Not just orcas, but animals in zoos are basically kidnapped for our enjoyment. Then workers of those places are attacked or injured and they are surprised… this is something I don't understand.
Media also protects the big business man behind these attractions. It is good to see that people that were involved in the past are now ashamed and taking actions against what they used to do. It gives me some faith in humanity.
There is another obsession with believing in good and bad. Killing is not bad for nature, it's just part of it. A zebra and a human being would react in the same way if a lion attacks them because of a natural denial of being killed and survival instincts. Although, the human being is the one who tries to associate bad and good concepts to this. It is bad for the victim and good for the hunter. It is simple as that from a subjective position. It is impossible to say if that is good or bad from an objective one. It makes you realise how powerless we actually are, something that is also denied over and over by human beings.
I have to admit that the bit about Loro Parque, which is very close from my hometown, was more touching than the rest, as I saw someone with my same origins with a very different destiny. It's true that proximity makes you think things twice.
In terms of communication I was impressed on how orcas communicated to each other. There is definitely an effective way of communication between them, which is interesting from a graphic designer point of view: how much we have to learn about communication.
I also appreciated a very unacceptable use of music in one of the shows, where the orca is bleeding a lot and the aquarium plays happy music to make people not to worry about it.
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