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Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Killer whales are beloved as majestic, friendly giants yet infamous for their capacity to kill viciously. Blackfish unravels the complexities of this dichotomy, employing the story of the notorious performing whale Tilikum, who - unlike any orca in the wild - has taken the lives of several people while in captivity. Blackfish expands on the discussion of keeping such intelligent creatures in captivity.
"...enough to make anybody think twice about...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Nowhere in recent history has a captive mammal garnered so much attention as the orca star of the 1993 hit film Free Willy. The film's success, partnered with growing public interest in animals held in captivity, launched a children's crusade that called for the orca's release into the wild. The result: a multimillion-dollar project that spanned four countries and weathered endless controversy.
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Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Over the course of two decades, John Hargrove worked with 20 different whales on two continents and at two of SeaWorld's U.S. facilities. For Hargrove, becoming an orca trainer fulfilled a childhood dream. However, as his experience with the whales deepened, Hargrove came to doubt that their needs could ever be met in captivity. When two fellow trainers were killed by orcas in marine parks, Hargrove decided that SeaWorld's wildly popular programs...
6) Killer whale
Author
Pub. Date
[1994]
Description
Explores the world of Takara, a killer whale who stars as Baby Shamu at San Diego's Sea World, and explains the role of the killer whale as the ocean's top predator.
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Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Elsa Roth and her best friend, Olivia, are accompanying Elsa's mother on an expedition to study the diet of orcas in the San Juan Islands in the Pacific Northwest, where they are soon caught up in the drama surrounding August, a young orca calf, who has gotten separated from his pod--the marine mammal sanctuary wants to rescue and rehabilitate him for a quick return to his own pod when they can be found, but the local Oceanarium wants to keep him...