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INDICTING STATEMENT BY SEA WORLD
ABOUT YOUR DOCUMENTARY.
I'VE WATCHED THE ENTIRE
DOCUMENTARY.
THIS IS RIVETING.
ONE OF THE THINGS I FOUND
FASCINATING, THE FORMER TRAINERS
WHO WORKED AT SEA WORLD WHO SAID
ON CAMERA, I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT
FISH.
I'M FROM THE MIDWEST, I JUST
WANTED A JOB THERE.
AND THEY ARE THE PEOPLE OFTEN
TIMES THAT WE ARE SEEING
SWIMMING WITH MANY OF THESE
MARINE LIFE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> AND INTERACTING WITH THEM.
THAT SEEMS STUNNING AND SEEMED
ALSO, FRIGHTENING IN.
>> IT WAS FRIGHTENING.
AND I THINK -- I ALWAYS HAVE TO
SAY THIS.
THE TRAINERS AT SEA WORLD ARE SO
CLEARLY THE ONES WHO ARE SORT OF
PUTTING THEMSELVES FRONT AND
CENTER.
>> THE FOUR OF THEM IN THE FILM.
DID YOU COME ACROSS OTHERS THAT
DIDN'T WANT TO TALK TO YOU?
>> NO.
I NEVER CAME ACROSS ANYBODY WHO
DIDN'T WANT TO TALK TO ME.
EVERYBODY WHO WAS INTERVIEWED IS
IN THE FILM.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE
WHO BACKED OUT AND SAID IF I
SPEAK OUT AGAINST SEA WORLD,
I'LL NEVER WORK FOR ANOTHER ZOO
LOGICAL INSTITUTION AGAIN.
>> AND THERE WERE EMPLOYEES AT
SEA WORLD RECITING FACTS AND
STATISTICS THAT THEY SAY ARE NOT
TRUE.
WERE THERE OTHERS WHO YOU ALSO
WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE ON FILM
WORKING AT SEA WORLD WHO SAID
ACCURATE STATEMENTS THAT THEY
GOT CUT THAT WEREN'T IN THE
FILM?
>> NO.
EVERYTHING THAT WE HEARD, IN
FACT WE CUT SOME OF THE MISS
EDUCATION THAT WE HEARD BECAUSE
WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME FOR AN
ENTIRE SEGMENT ABOUT MISS
EDUCATION.
>> THEY SAID ORCAS IN THE WILD
ONLY LIVE ABOUT 30 YEARS AND
MANY HAVE
WITHOUT QUESTION, YOU SHOULD SEE
THIS FILM.
MANY PEOPLE WILL ALSO SAY, IF IT
WEREN'T FOR THE 11 MILLION
PEOPLE A YEAR WHO GO TO
SEAWORLD, WE MIGHT NOT KNOW AS
MUCH AS WE KNOW IF WE DIDN'T
HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE THEM UP
CLOSE AND PERSONAL LIKE THAT.
I GET IT.
THERE ARE DOWNSIDES.
DO THE UPSIDES IS OUTWEIGH THE
DOWNSIDES?
>> I DON'T THINK THEY DO.
I ALWAYS WANT TO SAY MAYBE THE
REASON WE'RE HAVING THIS
CONVERSATION AND THAT WE CARE SO
MUCH AND LOVE KILLER WHALES AND
DOLPHINS IS BECAUSE WE PROBABLY
HAVE EXPERIENCED THEM MAYBE
CLOSE UP AT A MARINE PARK AND
SEEN THEM GAZING BACK AT US.
THAT IS THE CONNECTION PEOPLE
HAVE.
HOWEVER THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT KEEPING
ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY FOR 40
YEARS, THEY LIVE VERY SHORT
LIVES.
THEY GET VERY SICK.
THEY'RE FIGHTING ALL THE TIME