UGeoffrey Ventre, 55, owaqala ukusebenza e-SeaWorld ngo-1987, uthi “wayehlonishwe” ukusebenza nezilwane zasolwandle, kodwa phakathi neminyaka engu-8 esebenza, waqaphela ukuthi izilwane zazibonisa izimpawu “zesidingo esikhulu”.
“Lo msebenzi ufana ne-stuntman noma usomahlaya osebenza nezilwane ezithunjiwe futhi usebenzisa ukuswela ukudla njengesisusa. Imikhomo namahlengethwa babenengcindezi futhi kwabangela izilonda zesisu, ngakho bathola imithi. Futhi babenezifo ezingelapheki, ngakho bathola ama-antibiotics. Ngezinye izikhathi zazinolaka noma kunzima ukuzilawula, ngakho zazinikezwa i-Valium ukuze zinciphise ulaka. Yonke imikhomo yathola amavithamini apakishwe ezinhlanzini zayo. Abanye bathola ama-antibiotics nsuku zonke, kuhlanganise ne-Tilikum, yezifo ezingelapheki zamazinyo.”
I-Ventre iphinde iveze ukuthi i-theme paki inikeze abaqeqeshi imibhalo yokufundisa equkethe ulwazi olungalungile mayelana nemikhomo ebulalayo, okuhlanganisa ulwazi mayelana nempilo yabo kanye neminyaka yokuphila. “Siphinde satshela umphakathi ukuthi ukuwohloka komgogodla kuyisifo sofuzo futhi kuyinto evamile ukwenzeka ngokwemvelo, kodwa akunjalo,” engeza.
Owayengumqeqeshi weSeaWorld, uJohn Hargrove, owasula emsebenzini ngenxa yenhlalakahle yezilwane, naye ukhulume ngokusebenza kulesi siqiwu. “Ngike ngasebenza neminye imikhomo enikezwa imithi nsuku zonke futhi ngizibonele ngokwami ukuthi imikhomo ibulawa yizifo isencane kakhulu. Kwakuyisinqumo esinzima kunazo zonke empilweni yami ukuhlukana nemikhomo engangiyithanda ukuze ngiveze imboni.”
Ngasekuqaleni kwale nyanga, inkampani yezokuvakasha i-Virgin Holidays imemezele ukuthi ngeke isawadayisa amathikithi noma ifake i-SeaWorld ohambweni. Umkhulumeli we-SeaWorld ubize lesi sinyathelo ngokuthi “siyadumaza,” ethi iVirgin Holidays isinqotshwe yizishoshovu zamalungelo ezilwane “ezidukisa abantu ukuze bathuthukise izinhlelo zabo.”
Isinqumo se-Virgin Holidays sasekelwa umqondisi we-PETA u-Eliza Allen: “Kulezi ziqiwu, imikhomo ebulalayo ehlala olwandle, lapho ibhukuda khona amakhilomitha angaba ngu-140 ngosuku, iphoqeleka ukuba ichithe ukuphila kwayo konke emathangini aminyene futhi ibhukude kowayo. ukumosha.”
Sonke singasiza imikhomo namahlengethwa ngokugubha usuku lwawo ngokungayi e-aquarium kanye nokukhuthaza abanye ukuthi benze okufanayo.