Attention Getter - How many of you have heard of the documentary, Blackfish? This documentary released in 2013 “focuses on Tilikum, an orca whale held by SeaWorld, and the controversy over captive whales”, according to wikipedia.org/blackfish. It goes behind the scenes of the glorified water shows to expose the truth on how these whales are treated. According to www.care2.com, “SeaWorld stated it spends 70$ million on its orca facilities every year, but a tank is still a tank and no amount of money can turn a tank into an ocean.”
Reason to Listen - Imagine being put up for display like the orca whales showcased in this recently publicized documentary. SeaWorld is a jailhouse for innocent whales that were taken out of their homes and ripped from their families to entertain the public.
Speaker Credibility (right to inform) - After doing extensive research on the topic of SeaWorld I am fully aware of its inhumane treatment of orca whales and also why orca whales are unfit for captivity.
Thesis statement - You should not attend SeaWorld because keeping orca whales in captivity is inhumane.
Preview your Main Points-I will establish the problem that orca whales are unfit for captivity due to being treated inhumanely and the danger they pose
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This 12,500 pound mammal was kept in a “cement holding tank for close to a year”, according to www.seaworldofhunt.com. Also from the same source, “Food was withheld from him as a training technique. He was forced to preform every hour on the hour, eight times a day, seven days a week. The constant stress and exhaustion gave him stomach ulcers.” Tilikum was torn away from his family against his will, not taken because of injury as SeaWorld wants you to believe. This ill treatment has made Tilikum and other orcas aggressive and unhappy in which they take out their anger towards the