PETA Lawsuit Against SeaWorld Seeking Constitutional Rights For Whales, page 5

Originally posted by Lemon.Fresh

Originally posted by Evolutionsend
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So, they just happen to kill trainers with an alarming regularity.....

Two kills in two years is hardly alarming regularity.

What about kills in 2011?

2008? 07?

Bleeding to death and spouting blood through her blowhole? What a way to die, suffocating on your own blood because your captor is too cheap to buy another tank for to live in. There's a picture on the page for your viewing pleasure.

Because obviously whales do not show dominance and get injured and die in the wild. It only happens in captivity.

So they do a root canal and leave the tooth wide open? Oh yea, they're taking good care of them!

It is not a root canal.

FFS, do some research. They drill them so that if they crack, they can flush out anything that gets stuck in there, as their teeth are hollow.

They are also cleaned out two-three times a day.

But I suppose, once again, that whales in the wild do not die of infections or anything.

Derp.

source

The list goes on. Read the article. They may not need the same rights as a person, but something needs to be done. You can't have things like this happening and not hold the captors responsible.
edit on 25-10-2011 by Evolutionsend because: (no reason given)

Don't feel like reading more tree-hugging propaganda by someone who can't even do basic research . . . or believes that whales in the wild do not get sick and die.

Edit: Don't get me wrong. I am 100% for treating animals with kindness and respect. But I am going to call BS when I see it.
edit on 10/26/2011 by Lemon.Fresh because: (no reason given)

1. Three kills actually. Three murders from only one orca.

Two months later, on 24 February 2010, trainer Dawn Brancheau was killed by Tilikum, an animal involved with two previous human fatalities.

One plus two, is what?

2. Ever heard of a Beta? It's a small fish that will kill any other fish of similar size that it shares a habitat with. You do not keep territorial animals together in the same area, they WILL kill each other. Seaworld is at fault for that death completely.

3. A root canal is when a dentist drills holes into a tooth, yanks out the nerves, and replaces them with plugs. They then seal the tooth back, and it's basically dead. All mammalian teeth are hollow, they have to have nerves inside the tooth! FFS do some research on what a root canal is! You also do not drill holes in a tooth to prevent it from cracking, you do a root canal after the nerve is infected, and then if it's a person you seal the tooth up. If it's a whale, evidently flushing the tooth is acceptable. They probably leave the tooth in and open so that they can keep it from happening again, and save money because the major cost of a root canal comes from resealing the tooth. That's not acceptable. You can't have any mammalian tooth with holes in it without risking an abscess (infection). That's why cavities are bad, they create a hole to the nerve and create an abscess.

Like you, I have to call BS when I see it. You have no idea about keeping animals or mammalian teeth. You didn't even read the article thoroughly.

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Court to decide if SeaWorld whales are illegal 'slaves'

A California federal court is to decide for the first time in US history whether amusement park animals are protected by the same constitutional rights as humans.

The issue arises from a lawsuit filed by rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in a San Diego court on behalf of five orcas named Tilikum, Katina, Corky, Kasatka and Ulises.

PETA argues that continuing the whales' "employment" at SeaWorld violates the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution, which prohibits slavery.