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he 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.

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he 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.

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CLAIM- false and emotionally manipulative sequences concerning the collection and separation of killer whales
COUNTER CLAIM- Actually it said they had to seperate a baby from its mom because it was distracting her which made them lose money.

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false and emotionally manipulative sequences concerning the collection and separation of killer whales

This is false because the film had actual proof of the ways Dawn was hurt.

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The film spins an entirely fictitious account of Dawn Brancheau’s death

Counterclaim- Seaworld said that Tilikum grabbed Dawn by her ponytail but there are pictures that show that many other workers did the same thing. This shows that Seaworld was wrong when they claimed that dawn shouldn't have had a ponytail. They were basically saying that it was Dawn's fault.

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CLAIM: 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:The fact that Tilikum has killed three people is enough proof that he is a kind of psychotic especially since there is no documented case of an orca attacking a human in the wild.

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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- If most employees had little experience with killer whales, why were they in the pools with them, especially if they are known to be aggressive in captivity? Also, they still know about SeaWorld and Tilikum. They could have forgotten, but howcould they forget the incident?

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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: This is false because when the people would be interviewed, it would say what there position was.

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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 and how they are communicated to our trainers. All of this testimony was in the possession of the filmmakers, but ignored by the film.

Counter claim~ The whale got frusterated because it wanted food and never got it so the safty proticals is bad because tilikum is still a living creature so you dont put it in a space it cant even fit in.

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

Counterclaim ~ Sea World says that most of them have little experience also that some of them haven't worked at Sea World in nearly 20 years, but too work at Sea World you need to have experience to work with the animals such as killer whales.

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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

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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

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CLAIM~the film falsely suggests that Tilikum had become psychotic and aggressive

COUNTER CLAIM:How would you feel if it felt like you were in a bathtub for almost three decades and feeling like you are a slave suffering fro other people's amusement also to have nowhere to swim cause you are so big in such a small pool

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The film falsely suggests that important facts about Tilikum were concealed from his trainers and that SeaWorld is indifferent to trainer safety:

Counter Claim: I sort of agree, sort of disagree. But mainly, if SeaWorld understands the safety of their trainers, why din't they take safer precautions when their first incident happened. Why did it happen again?

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Purely for shock value, the film includes a recording of an EMT technician, subsequently proved to be mistaken, suggesting that Tilikum swallowed Ms. Brancheau’s arm during the incident.

counter claim in the corners report said that she lost her right arm.

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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.
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I disagree with SeaWorld because I've heard that SeaWorld is only going for money. They kept Tilikum for over half of his life because they knew that he was making them millions of dollars from doing the same routine every time. They would rather keep the whale that is know for killing some people, rather than giving him away because they know that he is dangerous

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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

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I disagree because it doesn't matter if the people haven't worked at Seaworld in nearly 20 years, they still saw it. So did the other employees, they said they saw it happen. They described the accident/attack by what they saw (one person was false and the whole class agreed).

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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 beginning of the movie it shows whale trainers doing shows. How can they do a show if they aren't experienced enough with killer whales? It's almost impossible, to be honest. What makes people think SeaWorld would let inexperienced trainers swim with an orca?

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Claim- the film engages in a series of false and misleading statements about the circumstances of Ms. Brancheau’s death

Counterclaim- The Seaworld people say that Tilikum grabed Dawn Brancheau by the pony tail on her head. But actually she went to pet him and he thought that she was feeding him so he grabbed onto her arm and pulled her in. So no Seaworld he didn't drag her in by her 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.

Counterclaim ~ There are no cases of Orcas attacking any humans in the wild, but there have been cases of captive Orcas like Tilikum who has killed 3 humans including 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

COUNTERCLAIM~ The film does not have false theories over Ms. Brancheau's death. They do not use her death as a pawn for anti-captivity. One trainer even said that Tilikum was know for pulling,(lunging), at trainers. Tilikum has killed three people on record, was easily frustrated, and had become mentally tired and physically tired. He was in a cage equivalent to the size of a bathtub, compared to his wild pod who out roaming the seas. Tilikum was also abused by many different female orcas, making him aggressive. After all this, I too would have become more aggressive and mentally unstable.

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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~ When the people making the film interviewed certain people they said that they didn't know about his past accidents or experiences that involved Tilikum. To me that sounds like they just wanted publicity for having the largest killer whale in captivity instead warning their workers and keeping them safe.

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CLAIM~. Blackfish employs false and emotionally manipulative sequences concerning the collection and separation of killer whales

COUNTERCLAIM~ Blackfish showed the young whales being taken away from their pod. The way SeaWorld did it was incredibly rude while taking the baby whales

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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: It is SeaWorld's job to train he people to work with the Killer Whales. In the film it showed a trainer being super close to the Whale without a water suit.

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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: This information is clearly false because what is the point of lying. First of all, they have no need to lie. Second of all, everything everyone says is backed up and makes sense. None of them are together when they talk about what happens but it all lines up.

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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.

COUNTERCLAIM~ Sea world is claiming that they "did not" own Sea Land where one of the deaths occurred. They say this so that the death is not accociated with the death.Sea Land was in fact owned by Sea World because when SeaLand stopped running Sea World got all of the sea animals and that only happens if you own the company.Some of the workers at SeaLand did confrim that Sea World owned SeaLand.

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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: Really? The film showed how they knew the whale that they were training. It showed footage of them training the whales and using them in a show. The orcas cooperated!

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Claim: Blackfish employs false and emotionally manipulative sequences concerning the collection and separation of killer whales.
Evidence:The film depicts a killer whale collection in Washington State that occurred 40 years ago. It leaves viewers with a false impression: (1) that SeaWorld continues to collect whales from the wild to this day
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Counter claim: Blackfish shows true and valid points about the captive Killer Whales and trainers at Seaworld. Many whales were captured in the process of selling whales to SeaWorld, wich was said in the film Blackfish.
Evidence:Former SeaWorld trainer Jeffrey Ventre blamed Tilikum for Brancheau’s death, but the truth begins with the wild orca’s capture near Iceland in 1983. At just 2 years old, he was torn from his mother and their ocean home and sent to the rundown marine park Sealand of the Pacific.

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claim:The film relies heavily on the dubious reflections of scientists who have aggressively campaigned against marine mammal display for decades, and have no expertise with killer whale

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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.

Counter claim~  Seaworld they used to capture Orcas before that became a law. After that all they did was breed them.

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We do not separate killer whale moms and calves, and in the rare occurrences that we do move whales among our parks, we do so only in order to maintain a healthy social structure.
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In the wild, killer whales would never be separated from their mother, but at SeaWorld, killer whales might only be a couple years old. Taking a killer whale from their mother is like taking a baby from their mother.

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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

Counterclaim- Just because they haven't worked there in a while doesn't mean they know any less about the whales. They worked and trained with the whales just like the current workers.

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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-Then how come when one of the mothers gave birth during one of the performances then, a few years later they took the baby away from its mother?

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

Counterclaim- That is false because the film showed the Loro Parque and showing them actually using it as an attraction, would you like a baby taken away from you? I don't get how if we do this to a person then we get charged, why does it not apply to them?

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CLAIM- The film highlights two separations. In one instance, involving a whale named Takara, the film leaves you with the impression she was a calf when separated. In fact, Takara was 12 years old when she was moved.

COUNTERCLAIM- Even if Takara was twelve during the time of her separation, would you take a twelve-year-old child from their mother, unless you are a psychopath? Taking a child from its mother is wrong. Wouldn't you feel bad? Killer whales stay with their mothers for a long time; it's just in their nature, and separating them is bad.

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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.

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

COUNTERCLAIM: When whales are taken away from their mothers, it is exactly like kidnapping a two year old child. The claim is completely false! It is just as sad without watching Blackfish to know that baby orcas are being taken away from their families at a very young age.

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

Counterclaim~ When the baby whales were taken from their mothers, it's kind of like if some random guy walked up and grabbed your child. The claim is not true. It's sad to think about baby orcas being taken away from their mom at such a young age.

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CLAIM~The film falsely suggests that SeaWorld “blamed” Ms. Brancheau for her death

COUNTER CLAIM: Tilikum and Dawn were having a good time until Tilikum attacked, so how was it her fault that an exotic animal is still partially wild and he is getting frustrated because he has been in a bathtub for his size. Based on the size of the pool he hasn't had anywhere to swim around and just be free to swim.

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CLAIM:The film relies heavily on the dubious reflections of scientists who have aggressively campaigned against marine mammal display for decades, and have no expertise with killer whale behavior in captivity.
COUNTERCLAIM: SeaWorld is accusing "Blackfish" of lying but in reality they are lying, in court they said they didn't know Tilikum had aggression towards trainers but on his file it sayed he had a tendency to pull.

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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 showed video clips of what happened to Dawn Brancheau. The also showed Tilikum biting Dawn's arm.

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CLAIM- 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.

COUNTERCLAIM~ In the documentary it clearly states that Tilikum was took by Sea World it shows the footage of the people in Sea World wet suits and shows Tilikum being taken to Sea world and continues to have them being captured. They also show the footage of the orcas being taken and captured. Which was not don 35 years ago

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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 beginning of the film, they show the former trainers performing and practicing with the killer whales. All of the trainers shown were experienced and had complete knowledge of killer whales. Two to three employees actually worked with Tilikum, and even said he was potentially dangerous toward trainers.

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CLAIM~Blackfish employs false and emotionally manipulative sequences concerning the collection and separation of killer whales.
COUNTERCLAIM~ In the film, workers FROM SeaWorld say that the reason they moved the calf was because she was distracting her mother during performances and challenging the mother. They moved because if she messed up the show they could possibly loose money. If they really cared about the whales they would keep them together and leave them in the wild.

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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: It says that little of the employees who where in this film had experience with the whales but, everyone in this film had worked with them and had been trained in case of emergency's.

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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: Dawns death was the most popular death. Most people would have better luck finding about this topic by searching her death. They did mention the other deaths to. Dawn just had a more popular outcome with the whales.

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CLAIM-We do not separate killer whale moms and calves, and in the rare occurrences that we do move whales among our parks, we do so only in order to maintain a healthy social structure

COUNTERCLAIM- All SeaWorld wants is the money because in the film it says that they had to take the calve, because it was distracting the mother from performing. If the mother doesn't perform SeaWorld loses some money.

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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.

COUNTER CLAIM- In the film the SeaWorld employees proved they had experience with the whales, when they showed the man's video you could see he had experience by the way he reacted when the killer whale was pulling him to the bottom of the pool by his foot.

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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: While this is true, the whale Sea World is shown to treat its Orcas may frustrate the animals and that is why Dawn's death may have occurred. So Tilikum may not have been fully psychotic, but he was maybe angry

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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 documentary says when they worked at SeaWorld. Also all of the "former" workers were there when Dawn was murdered by the whale.

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 facts they concealed were important and if they told the trainers these dangerous things, they would have been much more safe.

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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

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I disagree because Tilikum has been held in captivity for over 18 years (said by Seaworld), and yes that is true, but it would make sense why Tilikum would become psychotic and aggressive. He was beaten up by the other whales that were held in captivity with him, and he barely had any room to roam around. It would be like being stuck in a hot tub without the seats for over 18 years. I would become psychotic and agressive as well.

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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.

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The film showed videographic evidence of the trainers at the beginning of the movie, and proved that each trainer had a lot of experience and knowledge of the animals.