Those bars are not going to help much with safety.
I mean, look at this picture
if Kasatka wanted to grab that trainer, she could very easily.
future of seaworld shows. wow.
Of the shows, yes, but again, behind the scenes is going back to normal! It could have been MUCH, MUCH worse. What if the judge had said they were never allowed in water contact again? But he didn’t he only said during shows. Just that, his entire ruling ONLY APPLIES TO SHOWS.
Those bars are never going to be an adequate safety measure. They’re useless, and dangerous to both animals and trainers. I still don’t get why the bars have spikes, plain bars are much safer. There’s a real danger that the more excitable orca and the younger ones will injure themselves trying to get over them.
It’ll probably be just like Tekoa’s accident over at LP, poor dears…
(via caong)
"Despite these comments, SeaWorld insists it did not recognize the hazard posed by working in close contact with killer whales. The court finds this implausible. No reasonable person reading these comments would conclude that SeaWorld was unaware that working in close contact with killer whales during performances creates a hazard for its trainers."
— excerpted from the Decision and Order in the Secretary of Labor vs. SeaWorld of Florida, LLC before Administrative Law Judge Ken S. Welsch (via orcasoutside)
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Killer whales #3 (by bwideen)
Fabulous. (Sarah B in SD)
n34_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.
The Plagiostomia : Sharks, skates, and rays
Cambridge, U.S.A. :Printed for the Museum,1913.
biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25684
dsc02074kf7 (by coismarbella)
