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Our Orcas Should Stay in the USA

Our Orcas Should Stay in the USA

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Jack P.
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Paul S.
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Daryl D.
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Kaitlin L.
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caroline g.
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Started by Lyssa Foster 5 years, 7 months ago

#1: We the people of the United States of America DEMAND that SeaWorld stop relocating orcas to "marine parks" around the world to avoid the bans on "water works" and captive breeding in the USA.

#2) We DEMAND that SeaWorld immediately begin to take BETTER CARE of the orcas currently in their care using the information that's been collected by scientific research on orcas in the wild.

#3) We INSIST that SeaWorld makes a PUBLIC STATEMENT of their intention to NEVER RELOCATE any of the orcas currently in their care to ANY OTHER FOREIGN COUNTRY OR OTHER "MARINE PARK(S)".

#4) We further DEMAND that SeaWorld stop trying to procure orca hunters from around the world for the sole purpose of hiring them to capture new orcas for their "marine parks" from areas around the world where the capture of orcas is still legal.

#5) We DEMAND that SeaWorld engage in a feasibility study to ascertain the viablity of creating "open ocean sanctuaries" or "protected sea pens" with the EXPRESS STATED PURPOSE OF RELEASING THEIR CURRENT WILD CAUGHT CAPTIVE ORCAS SAFELY BACK INTO THE OCEANS/AREAS WHERE THEY WERE ORIGINALLY TAKEN FROM, as well as implementing a plan for the release of the "hybrid" orcas SeaWorld has created.

#6) We FURTHER DEMAND that SeaWorld agree to fund said feasibility study in total REGARDLESS OF COSTS!

#7) We FURTHER DEMAND that IF it's discovered via said feasibility study that "open ocean sanctuaries" or "protected sea pens" are a viable alternative to captivity, SeaWorld will PUBLICLY COMMIT to building & paying for said "open ocean sanctuaries" or "protected sea pens" with the EXPRESS INTENTION of releasing ALL of the orcas currently in their possession to their area of origin as immediately as SAFELY possible, as well as implementing a plan for the immediate release of the "hybrid" orcas SeaWorld has created!

#8) We DEMAND genetic testing on EVERY SINGLE ORCA currently in SeaWorld's care PRIOR TO RELEASE so as to ascertain what the EXACT DNA MAKEUP of each orca is, with the stated intention of identifying which orcas are "purebreds" and which are "hybrids", so as to not irresponsibly commingle SeaWorld's "hybrid" orca population into the wild orca populations around the world.

#9) We DEMAND that SeaWorld creates a completely separate system of "open ocean sanctuaries" or "protected sea pens" for the permanent holding & protection of ALL "HYBRID" ORCAS that SeaWorld has created via their IRRESPONSIBLE BREEDING PROGRAM who have NO AREA OF ORIGIN OR POD IN THE OCEAN TO RETURN TO for the entire duration of each individual "hybrid" orcas lifetime ENTIRELY AT SEAWORLD'S EXPENSE!

#10) We FURTHER DEMAND that while demands #1-#9 are being implemented, that SeaWorld KEEP THE PROMISES THEY MADE OVER 6 YEARS AGO TO EXPAND & ENLARGE THEIR CURRENT ORCA ACCOMMODATIONS/HABITAT in order to promote better health and care of the orcas on a day to day basis, as well as serving to prepare the orcas for release using the "re-wilding" techniques that were applied to Keiko in Newport, Oregon prior to Keiko's release back to the area in the ocean where he was originally taken from.

Updates

April 12, 2021

The silence from the leadership team remains deafening and it is exhausting to keep pushing against such a massive wall. I am spending my nights reading the accounts of these animals and it confirms that we cannot stop now despite how long this road has become.

April 12, 2021

Seeing the momentum build around this cause is exhausting yet shifts my perspective on what is possible. It has been a long road and the weight of this fight is heavy but these updates remind me why I started.

12 Comments

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Sarah Meyer
5 years ago Featured

Enough is enough. These poor animals deserve way better than a tiny concrete tank.

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Jessica Rogers
5 years ago Featured

breaks my heart to see them like this honestly. hope this actually changes something.

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Mike Fleming
5 years ago Featured

KEEP THEM HERE AND STOP THE TRAFFICKING

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Jack P Castonguay
5 years ago

Free them all

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Annie Ashrafian
5 years ago

Stop taking orcas out of the ocean to begin with!!!

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Christine Guerrero
5 years ago

Let's keep them in the USA. And work on getting them freed.

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Amanda Kerr
5 years ago

I totally support all of the demands that you are making, good luck.

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caroline groen
5 years ago

they should just be set free to live a natural life