"Bloomberg" only addresses the challenge to a CEO regarding customer relations. "Bloomberg" does not bring ethics or the law to their article. It is so Wall Street I can't let it stand.
There are huge problems with the "pets" at Sea World. There is no respect for the species requirements and there are times when there is blood in the water that is not human blood.
The pools at Sea World are far too small and too shallow to accommodate the INHERENT nature of the Marine Mammals. These mammals don't give up their instinctual behavior because they have never known ocean life. As a matter of fact, the 'behavior' of these mammals are harnessed to teach them tricks. And let's get this straight, they aren't employed. They don't receive salaries and benefits or travel home to their PODS every night. Trying to attribute human qualities to Marine Mammals is not appropriate in a pool at Sea World.
The fish and marine mammals are fed everyday at "Sea World." They are not able to hunt, yet their instinctual needs don't disappear. They are hunters. Orcas, by nature, are considered the wolves of the ocean. They hunt in packs otherwise known as pods.
They are successful hunters, often of the young of larger Marine Mammals such as Right Whales. They are categorized/listed as a species as odontocetes, "toothed whales." They feed on many types of sea life including seals in the wild. So, given they are in close proximity to seals at Sea World and may be detecting them somewhat speaks to their agitated behavior from time to time. This species wants to hunt and blood in the water doesn't bother them.
The legal status of these marine mammals is obvious as endangered species. That status was enforced by a USA court to include those in the possession of "Sea World" and other such facilities. The captive whales, however, are not included in the "Endangered Species Plan" to return larger numbers to the oceans. How could they be? They are alien to their own species in the wild and were never were exposed to any other habitat.
That is problematic and there is a movie entitled "Free Willy" with a story line of a young boy that seeks to return a Orca to the wild. Such enterprises have been tried with mixed results.
The conflict, to be completely honest, is that when a scientist studies the ocean populations of marine mammals, that scientist is allowed to have what is called 'takes.' Takes can be carried out in many ways. One extreme defines takes as physical and end in death of the species to conduct necropsies (autopsies). In the past that was necessary because humans didn't really understand the species, their anatomy and physiology. The other side of the spectrum in the definition of 'takes,' is simply taking pictures. The best example of that are the whale groups throughout the coastlines of the USA that raise money with pictures of the tail flukes of Humpback Whales.
The reason 'takes' exist is to limit the contact with these marine mammals. Most scientists studying animals in the wild respect the need for distancing themselves from those mammals. In the case of marine mammals providing a healthy population to grow the species back to their original status in the wild provides the caution of scientists to have physical contact with them.
We know for a fact marine mammals alter their communications when having contact with human beings. They use sonar. That sonar will pick up the vibrations of language of human beings and seek to understand it because their survival relies on knowing their environment. These marine mammals are survivors. They have survival strategies. They do not seek human beings as a part of their pod. In the ocean vast distances exist between human beings and marine mammals.
Their world is about each other and not about each other in relation to the existence of human beings. But, their survival instincts will pick up those vibrations and accommodate it. The whales don't discern danger. They are huge and have their way most of the time. An occasional loss of a young member from the side of it's mother is not welcome and the female tries to protect their young by increasing speed to out run any predator. The predators of marine mammals are limited primarily to human beings in whaling ships and Orcas.
There in is the problem. The Sea World marine mammals have a relationship with human beings and they would carry their language into the wild. Other wild marine mammals could become compromised if human language confuses their communication.
There is no changing that reality. These species are very intelligent. No matter how that intelligence is measured it surpasses that of human beings. People should try to live in the ocean forever, it requires a lot intelligence to communicate 1000 feet down. They can't build ships to the moon or computers to accommodate fish finding, but, they are measured at intelligence above that of human beings. That is just a fact. Because they don't communicate the same way doesn't make them 'dumb animals.'
The challenge to the Animal Conscience Societies is to find a way to end the breeding program at Sea World. These mammals will never know the wild. They most likely won't survive in the wild. That is my opinion and the opinion of others concerned about the world's oceans and it's inhabitants. The fact the marine mammals at Sea World are valued in the same way of their brothers and sisters in the wild is a proud moment for those that care for them the most.
The Sea World marine mammals that include dolphins and beluga whales are in distress most of the time. The fact belugas are in warm water in Florida tanks causes them to suffer and become sluggish. The belugas are cold water species. Their blubber proves that out. There are no wild belugas in Florida waters, except Sea World.
There are whales that frequent Gulf of Mexico waters for birthing and breeding, but, they don't feed there. if their young are lost due to attacks by predators, it usually happens in their semi-annual migration to their feeding grounds. The young whale will tire because of an accelerated migration speed that the female hopes will provide fatigue to Orcas or ships before her young is lost.
The only native species to Florida waters are Dugongs. (click here) otherwise known as Manatees. There are also dolphin species closely studied and known as the Sarasota Dolphins. They and their young were effected by the BP Deepwater Horizon tragedy. There were also eleven people who never made it to shore in that disaster. They are as important to recognize as well as wild species.
Don't get me wrong that the scientific community wants nothing to do with groups that seek protections of these species; that is not the case. Most marine mammals scientists realize the very important work Conscientiousness Raising Groups carry out with the public and otherwise. While their work doesn't rely on these groups; the protections afforded these animals are vital. The public is welcome to understand these species and find importance for them in a world challenged with a warming planet.
But, as to Sea World's species of mammals. In recognizing the endangered status of most of their marine mammals, if not all of them. Some of the seals are probably not challenged in numbers in the wild. These animals as individuals are stressed. They live in far smaller pools then their instincts tell them they should exist. They have young in captive waters alien to their instincts. The males are used as if a prized bull. Bulls do not have the legal status marine mammals have. They also don't migrate which provides still another issue for these animals.
To be compassionate, these mammals need to be cared for all their lives. The propagation of circus animals should never be a priority. There is nothing wrong with finding alternate options for them, but, returning to the wild is like teaching an old dog new tricks. The young don't have the benefit to succeed in a way their instincts tell them they should. It is that reality the breeding programs have to stop. Ending the breeding program will result in less captive mammals.
Look, the Wall Street stock of "Sea World" isn't really sustaining, is it? It is becoming an understandable reality that many Americans don't want this for these animals. What happens if the stock falls below viable options? What happens to the animals? Something needs to be done to end the breeding program and there needs to be an option for those animals should Sea World become a penny stock.
Perhaps the best option is a separate "Trust Fund" that will provide care for them should the fiscal integrity of Sea World fail. I am curious how much of Sea World stock prices are buoyed by the 'fish inventory?' It is just that the threshold for a viable stock price may have already failed.
I would think such a trust fund could be pursued by the groups most concerned about these Marine Mammals. Buy them out when the stock price fails!
Best of luck.
Atchison in Shamu Stadium, Orlando
November 201, 2014
By Kal Tao Greenfeld
Jim Atchison, (click here) the chief executive officer of SeaWorld Entertainment (SEAS), holds morning meetings in a conference room down the hall from his corner office, the one with elephant carvings and a ceramic white tiger. On a typical day, Atchison and a team of executives, including Chief Financial Officer Jim Heaney and Chief Zoological Officer Brad Andrews, review various SeaWorld KPIs, or key performance indicators....
...SeaWorld acknowledges that ticket sales have declined because of
changing perceptions of killer whale shows, as well as competitive
pressure. Rivals Disney (DIS) and Universal (CMCSA)
have recently added crowd-pleasing Pixar and Harry Potter attractions,
respectively, that SeaWorld has yet to counter. On Nov. 12 the company
reported a 28 percent drop in profit and a 5.2 percent drop in
attendance, to 8.3 million, in the three months ended Sept. 30. It also
announced a $50 million cost-cutting measure. For SeaWorld, whose logo
features an orca’s dorsal fin, Blackfish has gone from being a public relations problem to a potentially catastrophic threat to a $1.4 billion-a-year business.
There are huge problems with the "pets" at Sea World. There is no respect for the species requirements and there are times when there is blood in the water that is not human blood.
The pools at Sea World are far too small and too shallow to accommodate the INHERENT nature of the Marine Mammals. These mammals don't give up their instinctual behavior because they have never known ocean life. As a matter of fact, the 'behavior' of these mammals are harnessed to teach them tricks. And let's get this straight, they aren't employed. They don't receive salaries and benefits or travel home to their PODS every night. Trying to attribute human qualities to Marine Mammals is not appropriate in a pool at Sea World.
The fish and marine mammals are fed everyday at "Sea World." They are not able to hunt, yet their instinctual needs don't disappear. They are hunters. Orcas, by nature, are considered the wolves of the ocean. They hunt in packs otherwise known as pods.
They are successful hunters, often of the young of larger Marine Mammals such as Right Whales. They are categorized/listed as a species as odontocetes, "toothed whales." They feed on many types of sea life including seals in the wild. So, given they are in close proximity to seals at Sea World and may be detecting them somewhat speaks to their agitated behavior from time to time. This species wants to hunt and blood in the water doesn't bother them.
The legal status of these marine mammals is obvious as endangered species. That status was enforced by a USA court to include those in the possession of "Sea World" and other such facilities. The captive whales, however, are not included in the "Endangered Species Plan" to return larger numbers to the oceans. How could they be? They are alien to their own species in the wild and were never were exposed to any other habitat.
That is problematic and there is a movie entitled "Free Willy" with a story line of a young boy that seeks to return a Orca to the wild. Such enterprises have been tried with mixed results.
The conflict, to be completely honest, is that when a scientist studies the ocean populations of marine mammals, that scientist is allowed to have what is called 'takes.' Takes can be carried out in many ways. One extreme defines takes as physical and end in death of the species to conduct necropsies (autopsies). In the past that was necessary because humans didn't really understand the species, their anatomy and physiology. The other side of the spectrum in the definition of 'takes,' is simply taking pictures. The best example of that are the whale groups throughout the coastlines of the USA that raise money with pictures of the tail flukes of Humpback Whales.
The reason 'takes' exist is to limit the contact with these marine mammals. Most scientists studying animals in the wild respect the need for distancing themselves from those mammals. In the case of marine mammals providing a healthy population to grow the species back to their original status in the wild provides the caution of scientists to have physical contact with them.
We know for a fact marine mammals alter their communications when having contact with human beings. They use sonar. That sonar will pick up the vibrations of language of human beings and seek to understand it because their survival relies on knowing their environment. These marine mammals are survivors. They have survival strategies. They do not seek human beings as a part of their pod. In the ocean vast distances exist between human beings and marine mammals.
Their world is about each other and not about each other in relation to the existence of human beings. But, their survival instincts will pick up those vibrations and accommodate it. The whales don't discern danger. They are huge and have their way most of the time. An occasional loss of a young member from the side of it's mother is not welcome and the female tries to protect their young by increasing speed to out run any predator. The predators of marine mammals are limited primarily to human beings in whaling ships and Orcas.
There in is the problem. The Sea World marine mammals have a relationship with human beings and they would carry their language into the wild. Other wild marine mammals could become compromised if human language confuses their communication.
There is no changing that reality. These species are very intelligent. No matter how that intelligence is measured it surpasses that of human beings. People should try to live in the ocean forever, it requires a lot intelligence to communicate 1000 feet down. They can't build ships to the moon or computers to accommodate fish finding, but, they are measured at intelligence above that of human beings. That is just a fact. Because they don't communicate the same way doesn't make them 'dumb animals.'
The challenge to the Animal Conscience Societies is to find a way to end the breeding program at Sea World. These mammals will never know the wild. They most likely won't survive in the wild. That is my opinion and the opinion of others concerned about the world's oceans and it's inhabitants. The fact the marine mammals at Sea World are valued in the same way of their brothers and sisters in the wild is a proud moment for those that care for them the most.
The Sea World marine mammals that include dolphins and beluga whales are in distress most of the time. The fact belugas are in warm water in Florida tanks causes them to suffer and become sluggish. The belugas are cold water species. Their blubber proves that out. There are no wild belugas in Florida waters, except Sea World.
There are whales that frequent Gulf of Mexico waters for birthing and breeding, but, they don't feed there. if their young are lost due to attacks by predators, it usually happens in their semi-annual migration to their feeding grounds. The young whale will tire because of an accelerated migration speed that the female hopes will provide fatigue to Orcas or ships before her young is lost.
The only native species to Florida waters are Dugongs. (click here) otherwise known as Manatees. There are also dolphin species closely studied and known as the Sarasota Dolphins. They and their young were effected by the BP Deepwater Horizon tragedy. There were also eleven people who never made it to shore in that disaster. They are as important to recognize as well as wild species.
Don't get me wrong that the scientific community wants nothing to do with groups that seek protections of these species; that is not the case. Most marine mammals scientists realize the very important work Conscientiousness Raising Groups carry out with the public and otherwise. While their work doesn't rely on these groups; the protections afforded these animals are vital. The public is welcome to understand these species and find importance for them in a world challenged with a warming planet.
But, as to Sea World's species of mammals. In recognizing the endangered status of most of their marine mammals, if not all of them. Some of the seals are probably not challenged in numbers in the wild. These animals as individuals are stressed. They live in far smaller pools then their instincts tell them they should exist. They have young in captive waters alien to their instincts. The males are used as if a prized bull. Bulls do not have the legal status marine mammals have. They also don't migrate which provides still another issue for these animals.
To be compassionate, these mammals need to be cared for all their lives. The propagation of circus animals should never be a priority. There is nothing wrong with finding alternate options for them, but, returning to the wild is like teaching an old dog new tricks. The young don't have the benefit to succeed in a way their instincts tell them they should. It is that reality the breeding programs have to stop. Ending the breeding program will result in less captive mammals.
Look, the Wall Street stock of "Sea World" isn't really sustaining, is it? It is becoming an understandable reality that many Americans don't want this for these animals. What happens if the stock falls below viable options? What happens to the animals? Something needs to be done to end the breeding program and there needs to be an option for those animals should Sea World become a penny stock.
Perhaps the best option is a separate "Trust Fund" that will provide care for them should the fiscal integrity of Sea World fail. I am curious how much of Sea World stock prices are buoyed by the 'fish inventory?' It is just that the threshold for a viable stock price may have already failed.
I would think such a trust fund could be pursued by the groups most concerned about these Marine Mammals. Buy them out when the stock price fails!
Best of luck.
Atchison in Shamu Stadium, Orlando November 201, 2014
By Kal Tao Greenfeld
Jim Atchison, (click here) the chief executive officer of SeaWorld Entertainment (SEAS), holds morning meetings in a conference room down the hall from his corner office, the one with elephant carvings and a ceramic white tiger. On a typical day, Atchison and a team of executives, including Chief Financial Officer Jim Heaney and Chief Zoological Officer Brad Andrews, review various SeaWorld KPIs, or key performance indicators....
