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PeytonMellenthin

Ms.Robillard

LA8Hour5

11March2015

WhySeaworldisGood

Seaworlddoesntkillanimals,theyhelpthem.Seaworldisagreatplaceanditshouldntbetaken
awayandshutdown.Somepeoplethinkseaworldactuallykillsanimalsbuttheyreallydont.
Othersthinktheyholdthemincaptivitybutthatisnttrueeither.Iwillnowprovethatseaworld
isactuallyaverygoodplace.

Seaworldhelpsuslearnaboutanimals.Seaworldteachespeopleaboutwhattheanimalsarelike,
whattheylikedoing,andtheirnaturalhabitat.Also,theanimalsbornintheparkshelpscientists
studydevelopmentandgrowthratesthatwouldotherwisebedifficultorimpossibletoresearch
inthewild.(GrowingDebateoverWhalesandDolphinsinCaptivity)Andlastlywecanlookat
howcertainanimalsreacttodifferentthingsorwhatthey'reafraidoriftheyreextinct.Seaworld
doeshelpuslearnabouttheanimalsandknowingmoreaboutthemhelpsustobeabletohelp
them.

Next,Seaworldactuallyhelpstheanimals.Oneofseaworldsgoalsistohelpouttheseanimalsso
theycanthenreturntothewild.Also,theyhaveagreatteamthatfindsbetterwaystotreatthe
animals,theytrulydocare.Another,theyfeedtheanimalsandprovidethemwiththebest

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opportunitiesthattheycanhaveandsavetheweakenedanimals(GrowingDebateoverWhales
andDolphinsinCaptivity).Thisprovesthatseaworldreallycaresfortheanimalsandprovides
themwithwhattheyneed.

Anotheristhatpeoplelovetheseanimalsandtheyreverywelltrained.Firstoff,peoplelove
learningaboutthemandlearningaboutwhattheanimalslovedoing.Theyloveseeingthe
animalsgrowandtoseethemdoamazingtricksandseetheanimalstalents.Also,thetrainersat
seaworldreallydocarefortheseanimalsandworktheirbuttsofffortheseanimals.These
animalsarentforcedintodoingthings,iftheanimalsdontwannadoit,theysimplywaitforthe
nextday,thetrainerscareabouttheirfeelings.

Withallthissaid,somepeoplestillthinkthatseaworldharmstheanimalsandkeepsthemin
captivity.Butthisisvery,verywrong.(Rose)LikeIstatedearlier,seaworldstrainersreally,
reallycarefortheseanimalsandworkhardeveryday.Also,justagoodfact,seaworldspends
millionsofdollarsincarefortheseanimals,thatshowsthattheyactuallycare.Also,theyrenot
keptincaptivityatall!Theytakeinjuredanimalsintohelpthemandlearnabouthowtheyreact.
Also,theyfeedthemandoffergreatsupportfortheanimals.Thisprovestheanimalsarentkept
incaptivityandthatseaworlddoesntharmanimals.

Seaworldshouldnotbeshutdown.AsItalkedabout,seaworldtrulyisagreatplace.The
animalsarewellcaredforandaretrainedwell.Seaworldspendsmillionsofdollarstohelpthese
animalsout.Andtheyresearchthingsabouteachanimaltohelpthemrecover.Thisshouldprove

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thatSeaworldreallyisatrueplace.Doyoureallywanttoshutdownaplacethatisspending
millionstohelpanimals?

WorksCited

"BottlenoseDolphins."
BottlenoseDolphins
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"GrowingDebateoverWhalesandDolphinsinCaptivity."
Newsela
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Web.26Feb.2015.

Rose,Naomi,andRicO'Barry."AWhaleofaBusiness:AntiCaptivityViews."
PBS
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Web.24Feb.2015.

Schneider,Mike."SomeSeaWorldMammalsSurviveLongerinCaptivity."
USNewsOnline
(2014):n.pag.
NewspaperSourcePlus
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SmithSpark,Laura."Group:250DolphinsAwaitSlaughter,LifetimeofCaptivityatJapan's
TaijiCove"
CNN
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