Exploitation of animals

It's places such as SeaWorld and Discovery Cove (Orlando, Florida) who seem shocked when animals make unprovoked attacks on humans, even children. They proceed to investigate and try to find out what the motive was behind the attack. The most recent headline in The Times on such a subject read as "Killer Whale drags trainer Dawn Brancheau to her death in Florida". Most of the article read about the sadness of the womans death who had 16 years of experience in working with the whales in SeaWorld. Working with animals is always a good thing, looking after them and caring for them and of course I myself agree that the death of any person is sad, but when the exploitation of these animals begins is when it becomes wrong. These unprovoked attacks are clearly a result of Whales and such animals being trapped in confined spaces. Having been to SeaWorld to watch the whale show as a child which I had no choice about but however had no opinion at the time, I wasn't aware that we didn't see where the whales and dolphins are kept, it's not a pretty site. Although millions of pounds are pumped into this economy every year the animals are still not treated to a good enough standard.

Taiji, a national park in Japan has the annual killing rate of Dolphins of 23,000. The migrating dolphins are herded into a hidden cave where they are netted, then sold off to places such as Discovery Cove and SeaWorld. The remaining animals are killed by means of spears and knives over the sides of small fishing boats. The National Geographic photographer Louie Psihoyas has made an award winning documentary called "The Cove" made with cameras disguised as rocks to raise the awareness of whats going on in Japan.