#freetilly

[tir-nazgul]

I am so deeply sad to hear of Tilikum passing and beyond happy that he has finally been released from his prison. I am angry that his natural right to live and die a happy life in the environment he belongs was taken away from him. Instead he was given over 30 years of physical & emotional pain and suffering. Tilikum is a legend, I am so sorry & embarrassed that I am human and I could not help him. Goodbye big boy. 💕#tilikum #tilikumisfree #freetilly #freetheorcas #fuckseaworld #orca #killerwhale #savethewhales #endcaptivity #endseaworld #sadday #iamangry

[sammyleef]

"HIS NEXT DAY OFF IS THE DAY HE DIES." RIP Tilikum. After 33 years of being held against your will, at least you are finally free now. The madness has to stop: • At least 150 orcas have been taken from their families and forced into captivity from the wild since 1961 and 128 of these are now dead • At least 164 orcas have died in captivity, this does not include 30 miscarriages/still borns • 92% of SeaWorld's orcas did not survive past the age of 25 yet the average life span for orca in the wild is 30 (males) / 50 (females) with many cases of wild orca living up to 80-90 years of age • The annual mortality rate of orcas is 250% higher in captivity than in the wild • Due to shallow pools and insufficient room to move freely, 100% of male orcas experience Dorsal Fin collapse compared to less than 1% in the wild • An orca would need to swim the perimeter of the main pool more than 1,400 times per day to match the equivalent daily distance travelled in the wild - that means their captive tanks equate to roughly 0.0001 % of their natural movement in the wild . #riptilikum #freeatlast #emptythetanks #seaworldofhurt #seaworldsucks #boycotseaworld #fuckseaworld #endcaptivity #blackfish #orca #freetilly

[respectanimalrights]

OMG It's GOOSEBUMPS time. #repost @kingoftheocean Unreal lighting reflection captured on the back of a southern resident orca (whom I cannot identify, can you?) - Image: Chelsea Stanley Circa 2006 #slaveworld #seaworldsucks #seaworld #sharks #shark #sea #wildisbetter #wildandfree #wild #auckland #love #like #photography #photo #thanksbutnotanks #tag #freedom #freetilly #freethem #free #freelolita #captivitykills #emptythetanks #epic #DontBuyATicket #ocean #orcas #orca ANYONE, CAN YOU ID WHO THIS IS PLEASE

[megan-bbq]

In this week's episode of Meg's life... a photo with my bff #Tilikum ! #tbt #thanksmom #freetilly #RIP #iwillalwaysloveyou #foreveryoung (at Teachers College, Columbia University)

[vine3]

Rest easy tilly. I'm so angered and sorry you had to live your life in a fish bowl entertaining disgusting humans. I'm sorry you were never freed

[dzamie]

Wait, it's the person from #freetillie, too? That's cool.

love that we live in a timeline where "gay trans otherkin got access to the list of people nationally barred from US air travel, continues to be a gay trans cat online and make cat puns" is something that can and has happened

cat who hacksd the no fly list literally my hero

[amarchtowatford]

raise your hand if you’re going to fight sea world with me

[madiporter]

Blackfish Documentary Review

Blackfish greatly impacted mainstream culture. When the film first came out in 2013, at Sundance Film Festival, everyone who I talked to had seen the documentary. I grew up in Southern California and went to SeaWorld as a kid, so all of my friends and I were talking about it and the truth behind this amusement park we grew up going to. Although Tilikum was held at the Orlando location, it is still astonishing to learn that this was going on not that long ago when I could have possibly attended the park.

People nowadays truly care about the safety of the planet and animals, so when Blackfish came out there were a lot of people outraged by the story of Tilikum and the breeding going on to produce these show animals. A film that was not associated with the theme park had created outrage within the public.

This documentary definitely created a dialogue about this hidden issue of what kind of breeding was happening at SeaWorld. Absolutely no one knew that this original orca came from such terrible living conditions to being the star of an American amusement park. 

Like they state in the film, there was no record of this type of behavior ever happening in the wild with these orca whales. They were being held in these modules that were only 20ft wide and 30ft deep. An orca whale can grow up to 32ft long. The film was all about exposing this story and the events happening behind closed doors. They still hid the truth after multiple deaths occurred.

Once people saw the film, attendance began to decrease at all of the locations and the stock price began to tumble. Above is a chart from The Washington Post showing how this film affecting SeaWorld. This one documentary influenced the Southern California location to fade out their orca whale shows and caused the chief executive of SeaWorld Entertainment, Jim Atchison, to resign. “In the first nine months of 2014, SeaWorld's revenue fell by more than seven percent, and its attendance dropped by nearly five percent.” (Washington Post) 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/12/12/chart-what-the-documentary-blackfish-has-done-to-seaworld/

The film resulted in a few hashtags that circled my frequented social media platforms. If you search #FreeTilly, #IAmTilikum, #Blackfish or simply #SeaWorld you’ll see multiple posts of people reacting to Tilikum’s story and SeaWorld. It is incredible what one documentary did to expose the hidden secrets behind an amusement park so many people loved.  

[gedankendiemanbessernichtdenkt]

t i l i k u m

Blackfish

[respectanimalrights]

Before I go I'll post this that I added new music from jamendo inspired Blue giraffe because the original didn't go through, I asked permission and I got green light from the KING. /KIM Happy #earthday ! Here's a video I took last summer of some wild transient killer whales in Juneau, Alaska. We where told that seeing them at this time and place was a 'one in 10' kinda experience. Song: Blackfish #sharks #ocean #orcas #photo #photography #image #images #instagram #insta #tag #love #animals #amazing #world #whales #whale #wild #dolphins #dreamoforcas #dolphin #freedom #freethem #freetilly #free #freelolita #captivitykills #captivity #epic #edit from @kingoftheocean

[ineffableephemeral-blog]

he (and any other animal) should not have to suffer for your entertainment or amusement

[firestar627]

Names of over five hundred captive Orcas and other Dolphins, only five hundred of the 2,000 names I collected.. Two thousand animals suffering because of humans.. An orca can swim up to one hundred miles a day in the wild, in the average tank they would have to swim 1,208 laps each day to reach that equivalent. Not only are the tanks small but they’re over crowded with stressed, bored, scared, and depressed animals which only leads to violence and injuries to themselves and the people they work with. These animals are so much smarter than most people can even comprehend, they deserve better, say no to sea world and other marine parks promoting this slavery

[amongthenorthsea]

Winter