What is happening at Sea World?

It seems the sad litany of injuries to orcas continues at Sea World. Nakai appears to have suffered a serious injury in an incident at Sea World California.

Nakai was born in captivity in September 2001.

SeaWorld are reported to have said that "Nakai is currently receiving
antibiotics and the veterinarians are pleased with the healing progress
of his wound,” Sea World spokesman, Koontz said. Nakai is “swimming comfortably and interacting with other killer whales” at the park, Koontz said.

I am afraid I would be more concerned than Sea World seem to be. The injury is deep and significant. Unfortunately you can also see that Nakai's teeth are very worn, which would be unusual in a wild free orca.

These teeth are typical of captive orcas that have been grinding their teeth on bars and concrete in their tanks.

The cause of the wound is more difficult to assess. According to Sea World the injusry happened when "when he came into contact with a portion of the pool on Sept. 20".

We regularly see problems with captivity for orca, but I have to say that this is one of the most traumatic set of images we have seen for a while.

Please don't frequent Sea World, you are only perpetuating this kind of suffering if you do. You can read more about this incident at the WDCS North American site

This entry was posted by Chris Butler-Stroud on Friday, September 28. 2012 at 13:23. and is filed under Author - CEO. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own blog. All new comments are subject to moderation before being displayed.

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Dimitris says:

#1 2012-10-29 06:26 (Reply)

Come on people you kill way more ckechin than whales. Japan will stop eating whales when you stop eating ckechin. Yep, ckechin can go extinct too. Go Blue Peace!!! Stop the murdering of the ckechin!!!PS. Didn't you kill the wolf from North America for you to settle? What about the thylacine from Australia? You hypocrite post-settlers!!!Send that greenpeace hypocrites to Canada to stop the killing of seals or to Africa where you kill for fun. Never seen 1 of those f****s in either place.

Bilal says:

#2 2012-10-29 12:46 (Reply)

Research? The instant they pull a whale onaorbd, they carve the animal right up and box the parts! NO research being done!Research? The japanese don't have any scientists onaorbd. Those are all factory labourers wearing those helmets and coverallsResearch? Then why are the whalers throwing the most important biological parts a scientist would do research on OVERBOARD immediately?Research? On a FACTORY SHIP? Wouldn't you need a science vessel for research?

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What is happening at Sea World?