Blackfish: how captive killer whale documentary ended SeaWorld's orca breeding programme

First paragraph: After its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2013, the documentary Blackfish reached nearly 21 million viewers within its first month of airing on CNN. The film tells the bleak story of Tilikum, a performing orca at the US marine park SeaWorld. https://theconversation...

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Main Authors: Thomas-Walters, Laura, Veríssimo, Diogo
Other Authors: Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Oxford, orcid:0000-0002-3250-2799
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:English
Published: The Conversation Trust 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1893/33195
http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/retrieve/5ab491d5-028f-4f2d-8306-5e75fc059b70/Thomas-Walters%20_%20Ver%c3%adssimo-Conversation-2021.pdf
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Summary:First paragraph: After its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2013, the documentary Blackfish reached nearly 21 million viewers within its first month of airing on CNN. The film tells the bleak story of Tilikum, a performing orca at the US marine park SeaWorld. https://theconversation.com/blackfish-how-captive-killer-whale-documentary-ended-seaworlds-orca-breeding-programme-161775