I feel really bad for the poor Ms Brancheau, the trainer at SeaWorld Orlando who fell victim to ‘Tilly’ a big killer whale, attraction of the Florida’s amusement park, yet one has to wonder: how a whale, who already had a “history of violence” can still be considered fit for these kinds of shows?

In fact, how these shows still be so popular?

It is fairly common knowledge that life in captivity, in small basins does harm to those animals used to travel dozens of miles on daily basis. In addition they have a highly developed sense of hearing which must be making them extremely sensitive and (affected by) to noise and chaos in the amusement parks like the one in Orlando.

Stressed out beyond imagination, depressed, is it really so difficult to understand why a big Tillikum, a predator in its natural state, lost it? He is, after all a Killer Whale, for gods sake!  Should we, perhaps, wake up to this?

I have recently watched a movie The Cove exposing a gruesome instance of animal abuse (in this case, dolphins and porpoises). And it has quite disturbed me and opened my eyes to the fate we humans are cooking up of those poor creatures by sheer greed and ignorance…

As little power as I have over that, I say – boycott these shows, don’t include them in your schedule while on holidays. I am glad I did last time I had the chance and I know I will never go to one of these.

///…I sketched this quickly on my way to work – no references, so excuse it does not quite resemble the actual killer whale…///