The story of the original Shamu and SeaWorld begins the lies.
Shamu, a young female orca from Washington, was captured in the October of 1965 as a companion for Namu. During the capture, her and her mother were harpooned, but managed to evade capture. A few days later though, they were seen again and caught, yet by this time the mother had drowned herself by closing her blow hole, due to the harpoon injuries that had punctured her lung and pushed her to suicide. The little female calf was then taken and put in with Namu, and named Shamu, which is basically She + Namu = Shamu. However, due to the fact they were from totally different family groups, Namu and Shamu didn't get on which led to Ted selling her to SeaWorld San Diego for a hefty sum of $75,000. She was aggressive towards both Ted and Namu, which is probably what pushed him to sell her on so quickly. SeaWorld had only just opened and saw Shamu as a perfect opportunity to create a whole new show and play on the success that Namu had. They then trained Shamu to perform with people in the water, which of course was a huge success, and also a surprise considering her brutal and traumatic capture at such a young age. However, her aggression was still a problem.
This history was not passed on to Annette Eckis (in the video below) who sued Seaworld as they were aware that Shamu did not like people without wetsuits in the water.
Shamu died of septicemia and pyometra, an infection of the uterus. It was quite an achievement to have kept her alive in a pool that long, especially back in the 60s, but ultimately she still died at an incredibly young age- she was only 9.
SeaWorld's lies begin....On this video clip:
1, The woman is not a trainer she is a SeaWorld Secretary.
2. They knew Shamu was aggressive but still put people in the water (no change there).
3. Its not a he its a she.
4. The tank is abysmally tiny, but it doesn't matter she makes money.
5. She died much too young (no change again) What is different today - NOTHING.
SeaWorld still uses the name Shamu as a show name for their performing orcas, which was one of their very first lies to the public, they were all called Shamu as SeaWorld didn't tell anyone Shamu had died and didn't want anyone to know. They believed that as orca were so similar they could replace them without anyone knowing and they did just that.
Despite her being aggressive, it didn't matter to SeaWorld, it is still the same today, hence the fight with OSHA. People and Orca are replaceable as long as the show goes on and the money comes in.
DON'T BUY A TICKET, THEY HAVE LIED TO YOU FROM DAY 1 AND STILL CONTINUE TO DO SO TODAY. WAKE UP AND SEE THEM FOR WHAT THEY ARE!!
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