Orca;killer whale, trainer's death, and Free Willy

 

1만 2천 파운드나 나가는 고래가 수많은 관중 앞에서 자신을 돌봐왔던 조련사를 물어 죽이는 사건이 발생했다.

 

Trainers at SeaWorld's Orlando park will continue working with Tilikum, the 12000-pound killer whale that attacked and drowned one of its primary handlers in front of a horrified audience Wednesday.

 

 

"Tilikum is a monster. This is his third killing,"

Rector says.

 

Tilikum, nicknamed "Tilly," is valuable to SeaWorld as a breeder and already has fathered several offspring, says dolphin-trainer-turned-activist Russ Rector of Fort Lauderdale.

 

 "because as a breeder, he's worth millions,"

 

이 고래의 비싼 몸값 때문에 씨월드측은 살인고래 감싸기에 급급한 상황이다. 이대로라면 또 이 같은 참혹극이 발생할 것이다.

 

 

"This has happened before, and it'll happen again as long as SeaWorld keeps an angry, frustrated orca in captivity," said Debbie Leahy, director of captive animals for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

 

SeaWorld has not responded to letters from PETA asking the park to release its dolphins into coastal sanctuaries, she said.

 

* sanctuaries 보호구역

 

"It's a real tragedy. SeaWorld's only concern is profits," she said. "Animal welfare is not their priority."

 

정말 비극적인 일입니다. 씨월드는 그들의 이익에만 초점을 맞추고 있습니다. 동물보호는 그들과는 무관합니다. 저는 하루 빨리 이 고래가 연안 보호구역으로 방출되야 한다고 생각합니다.

 

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