I-SeaWorld iwuchungechunge lwepaki yetimu yase-US. Inethiwekhi ihlanganisa amapaki ezilwane ezincelisayo zasolwandle kanye nezindawo zasemanzini. I-SeaWorld ibhizinisi elakhelwe ekuhluphekeni kwezilwane ezihlakaniphile, zomphakathi ezinqatshelwa konke okungokwemvelo nokubalulekile kuzo. Nazi nje izinto eziyi-17 ezimbi neziyaziwa esidlangalaleni ezidalwe yi-SeaWorld.
1. Ngo-1965, umkhomo obulalayo okuthiwa u-Shamu wadlala okokuqala ngqa embukisweni we-killer whale e-SeaWorld. Uthunjwe kunina, okwathi ngesikhathi ethunjwa wadutshulwa nge-harpoon wabulawa phambi kwamehlo akhe. UShamu washona eminyakeni eyisithupha kamuva, nakuba i-SeaWorld yaqhubeka nokusebenzisa leli gama kwamanye ama-killer whale ayephoqeleka ukuba enze umbukiso.
Khumbula ukuthi isilinganiso seminyaka yokufa kwemikhomo ebulalayo e-SeaWorld yiminyaka engu-14, nakuba endaweni yayo yemvelo, isikhathi sokuphila semikhomo ebulalayo sisuka eminyakeni engu-30 kuya kwengu-50. Isikhathi sabo sokuphila esiphezulu silinganiselwa phakathi kweminyaka engama-60 nengama-70 kwabesilisa naphakathi kweminyaka engama-80 nangaphezulu kweminyaka eyi-100 kwabesifazane. Kuze kube manje, sekufe imikhomo engama-50 e-SeaWorld.
2. Ngo-1978, i-SeaWorld yabamba oshaka ababili olwandle yababeka ngemva kocingo. Akuphelanga zinsuku ezintathu bashayisana nodonga, bashona phansi endaweni ebiyelwe. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, i-SeaWorld iye yaqhubeka ibopha futhi ibulala oshaka bezinhlobo ezihlukahlukene.
3. Ngo-1983, amahlengethwa angu-12 athathwa emanzini awo endabuko eChile futhi abukiswa e-SeaWorld. Ingxenye yabo yashona phakathi nezinyanga eziyisithupha.
4. I-SeaWorld yahlukanisa amabhere amabili amhlophe, u-Senju kanye ne-Snowflake, abase bendawonye iminyaka engu-20, okushiya u-Senju engenawo amanye amalungu ohlobo lwakhe ayezoxoxa nawo. Washona ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbili.
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5. Ihlengethwa okuthiwa u-Ringer lazalaniswa nguyise. Wayenezingane eziningana, futhi zonke zashona.
6. Ngo-2011, inkampani yathatha izingane zamaphengwini eziyi-10 kubazali bazo e-Antarctica yazithumela e-SeaWorld eCalifornia “ngezinjongo zocwaningo.”
7. Ngo-2015, i-SeaWorld yathumela amaphengwini angu-20 nge-FedEx esuka e-California eya e-Michigan phakathi namahora angu-13, ewahambisa ngamabhokisi epulasitiki amancane anezimbobo zomoya futhi ebaphoqa ukuthi bame phezu kwezingqimba zeqhwa.
8. U-Keith Nanook wathunjwa emndenini nakubangane bakhe eneminyaka engu-6 ubudala, futhi wasetshenziselwa ukwenza ukuhlolwa kokufaka amadlozi e-SeaWorld. Cishe izikhathi ezingu-42 wakhishwa emanzini ukuze izisebenzi zikwazi ukuqoqa isidoda sakhe. Izingane zakhe eziyisithupha zashona lapho zizalwa noma ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho. UNanook naye ushone ngemuva kokuphuka umhlathi.
9. I-SeaWorld yaqhubeka nokuthenga imikhomo ebulalayo eyayithathwe emindenini yabo. Umzingeli wabo womkhomo obulalayo waqasha abatshuzi ukuba bavule izisu zemikhomo emine ebulalayo, bayigcwalise ngamadwala, futhi bayigxilise emisileni yabo ukuze iyicwilise ekujuleni kolwandle ukuze ukufa kwayo kungatholakali.
10. Wathunjwa enonyaka owodwa ubudala, umkhomo ongumbulali ogama lakhe linguKasatka waboshwa yiSeaWorld iminyaka ecishe ibe ngu-40 waze washona. Izisebenzi zamphoqa ukuthi adlale izikhathi ezifika kweziyisishiyagalombili ngosuku, zamdlulisela ezindaweni ezihlukene izikhathi ezingu-14 phakathi neminyaka eyisishiyagalombili, zamsebenzisa ekuzaleleni abantwana futhi zamuka nezinsana.
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11. Umngane kaKasatka, uKotar, wabulawa ngemva kokuba isango lokubhukuda livaleke ekhanda lakhe, okwabangela ukuqhekeka ugebhezi lwakhe.
12. Esemncane wathunjwa ekhaya nakubo, waphinde wakhuleliswa ngesidoda sikamzala wakhe. Namuhla, uvaleleke kwelinye lamachibi amancanyana e-SeaWorld, ebhukuda emibuthanweni engapheli naphezu kwamakhulu ezinkulungwane zabantu abaye bacela inkampani ukuba imkhulule yena kanye nabafowabo ababulala umkhomo ababenesineke.
13. Ingane yokugcina kaCorky yatholwa ishonile ezansi nechibi. Umndeni wakhe usahlala endle, kodwa i-SeaWorld ayifuni ukumbuyisela kubo.
14. U-Takara, umkhomo obulalayo oneminyaka engu-25 ubudala wase-SeaWorld, uye wafakwa izithombo zokwenziwa ngokuphindaphindiwe, wahlukaniswa nonina nezingane ezimbili, futhi wathunyelwa epaki ngepaki. Indodakazi yakhe uKiara yashona inezinyanga ezi-3 kuphela ubudala.
15. I-SeaWorld yasebenzisa isidoda se-Tilikum yesilisa kaninginingi, ifaka imikhomo ebulalayo ngenkani. Ungubaba ozalayo wemikhomo engaphezu kwengxenye eyazalelwa e-SeaWorld. Izingane zakhe ezingaphezu kwengxenye zashona.
16. UTilikum naye washona ngemva kweminyaka engu-33 yosizi ekuthunjweni.
17. Ukuze kuvinjelwe ukuvuvuka kwamazinyo agugile futhi akhishwe imikhomo ebulalayo, izisebenzi zibhoboza izimbobo phansi ukuze ziwashwe, ngokuvamile ngaphandle kokubulala izinzwa namaphilisi ezinhlungu.
Ngaphezu kwazo zonke lezi zenzo zonya ezenziwa yi-SeaWorld, inkampani isaqhubeka nokuhlukanisa futhi iphuca imikhomo ebulalayo engaphezu kuka-20, amahlengethwa angaphezu kuka-140, nezinye izilwane eziningi.
Ubani olwela i-SeaWorld? Kungase kuphuze kakhulu ngo-Shamu, Kasatka, Chiara, Tilikum, Szenji, Nanuk nabanye, kodwa akukephuzi kakhulu ukuthi i-SeaWorld iqale ukwakha izindawo zasolwandle zezilwane ezisavaleleke ezindaweni zayo ezincane. Amashumi eminyaka okuhlupheka kufanele aphele.
Ungasiza zonke izidalwa eziphilayo eziboshwe e-SeaWorld namuhla ngokusayina i-PETA.