New information has surfaced recently about the living conditions of killer whales in SeaWorld from a former employee. This former employee, Sarah Fischbeck, who spent over six years training and performing with these aquatic animals, made a rather spine chilling statement that "If people knew what I know, or saw what I have seen, they wouldn't sell another ticket". Describing what she had seen upon working at SeaWorld, she mentioned the regular findings of long black rubber strips at the bottoms of the tanks of these creatures. It appeared to insinuate the regular fighting of these whales, which was so brutal to the point where they would sink one's teeth into the other and peel off it's skin. These horrific accounts also included the animals chasing each other and even attempting to jump over the caged fences in order to get away from the other whales. After these stories had been released, SeaWorld was ordered to no longer breed orcas, even though they invested nearly $100 million dollars on the expansion of their tanks.
This information is not news to me after watching the Anti-SeaWorld documentary "Blackfish". The only thing I do not understand is how even after this movie was made and SeaWorld was blatantly called out, they STILL continue with their hostile tendencies towards the animals. You would think that after being blasphemed worldwide and ultimately exposed by their own workers that they would at least take steps in the right direction towards loosening up their cruelty. But now after reading that they cruel conditions are clearly not being works on, it makes me really want to see SeaWorld plummet and close down for good. This senseless captivity is sickening.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/12/09/seaworld-worker-describes-horrific-details-of-orcas-losing-skin-from-abusive-conditions_n_8756878.html