How many Orcas (killer whales) are in captivity and how did they get there?
What's the true story, and how many are in captivity?
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http://www.orcahome.de/orcatank.htm
Locations include:
America
SeaWorld of California 7
SeaWorld of Florida 8
SeaWorld of Texas 6
Miami Seaquarium 1
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom 1
Marineland of Canada 2
Acuario Mundo Marino 1
Asia
Kamogawa SeaWorld 7
Taiji Whaling Museum 1
Europe
Marineland Cote D' Azur 4
Loro Parque Tenerife 4
I found some vidoes with addition information also.
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They are captured by fishermen locating a school of them out at sea. Once they are located the fishermens boats emit loud noises into the water confusing the echolocation ability of the dolphins and throws them into a panic. Thats when the fishermen use their nets and boats to cut off the dolphins escape route. The dolphins are then slowly herded toward the fishing port. The dolphins are then captured at shore.
pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/whales/etc/orcas1.html
pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/whales/etc/orcas1.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37094001@N08/3409715421/
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To keep these creatures in tanks for our entertainment is just wrong!
I can understand keeping them in captivity for rehabilitation purposes or maybe a
breeding program to insure populations in the future but to be held captive and
paraded around for profits I see this as wrong. If they did not draw the crowds they do
they would have to be released.
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http://www.orca-zone.com/aboutorcas/captive.html
They were captured by fishermen
http://www.rockisland.com/~orcasurv/changing.htm
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Some were captured wild, others were born in captivity, though this number is low. Orca have more than the normal amount of issues with mating and such in captivity. Like other rare animals in captivity, newborn calves are sometimes traded to other parks, or moved about. Some orca have spent most of their lives traveling from park to park, in an effort to improve captive breeding results.
Some of the movements of captive orca have been rescues from failing waterparks, others have been rescued after stranding on a beach. Some, to the shame of mankind, have been forced to strand on a beach, then "Rescued" only to be sold into captivity.
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Note: Orca's are not whales. They are dolphins, albeit big ones.
I have been lucky to see both orcas and dolphins in the wild. There is nothing more spectacular than seeing them do their own thing... out in the open ocean.
You couldn't pay me enough to watch them jump through hoops!
that's awesome!