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Claim- The film falsely suggests that SeaWorld “blamed” Ms. Brancheau for her death. We have never done that. She was our colleague and we mourn her loss to this day. The film, however, does blame Ms. Brancheau, and it accomplishes this through former trainers with little or no relevant experience.
counter claim- the film shows news reports interviewing SeaWorld employees saying it was dawn's fault

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Claim:  Blackfish employs false and emotionally manipulative sequences concerning the collection and separation of killer whales: Through stock footage and video mismatched to the narrative, the film implies that SeaWorld collects killer whales from the wild and separates mothers and calves. NEITHER IS TRUE.
They took photos of this happening in Blackfish.

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Claim:To advance both its anti-captivity narrative and its false theories surrounding Ms. Brancheau’s death, the film falsely suggests that Tilikum had become psychotic and aggressive.
Counterclaim: Tilikum had a extremely small pool to swim in. Yes, yes I would.

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Claim: The film spins an entirely fictitious account of Dawn Brancheau’s death in order to advance its anti-captivity narrative. To support this bias slant, and specifically the idea that Tilikum was a psychotic and violent animal because of captivity, the film engages in a series of false and misleading statements about the circumstances of Ms. Brancheau’s death:

In its opening sequence, the film misleadingly cobbles together separate pieces of innocuous training and performance footage, synched with the actual 911 calls, to mislead the audience into believing it is viewing the actual footage of Ms. Brancheau swimming with Tilikum prior to the fatal incident. In fact, the opening sequence does not depict either Ms. Brancheau or Tilikum, or an attack of any kind. From the date Tilikum arrived at SeaWorld, no one was allowed to swim in the water with Tilikum

Counterclaim: It wasn't Dawn's fault for her death. The audience was trying to get a hold of 911. Tilikum was irritated by no

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Claim: SeaWorld was aware of Keltie Byrne’s death when it acquired Tilikum. We adopted special precautionary protocols regarding work with Tilikum, including prohibition of performance in-water work. These protocols were impressed upon all trainers who worked with Tilikum, yet the film falsely implies that important safety information about Tilikum and his background were withheld.

Counterclaim:That was false. There was no secrets that were kept about Tilikum from his trainer.

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Claim: 5. To advance both its anti-captivity narrative and its false theories surrounding Ms. Brancheau’s death, the film falsely suggests that Tilikum had become psychotic and aggressive.
Counterclaim: Dawn would have never died if SeaWorld wasn't so stengy on the fish. Tilikum would have known he did he tricks right if he got the food.

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Claim: Blackfish employs false and emotionally manipulative sequences concerning the collection and separation of killer whales
that SeaWorld continues to collect whales from the wild to this day
Counterclaim: Wild orcas were taken from the wild in the 1970s according to http://www.seaworldofhurt.com/orca-capture/. But Blackfish didn't state when seaworld started or ended the taking of wild orcas. All they really stated was that they took wild orcas according to  http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/10/blackfish-highlighting-plight-captive-orcas-201310256590532291.html

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Claim:The film spins an entirely fictitious account of Dawn Brancheau’s death in order to advance its anti-captivity narrative.
COUNTERCLAIM: Dawn died because whales belong in the wild. There are less accidents in the wild than they are in captivity. Whales live better in the wild than they do in captivity.

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Collection: The film depicts a killer whale collection in Washington State that occurred 40 years ago. It leaves viewers with three false impressions: (1) that SeaWorld continues to collect whales from the wild to this day; (2) that Tilikum himself was collected by SeaWorld; and (3) that the collections done four decades ago were illegal. None of this is true. SeaWorld does not collect killer whales in the wild, and has not done so in over 35 years. Tilikum was not collected by us. And the collections four decades ago were conducted in compliance with federal laws, pursuant to federally-issued permits at that time.

I remember the documentary saying that they got Tilikum straight from the sea

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Aspyn Jackson- I feel awful for the baby calfs that get separated from their parents just because they are disruptive.

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Aspyn Jackson- I feel awful for the baby calfs that get separated from their parents just because they are disruptive.

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Claim: Kalina was moved when she was 4 ½ years old because she was disruptive to her mother and other whales.

Counterclaim: All little kids are going to be disruptive sometimes because they just want to play, but I think we all need to stop and think if this was are child what or how would we feel.

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claim:The film spins an entirely fictitious account of Dawn Brancheau’s death in order to advance its anti-captivity narrative.
Counterclaim:The film does not spin an entirely fictitious account on Dawn's death ,because Tilikum was held captive he became stressed and killed Dawn.

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CLAIM: To advance both its anti-captivity narrative and its false theories surrounding Ms. Brancheau’s death, the film falsely suggests that Tilikum had become psychotic and aggressive. They were very confused on why Tilikum would do this. The trainers said that Ms. Brancheau had worked with him for years and did not expect him to that to her.
COUNTERCLAIM: The sea world officials and Ceos tried to blame the death on Brancheau because of her ponytail. They said that she was unsupervised and should have been more careful and was a mistake that cost her life.

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Claim: Blackfish employs false and emotionally manipulative sequences concerning the collection and separation of killer whales
Counterclaim: The documentary showed baby whales being separated from their mother's communicating to one another while being captured. To support my counterclaim they even showed a diagram of the whales running in two directions trying to escape from fishermen and throw them off of their tracks.

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Claim: The film relies on former SeaWorld employees, most of whom have little experience with killer whales, and others who haven’t worked at SeaWorld in nearly 20 years: These individuals, who speak with apparent authority, have little or no firsthand knowledge of the incidents they describe. Most of them had no experience with Tilikum, and several never even performed with killer whales in the water. The film’s “cast” is completely unfamiliar with current conditions and techniques at SeaWorld, and are certainly in no position to critique a trainer of Dawn Brancheau’s caliber or her last interaction with Tilikum.

Counterclaim: It wasn't anyone's fault of Dawn's death except SeaWorld's because they should have knew that Tilikum was getting irritated so they should have noted Dawn to let him rest or stop doing the commands.

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Claim: The film falsely suggests that Tilikum had become psychotic and aggressive.
Counterclaim: Tilikum has been involved with multiple incidents, including three human deaths. He has acted out in aggression towards trainers due to food deprivation, depression, and more. Involving one death, he paraded with the dead human, riding him on his back like he was a prize. He broke every bone in another death, with many lacerations, and skin tore, a horrific incident, caused by Tilikum. He pulled her in, grabbing her arm, drowning her, breaking bones, bleeding out, caused the death, of the well respected trainer, Dawn Brancheau. But this aggression, and psychotic behavior stemmed from sea world. He was punished by other animals, having huge gashes, he was locked in a small pool, having no where to roam free, like the wild, and food deprived. I personally believe these deaths were as much as Seaworlds fault as Tilikum's.

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Claim: The film relies on former SeaWorld employees, most of whom have little experience with killer whales, and others who haven’t worked at SeaWorld in nearly 20 years.

Counterclaim: In the film, there are frequent videos of employees,who were involved in the film, feeding or performing with killer whales. Many were part of the shows, dancing and doing tricks in the shows, proving they had plenty of experience with killer whales.

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CLAIM:  Blackfish employs false and emotionally manipulative sequences concerning the collection and separation of killer whales: Through stock footage and video mismatched to the narrative, the film implies that SeaWorld collects killer whales from the wild and separates mothers and calves. NEITHER IS TRUE.
COUNTERCLAIM: In the film the employees of SeaWorld had taken a new born calf from her loving mother. Putting the mother in great grief and confusion looking for her daughter. Most calves don't separate from their mother till 4 years of age her daughter was taken away before that age of 4.

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Claim - To advance both its anti-captivity narrative and its false theories surrounding Ms. Brancheau’s death, the film falsely suggests that Tilikum had become psychotic and aggressive
Claim - Tilikum was force to go in a small pool everyday before and after shows. He might have been a little crazy from being in that pool for 25 years.

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Claim-The film spins an entirely fictitious account of Dawn Brancheau’s death in order to advance its anti-captivity narrative.
Counterclaim- The film does focus on Dawn Brancheau's death, most likely because it was the most shocking and gruesome death. In the article, Sea World explains that when they took in Tilikum they knew the risks. They said that no employee was allowed to swim with Tilikum after shows. Dawn Brancheau was swimming with Tilikum right before her death. Sea World also says that they did not blame Ms Brancheau for her death. The film Blackfish has videos of a Sea World manager saying that Ms.Brancheau's death was her fault because she was wearing a ponytail.

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CLAIM: The film spins an entirely fictitious account of Dawn Brancheau’s death in order to advance its anti-captivity narrative. To support this bias slant, and specifically the idea that Tilikum was a psychotic and violent animal because of captivity, the film engages in a series of false and misleading statements about the circumstances of Ms. Brancheau’s death
COUNTERCLAIM: SeaWorld had stated that it wasn't Tilikum's fault but Dawn's. It was her fault for wearing a ponytail and confusing Tilikum, making him act in this way.

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Claim:. During the OSHA trial surrounding Ms. Brancheau’s accident, SeaWorld provided more than 35 hours of testimony concerning our killer whale program and topics such as our detailed safety protocols
Counterclaim: They needed to set Tilikum free so that they do not have the same accident happen again.

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Claim:The film spins an entirely fictitious account of Dawn Brancheau’s death in order to advance its anti-captivity narrative.
Counter Claim:i don't think the film spins anything because there was cameras so how would they fake the way she died when we clearly saw the killing

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Claim: The film relies on former SeaWorld employees, most of whom have little experience with killer whales, and others who haven’t worked at SeaWorld in nearly 20 years

Counterclaim: The former SeaWorld employees couldn't have worked there nearly 20 years ago because Dawn only died about 7 years ago and some of the employees knew Dawn when she worked at SeaWorld. They knew Dawn because they worked with her and the whales and other animals.

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Claim:To advance both its anti-captivity narrative and its false theories surrounding Ms. Brancheau’s death, the film falsely suggests that Tilikum had become psychotic and aggressive
Counter Claim: Only captive orcas have killed any humans. So saying that Tilikum wasn't aggressive would be a lie

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The film blatantly mischaracterizes the events that led to the death of trainer Keltie Byrne at SeaLand of the Pacific, a park that was never owned or operated by SeaWorld. Tilikum was one of three whales in the sea pen at the time Ms. Byrne drowned, and the jury in the Coroner’s Inquest (the Canadian investigation of the incident), which considered the testimony of 19 witnesses, did not identify any one of the three whales as the leader in the incident. Nevertheless, the film claims that Tilikum was the instigator, relying upon an interview given by two local residents. Another key fact never disclosed in the film: David Duffus, who is featured in the film numerous times as an “expert”, was the foreman of this very same Coroner’s Jury that investigated the SeaLand incident. Mr. Duffus testified that it was inconclusive that Tilikum was primarily responsible for the death of Ms. Byrne.

In one of the videos that we watched in class it said that Tilikum was getting aggravated not instigator.

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Claim: The film spins an entirely fictitious account of Dawn Brancheau’s death in order to advance its anti-captivity narrative

Counterclaim: No one actually knows what caused Tilikum to lash out at that moment to kill dawn. But it could've just been play that went to far or predatory instincts, but the autopsy states that he was very aggressive.

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Aspyn Jackson-Not all animals mean to kill people, they could just be playing.

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Aspyn Jackson-Not all animals mean to kill people, they could just be playing.

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Claim:  after the incident as saying “since the body was found on Tilikum’s back, it’s unlikely the whale was behaving aggressively…….The whale was probably playing with the man and continued to play with the body after the man died.”

Counterclaim:Even though it might have looked like Tilikum was aggressively hurting someone or killing someone he might have actually just been playing and not realizing how strong he is.

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But, as far as John Hargrove is concerned, the company - which was sold to new owners in 2013 for $2.7billion - is too concerned with profit. "They'd willingly spend $1.2million on lighting for one of their sets, but what about the animals? The paint was peeling in the pools, and the animals would pick at it with their teeth and risk infection. It's just corporate greed." This is part of the power of Cowperthwaite's film - as much a drama about human greed as animal abuse, and one reason why it was acclaimed at this year's Sundance Festival.

For its part, SeaWorld insists the welfare of its animals, along with the safety of its guests and employees, are its "highest priorities" and it points out it is regularly inspected by experts in animal husbandry and "held to strict standards of federal and state laws, including the Marine Mammal Protection Act"

During the making of the film, Cowperthwaite says she lived in dread of what action SeaWorld, and its lawyers, might take. "They could drain my bank account in half a day!" Yet, as she points out, it is money that gives opponents the ultimate power of protest. "SeaWorld is a commercial company. We can directly impact their bottom line - by not going there."

Jett agrees. "The same thing happened with circuses; people just stopped going to them." As he says, it's taken 40 years of keeping cetaceans in captivity to educate the public. It is a terrible notion: that those generations of captives were sacrificial animals, doomed to accomplish that enlightenment on behalf of the whales to come.

People are wiser, in this internet age, Jett hopes. "They aren't so easily fooled."
Blackfish is on BBC Four at 10.30pm on Sunday June 5, and available to stream on Netflix

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But, as far as John Hargrove is concerned, the company - which was sold to new owners in 2013 for $2.7billion - is too concerned with profit. "They'd willingly spend $1.2million on lighting for one of their sets, but what about the animals?

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Claim- The film depicts a killer whale collection in Washington State that occurred 40 years ago. It leaves viewers with three false impressions: (1) that SeaWorld continues to collect whales from the wild to this day; (2) that Tilikum himself was collected by SeaWorld; and (3) that the collections done four decades ago were illegal.
Counter Claim- (1&3) it did not leave me with that impression, it specifically said that the capture of killer whales is now illegal and is not practiced today. (2) it had a scene where it explicitly showed us SeaLand collected Tilikum

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Claim: 1. Blackfish employs false and emotionally manipulative sequences concerning the collection and separation of killer whales: Through stock footage and video mismatched to the narrative, the film implies that SeaWorld collects killer whales from the wild and separates mothers and calves. NEITHER IS TRUE.
Counterclaim: In this film it showed a baby whale getting taken away from their mother. The mother started making noises meant for long distance communication, she was communicating with her child.

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Claim: To advance both its anti-captivity narrative and its false theories surrounding Ms. Brancheau’s death, the film falsely suggests that Tilikum had become psychotic and aggressive
Counterclaim: He did not become psychotic, he was only angered because his trainer did not reward his good behavior. He was only somewhat angry because he works for entertainment puposes.
Even though he caused two other deaths, he is an infamous whale.
Now even though he is dead, he is still respected. People claim he was depressed in captivity. I do not disagree and it was never his fault. He never wanted to be captured and be used.
Using an animal for your own purpose is abusive.
Did Tilikum die for a good cause or not? He was merely used for some entertainment purposes.
Some people are like I said, against this statement.

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claim:The film relies on former SeaWorld employees, most of whom have little experience with killer whales, and others who haven’t worked at SeaWorld in nearly 20 years
counterclaim: We see all of the former trainers as trainers with the killer whales, either acting with them or feeding them

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Claim:  Blackfish employs false and emotionally manipulative sequences concerning the collection and separation of killer whales

Counterclaim: This is not true, SeaWorld is separating mother and calf whales. They are still collecting killer whales from the ocean when they are not suppose to.

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Claim -  The film falsely suggests that important facts about Tilikum were concealed from his trainers and that SeaWorld is indifferent to trainer safety.
Counterclaim - People have the basic information band many people in the movie "BlackFish" have never heard about Tilikum's attack before he came to SeaWorld

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Claim: Synched with the actual 911 calls, to mislead the audience into believing it is viewing the actual footage of Ms. Brancheau swimming with Tilikum prior to the fatal incident.

Counterclaim:When Tilikum was brought to seaworld no one was allowed to swim with him and Dawn never did swim with him.

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Claim: The film falsely suggests that important facts about Tilikum were concealed from his trainers and that SeaWorld is indifferent to trainer safety.
Counterclaim: The employees in the movie say that they didn't get any information about Tilikum or the attacks and the employers were keeping secrets from them. Also, wouldn't you quit if you knew what Tilikum was capable of killing?

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Claim: The film spins an entirely fictitious account of Dawn Brancheau’s death in order to advance its anti-captivity narrative. To support this bias slant, and specifically the idea that Tilikum was a psychotic and violent animal because of captivity
COUNTERCLAIM: Tilikum belongs on the wild and to him living at Sea World in like being trapped in a bathtub. Tilikum doesn't have a lot of space to move around.

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Claim:  The film spins an entirely fictitious account of Dawn Brancheau’s death in order to advance its anti-captivity narrative.To support this bias slant, and specifically the idea that Tilikum was a psychotic and violent animal because of captivity, the film engages in a series of false and misleading statements about the circumstances of Ms. Brancheau’s death.

Counterclaim: Even if the film was stating fictional facts, keeping an animal, who has the natural instincts that belong in the wild, in captivity is still not healthy for the animal. They will get annoyed and their natural, wild instincts will cause them to use psychotic and violent actions.

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Claim: important facts about Tilikum were concealed from his trainers and that SeaWorld is indifferent to trainer safety
Counterclaim: The employees were giving false facts about killer whales, but not much was known about Tilikum. They knew basic facts like size, weight, and how he was captured. They have records of him causing death of others.

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Claim: The film relies on former SeaWorld employees, most of whom have little experience with killer whales, and others who haven’t worked at SeaWorld in nearly 20 years: These individuals, who speak with apparent authority, have little or no firsthand knowledge of the incidents they describe. Most of them had no experience with Tilikum, and several never even performed with killer whales in the water. The film’s “cast” is completely unfamiliar with current conditions and techniques at SeaWorld, and are certainly in no position to critique a trainer of Dawn Brancheau’s caliber or her last interaction with Tilikum.

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Claim:What clearly is supported by the facts is that prior to Ms. Brancheau’s accident in 2010, Tilikum had engaged in numerous interactions with trainers and veterinarians safely and without incident over a period of 18 years. Tilikum remains at SeaWorld, where he cooperates with trainers, socializes with other killer whales and our guests
Counterclaim:Tilikum killed 3 people but why didn't kill Tilikum?

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Claim:The film relies on former SeaWorld employees, most of whom have little experience with killer whales, and others who haven’t worked at SeaWorld in nearly 20 years
Counterclaim: This claim is false because most of the staff interviewed, worked with the whales unlike the person writing the text. The second part of the claim is also false because the staff stopped working either before or after Dawn's death which would explain not working with SeaWorld for at least 20 years. The documentary also showed documents of injuries made by whales the staff never knew happened. Therefor leaving would prevent them from injury just like Dawn's.

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claim- Blackfish employs false and emotionally manipulative sequences concerning the collection and separation of killer whales: Through stock footage and video mismatched to the narrative, the film implies that SeaWorld collects killer whales from the wild and separates mothers and calves. NEITHER IS TRUE.
counterclaim: Seaworld used to collect killer whales from the wild but no longer do because it's now illegal but they do still separate mothers and calves.

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Claim: 4. The film spins an entirely fictitious account of Dawn Brancheau’s death in order to advance its anti-captivity narrative. To support this bias slant, and specifically the idea that Tilikum was a psychotic and violent animal because of captivity, the film engages in a series of false and misleading statements about the circumstances of Ms. Brancheau’s death.
Counterclaim: There has never been a whale accident in the wild, the four accidents that did happen where when the whales were in captivity.

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claim: To advance both its anti-captivity narrative and its false theories surrounding Ms. Brancheau’s death, the film falsely suggests that Tilikum had become psychotic and aggressive
counterclaim: Tilakum is known to kill people and he may not be psychotic but he had killed three people making him angered

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Claim: Through stock footage and video mismatched to the narrative, the film implies that SeaWorld collects killer whales from the wild and separates mothers and calves. NEITHER IS TRUE.
Counterclaim: It is true they captured wild Orcas and took them as entertainment animals. But about more than half of the whales they have a SeaWorld are bred with the whales they have there. Tilikum was a breeder whale

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Claim- Blackfish employs false and emotionally manipulative sequences concerning the collection and separation of killer whales
Counterclaim- Sea World was correct, they did not capture Tilikum. But they did separate baby killer whales from their mothers at a young age. The killer whales are very social, and they are meant to stay together. The killer whales have their own language that they share with their families. Separating the killer whales could be dangerous because the baby whale will be put with other whale. Sea World separated Kalina from her mother because she was being disruptive to her mother and the shows. She was just a toddler and that is what most children do at her age.

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Claim: To advance both its anti-captivity narrative and its false theories surrounding Ms. Brancheau’s death, the film falsely suggests that Tilikum had become psychotic and aggressive.
Counterclaim: Wouldn't you think that Tilikum would become pychotic if Tilikum, a extremely large whale, spent about thirty years of his life in this tiny pool.

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CLAIM: The film relies on former SeaWorld employees, most of whom have little experience with killer whales, and others who haven’t worked at SeaWorld in nearly 20 years

COUNTERCLAIM: Write your counterclaim to Seaworld's argument.