Today’s post (sadly) inspired by: Last Orca Born In Captivity At SeaWorld Dies At Just 3 Months Old. (And maybe there’s a message here…). Here’s a picture of Kyara swimming with her 25-year-old mother Takara.
Notes:
- Art: Justin Peters with Safari via Hidden Sanctuary. He is a 21 year old digital artist based in Stuttgart, Germany
- Background on Caleb/Wednesday/Hump Day Posts and Geico’s original commercial: Let’s Hit it Again
Live & Learn 
Wow! Absolutely stunning images – I love whales. I lived on North Bondi cliff headlands, a rock face of 30 metres. Once hanging clothes on the hills hoist outside I felt something behind me – I had no neighbours just a cliff and the ocean behind me – I turned, kind of creeped out a little bit and there were whales in the ocean! So, so beautiful! Thank you for these images, they are stunning!
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Wow, what an experience that must have been…
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It’s hard to like this…though the imagery is amazing. Caleb-hangs-his-head-day….
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I totally understand. Painful…and to have the Mother caged in undersized tank for 25 years…
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Yes. All of it.
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when worlds that weren’t meant to, collide. so sad.
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It is…
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Reblogged this on It Is What It Is and commented:
CALEB!! Bringing such a beautiful graphic and sad message … captivity kills! 😰
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Yes, it does
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So sad.
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It is…
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I didn’t want to clime like – it’s too sad.
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I’m with you Darlene.
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That should have been click (not clime), but I’m sure you figured that out.
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Yes! 🙂
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Living in captivity as a whale is equivalent, if not worse than a human living under house arrest for a lifetime. Such a beautiful picture to underline the sadness of the message D:
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Exactly Sarah…
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Beautiful photo, heartbreaking tale. On a related ‘sad aquatic’ note, saw a horrible piece this morning about some ‘sport fishermen?!’ in Florida who tied a rope around a shark’s tail and dragged it behind their boat at high speeds for an extended period. What are we coming to?….
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Sickening…
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It really, really was…
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That first image is amazing.
I loathe that these beautiful creatures are captured and, as far as I’m concerned, tortured, by living in such small spaces. I was so proud of my boys last year when I brought them to Cuba. They refused to go swimming with the dolphins because they don’t believe they should be enclosed….
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Good for your Boys. You must have been so proud…
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I truly was.
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good
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OK fellas, the water looks safe. Everybody in the pool!
-Alan
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I’m touched with sadness … but also relief that they will no longer be breeding orcas and are phasing out having sea mammals in captivity. It isn’t right. Full stop.
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Yes Val. I’m with you.
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No zoos. Period. What’s the point of breeding in captivity when a species natural habitat is gone (the only “legitimate” reason for a zoo)? Just prolonging a painful end.
Today I am sorry to be a human being.
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Yes. I’m with you Sandy.
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The imagery is beautiful but the news is sad and shameful,
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Couldn’t agree more…
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