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Captivity

Blackfish: how captive killer whale documentary ended SeaWorld’s orca breeding programme

26/06/2021

Laura Thomas-Walters, University of Stirling and Diogo Veríssimo, University of Oxford After its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2013, the documentary Blackfish reached nearly 21 million viewers within its first month of airing on CNN. The film tells the bleak story of Tilikum, a performing orca at the US marine park SeaWorld. … [Read more…]

Posted in: In the popular press, Uncategorized Tagged: Blackfish, Blackfish Effect, Captivity, impact, nature documentary, Orca, Seaworld

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