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imracin68j LMR God Offline Do the impossible Posts: 6228	Get your picture taken with SHAMU! 02/25/10 at 8:02pm So I guess sending the kids up to get a kiss on the cheek from Shamu just flew out the window. I'm surprised it took this long for a "killer" whale to maul someone. Can you imagine if it would have been a kid? I can't see why these giant animals would be bonkers living in a swimming pool. You get free fish for crying out loud.
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benstrans LMR God Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 1548	Re: Get your picture taken with SHAMU! Reply #1 - 02/25/10 at 8:40pm Like a lot of criminals roaming our streets, the mammal in question already had a record of violence. Don't be surprised that it killed someone. Just too bad it wasn't someone from PETA.
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Blasticus LMR Senior Offline Spiral out. Keep going! Posts: 253 Ideeho	Re: Get your picture taken with SHAMU! Reply #2 - 02/26/10 at 6:20am I honestly think thats the wrong analogy (like a lot of criminals)? It's a wild animal. It has instincts we will never know about. I do fel for the family of the people who have passed from this animal, but I cannot place any blame on the whale.
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imracin68j LMR God Offline Do the impossible Posts: 6228	Re: Get your picture taken with SHAMU! Reply #3 - 02/26/10 at 9:16am I don't think you can rehabilitate a whale and it wouldn't know how to survive in the wild. What do you do with it?
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benstrans LMR God Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 1548	Re: Get your picture taken with SHAMU! Reply #4 - 02/26/10 at 9:18am imracin68j wrote on 02/26/10 at 9:16am: I don't think you can rehabilitate a whale and it wouldn't know how to survive in the wild. What do you do with it? Call all your Eskimo friends and have a BBQ?
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Reply #5 - 02/26/10 at 11:16am

How many people are going to have to get injured or killed before these Zoo's and Aquarium's figure out that these animals can "NOT" be domesticated or made into performing "pets". How about the dude that tried to live and make friends with the Bears, the gal that wanted to live with the Gorillas, the dudes in Vegas with the Tigers, and how many Elephants have we seen go crazy ?? when will they learn ???

I do not think this whale killed out of hunger or malice. There is a good possibility it happened with a "playful" attitude, but humans need to remember that Whales, Bears, and Gorillas have an altogether different way of playing and humans are WAY to frail to hang in that arena.

Then again he might just be pissed about being cooped up in a swimming pool instead of roaming the oceans like he was born to. That might make me want to "bite" someone that was riding me around the pool too.

Bottom line -- these type animals should never be in a captive environment to start with, and if they are, they should be "viewed", not played with. I feel sorry for the people that have been hurt or killed by these animals but come-on ------ riding a killer whale in captivity ??

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CamaroKid LMR Senior Offline Posts: 492 Way out front!	Re: Get your picture taken with SHAMU! Reply #6 - 02/26/10 at 11:53am Fish Prison....... Attica! Attica!
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benstrans LMR God Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 1548	Re: Get your picture taken with SHAMU! Reply #7 - 02/26/10 at 12:03pm It's a KILLER Whale! Do ya 'spose the name is a tipoff? Well, duh!
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18racr LMR God Offline We have a Fraud in the White House. Posts: 2848	Re: Get your picture taken with SHAMU! Reply #8 - 02/26/10 at 2:47pm I'm just sorry I never got a chance to actually touch one,,,Also sorry people like me are the reasons they are in a pool and not free,, NOT the whales fault,, sorry for the family but even more sorry for the whales,,,,they had no choice in being a prisoner in the pool,,
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mudslinger47 LMR God Offline Well crap stuck with the dickweed for four more Posts: 8389	Re: Get your picture taken with SHAMU! Reply #9 - 02/26/10 at 8:38pm [quote author Just too bad it wasn't someone from PETA. [/quote] I for some reason don' see the sympathy in that statement. LOL Duane
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NAILIT LMR God Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 2812	Re: Get your picture taken with SHAMU! Reply #10 - 02/27/10 at 11:55am CamaroKid wrote on 02/26/10 at 11:53am: Fish Prison....... Attica! Attica! lol... he's not a fish you meant Mammal Prision..... haha
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