SeaWorld vs. SaveTheWhales.org Debate (1992) Behind the scenes of this 1992 debate was the influence of SeaWorld trying to squash the truth about their aquaria. SeaWorld was owned by Anheuser-Busch, makers of Budweiser beer. Budweiser was a major advertiser on this television station. SaveTheWhales.org had been invited by the station to participate in a debate with the SeaWorld veterinarian, Jim McBain DVM regarding the captive orca named Corky. I had worked to save the whales since I was 14, co-founded SaveTheWhales.org with my mother (same name Maris Sidenstecker) and I was a marine biologist. I had studied killer whales (orca whales) in the wild with researchers in the waters off British Columbia, including Corkys family. She had been taken from her family at age three. Corky was born in 1969 and is still living at SeaWorld, San Diego. When I arrived at the television studio, I was led to an annex separated from the main newsroom with a small monitor in front of me. The debate was supposed to work with the SeaWorld veterinarian and I reading the questions on the monitor. Then each of us would have time to respond. The technician who put the microphone on me before the LIVE 5 minute debate said Budweiser does major advertising on this station and they do not want you to talk. Watch out. As soon as the debate began, the questions began scrolling faster and faster on the monitor until there was no way to read them. I started talking over the newscaster and the SeaWorld veterinarian to refute the SeaWorld lies about orca lifespans. Dr. McBain said (in 1992) that Corky was listed in poor health due to her being an older, aging animal. This untruth is easily disputed as she is still alive 20+ years later. This is part of the SeaWorld script, i.e., to downplay orca longevity in order to cover up their early deaths in captivity. Corky had seven pregnancies and the longest a calf lived was 45 days. To learn more about the sad truth of orca captivity, watch the documentary Blackfish. Go to SaveTheWhales.org and help us work against the captivity of orcas and educate people about the real lives of these incredible mammals in the wild. https://youtube/watch?v=gKk0Fu6EnCM
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 19:43:00 +0000
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