Sea World vs The Whale that Killed its Trainer

 To me this article was the best one I have read yet because my senior year I did a presentation on how Sea World treats their killer whales and used Blackfish as an example. I also think this article is the most diverse one we have read because unlike the other articles we have read in which the animals and humans benefit or care for one another, this one talks about the total opposite in which the animals and humans treat each other terribly and either one may end up dead or in rough condition due to injuries or not being treated properly. What I truly enjoyed about the article is some of the statements the author made. One that they made that stood out to me the most is when they discuss Tilikum (as seen in the image) and Keiko being put in captivity and them developing floppy dorsal fins. The author of this article refers to this as " the floppy trademark of all captive orcas".  This stood out to me and maybe other readers of the article because she brings up the fact that all captive orcas suffer from this while wild orcas have ones that are completely straight. this can also present how being in captivity can put a strain on the orca or how it effects its appearance. What I also liked about this article is that she specifically argues each point that Sea World tries to bring up in their letter. One argument that really got me was the one about the social structure. She proves that Sea World lies and does break up killer whale families when she brings incidents up from their past such as plucking calves from the borders of Washington state and how they have to resort to do this in Iceland now becaue they are banned by Washington itself from its state waters. She continues to do this with valuable information and makes Sea World look pretty weak within its arguments which makes her article and argument on the issue very successful. She does try to be somewhat nice to them though as she mentions when Sea World San Diego helped one of the vets in Mexico City assist with saving the health of the famous whale Keiko.