{"id":8897,"date":"2010-08-25T15:00:14","date_gmt":"2010-08-25T19:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/?p=8897"},"modified":"2014-02-15T10:09:07","modified_gmt":"2014-02-15T15:09:07","slug":"killer-whales-tanks-and-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/25\/killer-whales-tanks-and-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Killer Whales: Tanks and Tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This isn&#8217;t really Niagara Falls related, but it does involve Killer\/Orca Whales, which of course ties into Marineland.<\/p>\n<p>It seems that Marineland has stayed under the radar this year when it comes to their whales. I haven&#8217;t heard of many (if any) protests. I thought there might be more coverage after the tragedy at SeaWorld when the trainer died, but there wasn&#8217;t much.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the <a href=\"http:\/\/npr.org\/\">NPR<\/a> show called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onpointradio.org\/\">On Point<\/a> (out of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wbur.org\/\">WBUR Boston<\/a>) had a show called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onpointradio.org\/2010\/07\/killer-whales-tanks-and-tensions\">Killer Whales: Tanks and Tensions<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;reporter Tim Zimmerman with Outside magazine has gone deep on the story of how killer whales are captured and kept \u2014 how these magnificent animals suffer for our delight.<\/p>\n<p>And he tells the story of Tilikum in particular, who had been there for death twice before.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The show never once mentions Marineland in Niagara Falls, but it was interesting to hear of the history of this whale, and how SeaWorld deals with them. I went ahead and read the <a href=\"http:\/\/outsideonline.com\/outside\/culture\/201007\/killer-whale-behavior-trainer-death-seaworld.html\">Outside magazine article<\/a> as well, but id didn&#8217;t mention Marineland either. However, while listening to the podcast, and reading the article, I couldn&#8217;t help but think about Marineland.<\/p>\n<p>On a related note, there was an old site that I had linked to a while ago that had a listing of all of the whales still alive in captivity. That site is no longer functioning, but I did find another site that lists them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This isn&#8217;t really Niagara Falls related, but it does involve Killer\/Orca Whales, which of course ties into Marineland. It seems that Marineland has stayed under the radar this year when it comes to their whales. I haven&#8217;t heard of many (if any) protests. 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