CBS Video: Sea World will not euthanize Tilikum, the killer whale

[Amerigo Vespucci]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJhNoEZOVEo

[Bluebear]

1. Thank goodness

[Kalyke]

2. Good.

I have never understood why people kill wild animals when they act like wild animals. Hey humans: keeping wild animals in captivity does NOT domesticate them. They are still wild animals.

[hlthe2b]

3. Exactly....

[liberal_at_heart]

6. I think the public fails to understand that people who work with wild animals understand the risk

Anyone who works with wild animals knows the risks. I admire all who work with wild animals and hope to work with them someday too.

[Richard D]

7. It goes deeper than that . . .

. . . in the wild, Orca's don't kill people; no recorded instances of that at all. The closest was when a surfer was roughed up a bit and then let go - probably mistaken for a seal. It's only when they are locked up in tiny tanks, forced to perform for their food, placed into forced contact with humans, that the flip and do this. I might do the same myself given those circumstances.

[CrispyQ]

10. +1

Well said.

[liberal_at_heart]

4. good

[FourScore]

5. Good. n/t

[cliffordu]

8. We could start tossing teabaggers into the pool.

Tied to ropes. Like real teabags.

[bigtree]

9. good decision

[Jennicut]

11. Well, why should they? He was kept captive and is a wild animal.

I don't think he should ever perform again. In fact, they should never do shows again with killer whales. But of course, that would cut into profits.

[RaleighNCDUer]

12. You mean, of course, Tilikum, the orca.

Killer whale is a prejudicial term, implying that "of COURSE he killed the trainer - he's a KILLER WHALE!"

I think we need to save such appellations for truly dangerous species - like Killer Bees.

[ellie]

13. Why should they?

It was acting like a wild animal because it is a wild animal. I don't understand the mentality of people who think they can domesticate animals that shouldn't be domesticated.