Geoffrey Ventre, 55, uyo akatanga kushanda paSeaWorld muna 1987, anoti "akakudzwa" kushanda nemhuka dzegungwa, asi mumakore ake 8 ari pabasa, akaona kuti mhuka dzakaratidza zviratidzo zve "kunyanya kudiwa".
“Basa iri rakada kufanana nerombe kana kuti munhu anoita zvemanyepo anoshanda nemhuka dzakatapwa uye kushandisa kushaikwa kwechikafu sechido. Whales nema dolphin zvaive nestress uye zvakakonzera maronda emudumbu, saka vakawana mishonga. Vaivawo nezvirwere zvisingaperi, saka vakapiwa mishonga inorwisa mabhakitiriya. Dzimwe nguva vaiva nehasha kana kuti zvakaoma kudzora, saka vaipiwa Valium kuti vaderedze hasha. Mawhale ese akagamuchira mavhitamini akaiswa muhove dzawo. Vamwe vaigamuchira mishonga inorwisa mabhakitiriya zuva nezuva, kusanganisira Tilikum, nokuda kwezvirwere zvemazino zvisingaperi.”
Ventre anotiwo theme park yakapa varairidzi zvinyorwa zveshow yekudzidzisa zvine ruzivo rwusina kururama pamusoro pemawhale anouraya, kusanganisira ruzivo nezvehutano hwavo uye tarisiro yehupenyu. "Takaudzawo veruzhinji kuti dorsal fin collapse ichirwere chemajini uye chinowanzoitika mumasikirwo, asi handizvo," akawedzera.
Aimbove murairidzi weSeaWorld, John Hargrove, akasiya basa nekuda kwekuchengetedza mhuka, akataurawo nezvekushanda mupaki. “Ndakashanda nemamwe ma<em>whale anogara achipihwa mishonga zuva nezuva uye ndakazvionera pachangu ma<em>whale aya achifa nechirwere achiri mudiki. Yakanga iri sarudzo yakaomesesa muhupenyu hwangu kufamba kubva kune whale dzandaida kuti ndifumure indasitiri iyi. "
Pakutanga mwedzi uno, kambani yekufambisa yeVirgin Holidays yakazivisa kuti haichatengese matikiti kana kusanganisira SeaWorld pakushanya. Mutauriri weSeaWorld akati danho iri "rinoodza moyo," achiti Mhandara Holidays yakundwa nekumanikidzwa nevanorwira kodzero dzemhuka "vari kutsausa vanhu kuti vafambise zvirongwa zvavo."
Sarudzo yeMhandara Holidays yakatsigirwa nemukuru wePETA Eliza Allen: “Mumapaki aya, mawhale anouraya anogara munyanza, umo anoshambira kusvika mamaira 140 pazuva, anomanikidzwa kupedza hupenyu hwawo hwese mumatangi akamanikana uye kushambira ari oga. marara.”
Tese tinokwanisa kubatsira mawhale nema dolphin nekupemberera zuva ravo nekusaenda kuaquarium uye nekukurudzira vamwe kuita zvimwe chetezvo.