News in San Diego!

Director of Blackfish, Gabriela Cowperthwaite.

Finally! Some news to prevent orcas from performing in Sea World. Unfortunately, it is only in the state of California. What I will say is that it is a stepping stone. The California state legislature came up with the idea after watching the documentary, Blackfish. Don't worry, I will eventually talk about Blackfish later on.

Marine mammal scientist, Naomi Rose.

Assemblyman, Richard Bloom, will be joined by the director of Blackfish, Gabriela Cowperthwaite, and Naomi Rose, a marine mammal scientist at the Animal Welfare Institute. They will work together in writing the bill. People will have their disagreements about the bill, but it would only effect their business or themselves.

"The proposed law would end performance-based entertainment for all killer whales in California, captive breeding programs and the export and import of genetic material, and the import and export of orcas within the state.

Also, the proposal would retire all captive killer whales to sea pens if available and would allow retired orcas to be on display, but not perform. The bill would limit the amount of human interaction for trainer safety, according to Bloom's fact sheet."

  We hope the bill will effect the Sea World locations in Orlando, Florida and San Antonio, Texas. There has been talk that ticket sales have slowly gone down since the premier of Blackfish. The ticket sales could be in retaliation to ban the orcas. Let's hope that it works.