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Blackfish: how captive killer whale documentary ended SeaWorld's orca breeding programme

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Thomas-Walters L & Veríssimo D (2021) Blackfish: how captive killer whale documentary ended SeaWorld's orca breeding programme. The Conversation. 21.06.2021.

Abstract
First paragraph: After its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2013, the documentary Blackfish reached nearly 21 million viewers within its first month of airing on CNN. The film tells the bleak story of Tilikum, a performing orca at the US marine park SeaWorld.

Keywords
Documentary; Animals in captivity; SeaWorld; Orca; Cetaceans

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https://theconversation.com/blackfish-how-captive-killer-whale-documentary-ended-seaworlds-orca-breeding-programme-161775

StatusPublished
Publication date21/06/2021
Publication date online21/06/2021
URLhttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/33195
PublisherThe Conversation Trust
Place of publicationLondon

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Mrs Laura Thomas-Walters

Mrs Laura Thomas-Walters

Research Fellow, Biological and Environmental Sciences