General Chat

The killer whales currently in our care will be the last generation of killer whales at SeaWorld. The company will end all orca breeding as of today.

We always put the health and well-being of the whales first. We have the leading veterinary and scientific experts in the country to advise us on how to do this in a way that puts the health and well-being of the whales first.

We love our whales and so do many of our visitors and this is about doing the best thing for our whales, our guests, our employees and SeaWorld.

– SeaWorld statement.

Not before time.
I'm sorry but I didn't like Sea World at all. :-(

I am not so keen myself to be honest
Though The ones in Captivity

Do bring awareness to the normal people of their plight :-(

I think one has to admit that having the Orcas in captivity, and showcasing them, brought an appreciation of them to everyone, and stopped the whole scale slaughter of them.

They were considered enemies of the fishing industry for many years, and it was open season on them.

Having them in captivity also allowed scientists to learn much more about them, and to know how to protect them in the wild

Plus many of the ones now in captivity were bred in captivity, not wild caught calves.

So I am glad that they did have Orcas in captivity beginning in the late 1960s ...............

Having said that, the conditions are not, and were not, good, and I am glad that such programmes are being phased out.

However, the ones currently in captivity can never be released back into the wild because they just could not survive ........ they don't know how to, and there are still idiotic people who would shoot them for fun.


We live on the west coast, and it is delightful to be able to see Orcas in the wild ...... and to know how much has been learnt about them from the ones that were captive in the 1970s and 80s.

I'm serious when I say that there would not be the current populations out in the Pacific Ocean if it had not been shown that Orcas were not "Killer" whales, and did not decimate the salmon and other fisheries.

I once cleansed the teeth of a killer whale called Cuddles
Who was not cuddly at all
The tooth brush was the size of a sweeping brush


I will never forget the experience :-D :-D :-D

Joy .................... what a fantastic experience!

It was Sylvia :-D :-D :-D