i’ve never believed in holding wild animals in captivity. strictly for business and entertainment purposes. a billion dollar industry led by sea world. i swim with wild dolphins all the time. i see how they swim so freely, i see how they have no stress, and i can see how they interact with each other. and i also seen dolphins in captivity. they don’t get to swim so freely, they have extreme stress, and don’t get to interact with each other. they do everything and anything just to get fed. no, i’m not an animal rights activist. i’m just a normal guy that seen a lot, maybe too much.
Tilikum is this huge killer whale living in a fish tank at sea world.. he was taken away from his mother out of the wild when he was just a baby. he’s pretty much unpredictable as he’s known to attack his trainers.
one of his trainers he attacked was during a show. he was throwing the trainer around like a beach volleyball. luckily the trainer survived to tell his story. another female trainer wasn’t so lucky shortly after. he bit her up and killed her.
so Kelly Slater designed a surfboard with the killer whale colors. it’s to raise awareness of the killer whales being held in captivity around the world.
he rode it at pipeline and lots of people were wondering what that board meant, including me. so i came home and watched the documentary movie that changed his way of thinking.
it’s called “Blackfish” and just came out last year. here is the trailer but please watch the full movie. i can go on and on about this subject but won’t. just watch it and come to your own conclusion.
