{"id":8711,"date":"2014-03-12T08:41:44","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T12:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=8711"},"modified":"2014-03-12T08:41:44","modified_gmt":"2014-03-12T12:41:44","slug":"6-ways-you-can-help-save-captive-killer-whales-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=8711","title":{"rendered":"6 Ways You Can Help Save Captive Killer Whales Right Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>If you\u2019ve ever wondered what one person can do for caged orcas, this is for you.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.takepart.com\/author\/david-kirby\" rel=\"author\" name=\"&amp;lpos=Author Full Bio Link\">David Kirby<\/a><\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.takepart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_v2\/public\/profiles\/photos\/david_kirby_120x120.jpg?itok=1e1ahihH\" \/><\/div>\n<h5>David Kirby has been a professional journalist for 25 years.<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018What Can I Do?\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ever since my book <em>Death At SeaWorld<\/em> was released, nearly a year ago, I have received countless emails from concerned readers, who were so disturbed by the lives of killer whales in glass and concrete tanks <a href=\"http:\/\/www.takepart.com\/article\/2013\/04\/03\/seaworld-trainer-safety-dawn-brancheau\" target=\"_self\">owned by powerful corporations<\/a>\u00a0that they wanted to do something to help. But <em>how<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>Emily Vargo, a Spanish teacher from Maryland, for example, told me about how her father, a former SeaWorld employee, who is now \u201cvery critical of the treatment of park animals,\u201d read her excerpts from the book. \u201cI cried and asked him to stop\u2014I couldn&#8217;t take it!\u201d she wrote. \u201cI just wanted to write you to see if there is anything one person can do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That same question has been coming up repeatedly after worldwide film-festival screenings of the documentary <a href=\"http:\/\/www.takepart.com\/article\/2013\/01\/21\/live-sundance-exclusive-interview-blackfish-director-gabriela-cowperthwaite\" target=\"_self\"><em>Blackfish<\/em><\/a>. Director Gabriela Cowperthwaite tells TakePart that, during Q and A sessions at screenings, it\u2019s often the first question out of the gate: \u201cWhat can we do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response, TakePart has created this list of actions you can take to accomplish a variety of goals, like improving conditions for whales currently in captivity, retiring all captive orcas to sea pens or the ocean, and ending all captive breeding programs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.takepart.com\/photos\/6-ways-rescue-killer-whales-captive\/what-can-i-do\" target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve ever wondered what one person can do for caged orcas, this is for you.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nBy David Kirby<\/p>\n<p>David Kirby has been a professional journalist for 25 years.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u2018What Can I Do?\u2019<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nEver since my book Death At SeaWorld was released, nearly a year ago, I have received countless emails from concerned readers, who were so disturbed by the lives of killer whales in glass and concrete tanks owned by powerful corporations\u00a0that they wanted to do something to help. But how?<br \/>\nEmily Vargo, a Spanish teacher from Maryland, for example, told me about how her father, a former SeaWorld employee, who is now \u201cvery critical of the treatment of park animals,\u201d read her excerpts from the book. \u201cI cried and asked him to stop\u2014I couldn&#8217;t take it!\u201d she wrote. \u201cI just wanted to write you to see if there is anything one person can do?\u201d<br \/>\nThat same question has been coming up repeatedly after worldwide &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[138,507,60,171,59,90,172,176,85,82,498,154,204,11,32,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alert","category-article","category-conservation","category-divetalking-2","category-dolphin","category-earth","category-education","category-extinction","category-killer-whale","category-ocean","category-orca","category-preservation","category-recognition","category-reefs","category-reference","category-report"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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