Geoffrey Ventre, mai shekaru 55, wanda ya fara aiki a SeaWorld a shekarar 1987, ya ce an karrama shi da yin aiki da dabbobin ruwa, amma a tsawon shekaru 8 da ya yi a bakin aikin, ya lura cewa dabbobin sun nuna alamun "matukar bukata".
"Wannan aikin ya fi kama da stuntman ko ɗan wawa mai aiki da dabbobin da aka kama kuma yana amfani da rashin abinci a matsayin dalili. Whales da dolphins suna da damuwa kuma yana haifar da ciwon ciki, don haka sun sami magani. Suna kuma da cututtuka na kullum, don haka sun karbi maganin rigakafi. Wani lokaci sun kasance masu tayar da hankali ko wuyar sarrafawa, don haka ana ba su Valium don rage tashin hankali. Duk Whales sun sami bitamin kunshe a cikin kifinsu. Wasu sun karbi maganin rigakafi a kullum, ciki har da Tilikum, don ciwon hakori na yau da kullum."
Har ila yau, Ventre ya yi zargin cewa wurin shakatawar ya ba wa masu horarwa da rubuce-rubucen nunin ilimantarwa da ke kunshe da bayanan da ba daidai ba game da kifayen kifaye, gami da bayanan lafiyarsu da tsawon rayuwarsu. "Mun kuma gaya wa jama'a cewa rugujewar ƙwanƙwasa cuta ce ta kwayoyin halitta kuma tana faruwa akai-akai a yanayi, amma ba haka lamarin yake ba," in ji shi.
Tsohon kocin SeaWorld John Hargrove, wanda ya yi ritaya daga aiki saboda jin dadin dabbobi, ya kuma yi magana game da aiki a wurin shakatawa. “Na yi aiki tare da wasu whales waɗanda ake ba su magani kowace rana kuma da kaina na kalli whales suna mutuwa saboda cututtuka tun suna ƙanana. Wannan shi ne yanke shawara mafi wahala a rayuwata na nisanta daga whales da nake so domin in fallasa masana'antar. "
A farkon wannan watan, kamfanin balaguro na Virgin Holidays ya sanar da cewa ba zai sake siyar da tikiti ba ko kuma ya haɗa da SeaWorld kan balaguro. Wani mai magana da yawun SeaWorld ya kira matakin "abin takaici," yana mai cewa Virgin Holidays ta shiga matsin lamba daga masu fafutukar kare hakkin dabbobi wadanda ke yaudarar mutane don ci gaba da shirinsu.
Darektan PETA Eliza Allen ya goyi bayan shawarar Virgin Holidays: “A cikin waɗannan wuraren shakatawa, kifayen kifayen da ke zaune a cikin teku, inda suke iyo har mil 140 a rana, ana tilasta musu su yi rayuwarsu gaba ɗaya a cikin tarkacen tankuna da yin iyo a cikin nasu. banza."
Dukanmu za mu iya taimakawa whales da dolphins ta hanyar yin bikin ranarsu ta rashin zuwa akwatin kifaye da kuma ƙarfafa wasu su yi haka.