depression and committed suicide after she looked him in the eye. Let all the air out of her lungs and floated to the bottom of the training area. The vision haunts him to this day.
Are you kidding me? He spent years of his life there just to splash his tail at people and pose at the end a couple of times a day, then spend the rest of his day swimming in circles in a tank....
look at tilicum's dorsal fin. it's supposed to be straight up, not flopped over. that's animal cruelty.
Blue Fluke the fin floped over happens to all orcas in captivity where in the wild orca fins are straight
Blue Fluke No, it’s called gravity. You see transient orcas dorsal fins bent over a bit too, that’s because they go out of water to hunt for their seals. I’ve seen wild orcas and captive orcas, I know the difference and they aren’t suffering. People like Dr. Ingrid Visser are educated about wild orcas, but with captive orcas she hasn’t been to SeaWorld once
Since this is a heavy topic in the comments: The dorsal fin for wild and captive orcas.
Living in Washington, where we have orcas, I have never seen one breach the surface with a collapsed dorsal fin. But, after researching it this does (though quite rarely) happen in the wild. A typical behavior of wild orcas is swimming hundreds of miles in a straight line. This allows for the dorsal fin to have regular muscle activity, keeping it strong. If an orca for some reason does not swim this way (illness, injury or such) their dorsal fin starts to show signs of stain and starts to collapse. There have been reports in areas of ocean containing oil spills of having a high number of orcas dorsal collapse. Every single captive orca has a collapsed dorsal fin. Fully or on the verge. They do because they do not have the opportunity to swim long distances, and only in circles. The dorsal fin does not have any bones, very little biological foundation for self sustainability. The condition of the dorsal fin is an indicator of the health and mobility of the individual orca.
That being said, orcas born in captivity that have this condition not only have very little chance of having normal wild born capabilities because of this damage, this and unknown wild orca behaviors and socialization gives them a major disadvantage if released. I'm happy SeaWorld has phased out the dolphin and orca show.
If people stopped going to see such shows then hopefully this would stop these animals on not meant to be kept in tanks they should be free in the ocean such a shame and you wonder why they are attacking trainers they are not happy all this for money
Groovychick64 No, then these animals would be moved to smaller tanks
Music is horrible. Orcas should not be in captivity. Sea World separates mothers from calves. Its no wonder they can't take it anymore. Leave them alone!!
Jeanne Bilodeau there has been many orcas born in captivity at sea world
the awful loud music doesn't just drive people crazy but I am sure the whales also!
I have children I refuse to let them come to places like this. I don’t even like going to the zoo and see animals. They look so sad to me
The whale may not have minded doing these tricks when it was young, but I can't imagine how such an intensely intelligent animal wouldn't be bored after years and years of doing the same thing. They are hunters and strategists, they were meant to use their own minds and to explore. I wonder if years in captivity retards their true mental growth?
I honestly would rather see them froloking at sea in their pods making their cute noises.
When he zoomed in on the eyes of Tilikum, my heart dropped.
19:28 it happend
Sophie Hayton thank you
Thank You, I definately DON"T want to see the whole show...............................RELEASE ALL ANIMAL HOSTAGES!!!!!!!
Thank you. These depress me too much to watch the whole thing
He swims in that big ole ocean now!! Finally free, tilikum!! You're finally free. Beautiful orca...
I agree with you about the eyes. We will never go to sea world again.
Tilikum decided he was going to stay in the show and leave when he wanted to. RIP sweet angel.
please dont ever blame these animals, they are prisoners and they are beautiful creatures.
If I was tortured with that loud crap music I would ram my head too. 😣
Just awful to see the large and majestic animals cooped up and forced to perform these shows for greedy humans. Really makes me sad and angry.
Orcas are not meant to be an amusement attraction, they should be in their natural environment!
Tilly just stayed right behind that gate door watching everyone else have all the fun... As if he's wondering why he can't be out there too... "What did I do to be in trouble?" 🖤🥺💔🥺🌑
🤍🙏🏻God Bless Tilly's soul (& Keiko's also)🙏🏻🤍
Lol he just pushed that gate open like I’ll do what I want! This shows how easy the orcas can control the gates though. Thanks for the video.
exactly, a very good lesson for me, as SeaWorld explained that the gates apply little pressure to close it, they can choose to push it, play with it, these animals are thousands of pounds and could manipulate the gates if they want to....thanks!
What time in the show does he do that?
I'm glad he's not suffering anymore. I wish I'd known what I do about sea world now when I visited the park in 99 because I would've refused to go.
you can see his dorsal fin is completely bent over
my god this is so tragic
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I'm sorry, but I see sadness in the whales eyes! 12:01
Dottie Hart ,
You're not the one that should be sorry.... It's them (Seaworld) that should be sorry.
I was there observing Tilikum the week before he killed Dawn. There was clearly something wrong with him. He was cruising around in his pool in a repetitive patern where he would drop to the bottom in the same spot every time and roll onto his side. And he had what looked like a large patch of white paint on the front of his head (as if he'd been ramming his head into something.)
I took video of him (pacing) his cage over & over that day and you could clearly see he was disturbed.
Claude Herbert , Wow 😲! Rather interesting!
These poor babies. What a horrible way to live.
Claude Herbert wow. just , wow.
Claude Herbert I just saw your post, I would have responded sooner!
Oh My Goodness! That's unbelievable! And they say they care about the well-being of these beautiful creatures! If you noticed something off about the whale... I'm sure they did as well! They just didn't care!
This is so unnatural it's appalling
My heart.... To see him take another look out of that gate before vanishing into the back. I would have never wished that horrific life upon any of them. I run an equine rescue and rehab equine and large breed dogs with people problems Amd most have seen years and years of neglect and abuse, as well as pulling many from feedlots bound for slaughter because they are unmanageable, rank or violently aggressive. I’m able to understand and work with these amazing Amd majestic creatures. But not because I see myself as smarter, or the more intelligent species, almost the opposite.. They are more deeply emotional, communicate on much deeper levels and i was once just as broken as so many of them were and are. I get them, and understand. Once his life became what it was, and all he knew, he could only show and display his confusion, displeasure and frustration in but so many ways. Like I tell my lesson students, we cannot expect them to learn our language, how vain of us for starters. So it is up to us to learn how to speak theirs, as it is we, who are asking something of them. So we need to humble ourselves, open our eyes, ears, minds, hearts, and dig deeper, find our ability to create a deeper connection with these amazing and majestic creatures on THEIR level, NOT ours. To deny him compassion, companionship, interaction, and understanding after that had become his life and all he had come to know and understand.. I doubt he truly understood he would “break” his trainer Dawn so completely when he wanted to just yet again, explain his frustrations or unhappiness. As it never did sound like a true aggressive or violent attack to me. Just a frustrated young man that forgot how big and strong he really was. And because of that and yet again the situation we as humans put him in, he was made to suffer for it in the most horrific and unnatural ways the rest of his life. In my world, had he been a horse, that would have had to suffer so unjustly and sadly, I would have humanly euthanized him to save him the unkind, undignified and painful, unnatural existence since release back into the wild was never a safe option for him. We saw that proven first hand with poor Keiko. Sadly, I’m broken hearted his life ever ended up being the sad story and existence it was, and that it came to and end the way it did. But that the worlds saddest and loneliest Black Whale is finally free again, I hope his soul and spirit are at least soaring across the oceans again.
And thank you so much for sharing.
THESE ANIMALS ARE DRUGGED AND STARVED
I can't stand watching anymore of this display I feel so sad for these poor creatures, they are stolen from they're mum's as babies and never to see her again then to be put in a cage then drugged and starved to do tricks what a wonderful and happy life they lead. Perfect
Poor whales. I was surprised to find out how smart and emotional they are. That makes this even more sad.
Poor thing. These places need to be shut down just like the circuses.
😞 so sad. His dorsal fin clearly represents how defeated he was. Dorsal collapse is not normal for any free orca.
These Seaworld Places should be banned Orca's need to be in the wild not in tanks.
I wish it were that simple but if we released them into the wild they would die bc orcas travel in schools and bc they don’t know how to hunt they wouldn’t be able to get food
maciverandy1 search keiko, the star of free willy
maciverandy1 because they already tried that once, with Keiko. He clearly wanted to stay with humans and couldn't find food on his own, he caught disease after disease. They abandoned him in the middle of the ocean, just so their selfish anti-cap hearts could be satisfied, all at the cost of that beautiful animal who didn't want anything but be around humans and enjoy their care they provided for him.
Just hurts me to see this. So glad he's free now.
When humans go extinct. I’m willing to bet no animal will shed a tear. We as humans are so cruel we can’t even be respectful to our own kind. Mass incarceration’s due to the corrupt justice system and private prison facilities.we even have humans suffering from pain. But yet do to money, and job security.
Cronic pain suffers are taken off there pain meds only to suffer or commit suicide. Our day is coming one day we will be torn from earth like a cancer.
The funny thing is. Our extinction will be caused by human error and stupidity.
I love 💘 Tilikum ...4 ever & always!
Wow!! Great video!! Poor animals confined like that. The music drives me crazy I couldn’t sit thru a show if I had to hear that annoying LOUD music!!!
Makes me sick what human's do for entertainment
For profit. What makes me sick is the selfish people that will deny the truth and continue to pay for tickets to entertain themselves as the animals suffer.
I don't know what some people see in these kind of shows. I think is sad, nothing else.
Ursula Martins it shows how smart orcas are and a bit of education on the animals
I see a beautiful relationship between a human and an animal
It is an obvious hyped up, loud, act to incite people to spend money giving Sea World the (May 9, 2017), company reported total revenues of $186.4 million down 15% from previous. People are learning.
I don't think so, not when animals are raking each other and maiming and killing trainers.
Not really. You can teach ANY animal tricks if they understand the benefit of positive reinforcement. Yes they are highly intelligent, but not because they can blow water at people.
Those poor beautiful animals, you can see the pain in their eyes. Their spirit has been broken. Watching this makes me feel ill.
my spirit is broken everytime i see how out of touch people are with the real world, people are getting killed over a war on oil, millions of people blown apart literally and families destroyed and people dont say shit the fear of deep meaningful conversation and say its a taboo, or blacks getting shot in the streets everyday by racist police, a boy killed in front of his grandmother at his own home for being black looking like a suspect, a black kid shot at walmart for holding a walmart bb gun in the bb gun section where is the outrage for that people are dehumanized and out of touch they car more about a dog then their neighbor and sad and pathetic and makes me sick i care about everyone i wish people would return the favor
The dispassionate will never acknowledge that some people can read animals. It is called empathic compassion.
I agree with you. "Kaepernick had said: “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of colour. " The best way for us to have a great country again, of, by and for the people, all people, regardless of race, religion, or gender is to know who we vote for; their histories, their affiliations and their accomplishments. I have, sadly, learned not to believe what a person says, or says they have done or will do. I research them. I hope everyone will vote by the efforts of their own research.
I am ashamed of Seaworld. One year ago, Tilikum passed away, and on Tilikum's day of death the next year, Seaworld did nothing but greedily taking the money that Tilikum produced for them and not giving a s*** about the day of Tilikum's death. They didn't even give a few words to celebrate his so called "great" life. He was supposedly "surrounded by family and his loyal trainers" when he died. If Seaworld didn't give a S***, than you know they knew of his miserable life.
Fish Xpertz hush
my heart sinks everytime i see how out of touch people are with the real world, people are getting killed over a war on oil, millions of people blown apart literally and families destroyed and people dont say shit the fear of deep meaningful conversation and say its a taboo, or blacks getting shot in the streets everyday by racist police, a boy killed in front of his grandmother at his own home for being black looking like a suspect, a black kid shot at walmart for holding a walmart bb gun in the bb gun section where is the outrage for that people are dehumanized and out of touch they car more about a dog then their neighbor and sad and pathetic and makes me sick i care about everyone i wish people would return the favor
+stopbeingcowards go read a book.
Stopbeingscowards: Your comment is completely out of topic. it's nothing to do with Tilikum. Go to a page that talked about blacks, war and other issues. You are in the wrong page.
Human nature.
These animals have no choice. They are merely responding to cues, and hoping for food. They don't care about all the happy clapping and music. Thrills all the people watching. The whales could care less. Notice how there was no clapping or fish when Tilly didn't go back where he was supposed to. Can only imagine he was "punished" for disrupting what they call a "show". They all just stood around not knowing what to do because Tilly was doing his own thing. Seaworld should be prosecuted for kidnapping, unlawful confinement, and shut down. They had no right to steal these animals from their families in the beginning. But made billions of dollars from it. Should be outlawed. I don't know why it isn't already.
Sadness for these animals. They live in saltwater naturally over thousands of miles. . SW puts them in chlorinated water where they get infections and hurt themselves in tiny cages. Sad.
These places need closing down let them go live a good life where they belong
I feel so sorry for these animals. Poor Tilikum, he didnt deserve that
I just cannot imagine the life...I know if you tap on a fish tank, it's painful to them.
This is nothing about love. These humans have a misinterpreted idea of true unconditional love.
Shame on the spectators. Shame on the trainers. Shame shame shame on Sea World!
oh for shame, what about you? what have you done about it? the spectators supports SeaWorld and its rescue mission, and you support anti captivity, so you made a comment and what else? thats it, your off to dinner? and enjoying your comfortable house? oh for shame!
He wasn't done....he's the boss around there. One last lap around the pool wasn't too much to ask for
Tilikum is like, "Yo, I was slayin' out there! Be back in a minute, gonna give 'em an encore."
Poor baby didn't want to get locked up again
After what happened I know it's not tilly fault as he shouldn't of been captured in the first place but I'd never trust him when he was swimming near
When does he ran the gate?
It is both amazing and sad what these animals are capable of in these shows.
Tilikum was so beautiful. He didn’t deserve the death. Rest in peace
So sad! Shame on Seaworld! Just take a look at the dorsel fin!!!
THIS IS SO SAD!!! POOR TILLY!! I
It's wonderful to see the staff having such a great time, dancing and clapping, too bad the animals aren't having a good a time. They need to close these places.
This is so cruel and sad
Tilikum is a beautiful animal. I hope people don't misinterpret this wild animal.
This hurts my heart he was watching so sad.
everybody is feeling sorry etc. but yet you go watch the show. If people wouldn't go watch the show, these whales wouldn't be there. Doubble standard!
Tilikum was a big boy 💜
It all feels so wrong.. Poor babies
Poor Tilikum, his dorsal fin is an outward sign of his sadness. I know that's not scientifically accurate but that's what I think of when I see it.
Actually, orcas in the wild also have bent over dorsal fins.
philena norton Yes dorsal fin collapse can happen in the wild but it's incredibly rare in most places Orcas live while in other places it might be slightly higher. Except of course in captivity where it happens to all adult male orcas.
What happened to his body after he died?? Does anyone know?
Aw look at that sweetie Tilikum just a cutie 🤗.
Rip my big boy tilly
May he Rest in peace
What depth is the pool?
This is just abusement! Would you want to jump and frolic pretending to be happy for the audience? And do that for the rest of your life!?😠😡
Oftobhon Kenjaeva well there are actual careers where you have to jump around and act happy; they’re dancers, broadway performers, and actors, so yeah I would kind of like it
And they do that practically for the rest of their life because they like their job
These whales need so much more room to swim and befree
Oh that's heartbreaking. Tilly was watching the other whales jumping and performing. It really looked like he wanted to go out there and perform again like he used to.
Tilikum was an unbelievable creation by God. His-story was so sad but you can't deny how awesome he made people feel. There is something to be said about that
16;44 she just fed him a bucket of water? NO FISH!
Bucket pours are a form of secondary reinforcement.
There are other reinforcements beside fish...they still get fed the same amount of food they need every day, the fish they get from shows are like treats
Tilikum16 i hate to ask this question... But I'm not familiar with SWF'S Orcas... How can i tell Kayla apart from Malia, Nalani, and her mother Katina? Can you help me with iding them?
sorry was busy the past few weeks, well Kayla is longer compared to Katina, although thry are both large in size..... Malia has a narrow eye patch much like her mother Taima... Nalani has three lines on her eye patch, much like eye lashes lol and Katina's dorsal bends a lot compared to Kayla....
One Ocean... What an ironic name.
YES , TILIKUM WAS FATHER OF TAKU , UNNA , IKAIKA AND MAKAIO
Tilly was the last one to survive until later on in 2017 ;( I remember tilly Goodbye forever tilly we will miss you.
Poor Tili, he's free now 😢
The more a dorsal fin is tilting or falling the more unhealthy an orca is pore tilicum he was so unhealthy In the ocean all there dorsal fins are standing up no matter how big or small the fin is
I'd be more impressed if they befriended wild orcas and managed to train them...
You wanna conserve these whales and our oceans. You make them pretend to kiss each other, but gotta have trainers throw fish in their mouths from 3 ft away. They don’t know love, but they know disrespect.
💖💖💖Y love you....Tilikum 💖💖💖Forever 💕💕💕
Don’t get me wrong, the show pools are nice and big but nowhere near how big the whales need them to be. This is a nice pool to put small fish into
Why am I crying
Dani Lopez Idk you tell us
Boycott Seaworld!
You say he was coming back to do one more lap in the main pool but we all know he was coming back to add to his kill count.
Eventhough he killed people, for me Tilikum was cute and innocent😞
Tilikum's finally free
This was not right.... and ended up badly... RIP Tilikum and Dawn !!