Why is that a contradiction?
If they starve to death, tough. That is nature….the strong live and the weak die.
It's a contradiction because in one sentence you are posting Pro-release, and the next, you're posting Con-release. Opposites = contradiction.
Nevertheless, let's move on, shall we?
Your sentiment of "if they starve to death, tough..that is nature" is the most illogical, uneducated statement you've made in this thread. Humans took the 'nature' away from the whales that are held in captivity since birth, or soon thereafter. To take one out of a tank and toss it in the ocean and wish it 'good luck!!' is asinine. Killer whales learn to hunt from their mothers. The urge to hunt is instinctive, but just like with a cougar, bear, or any other predator, the urge is there, but the skills necessary to be successful are learned behaviors..learned from the parent
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Even Keiko, the Free Willy whale, was given over 2 years of intense rehab to teach him how to get by in the wild.
Nah, he is young.....for a killer whale.....
Errr...he's 31 years old...that's OLD for captive whales, who typically live until their mid to late 20's. If he were in the wild, he would live until about 50 to 60, which would still make him middle aged at 31...not young. He's been in captivity since the early 1980's (1983, I believe)--he was captured young but he sure isn't young anymore.
Having no contact with anything he is used to like humans would be detrimental to him since they are practically his only stimulation now....I don't think solitary confinement would be good for this guy....that is actually an act of torture if you think about... that is actually cruel.
I actually agree with that, especially since orcas are such social animals
So far we have a history of one being released and starving to death, do we know why? Did it have worms? Did he swallow plastic? Did he have whale distemper? Did they do an autopsy to find out? What?…
If you're referring to Free Willy/Keiko...pneumonia was the cause of death. He had pneumonia, beached himself, and died. He most definitely didn't starve to death.
Instinct will kick in with the whale and why I say that is, over the years, I have rescued chickens…battery hens whose feet never touched the ground. Now I know the chickens are little harmless creatures…but the point is animals live mainly by instinct….
Wrong again...chickens are not taught to eat by their mothers...they do not have to learn to hunt, nor do they have to learn how to be successful predators...Chicks hop out of the shell, pecking the dirt for food. They don't spend the first year of their lives being nursed, then being introduced to meat, then being taught how to catch prey on their own. That is why you can take a newborn chick, separate it from the hen, and the babies won't starve. Do that to a mammal baby, and you'll be left with a starved to death corpse on your hands. the depth to which you are wrong in your analogy is simply too overwhelming.... Suffice it to say...you are WRONG.
this whale guy, he needs to find a mate…he is now sexually mature and he isn't going to remain a baby forever… Most animals live fine with people until their breeding bio-clock kicks in….then look out anyone in their way…
Oh, for Heaven's sake, woman....do some research! Orca males are sexually mature and ready for mating at 10-13 years old..he's way past being a baby or sexually mature, (he's 31, remember?) and this whole attack has nothing to do with his biological clock 'kicking in'. Good Lord.
