Julie Scardina, Animal Ambassador for SeaWorld, told a House Subcommittee that the park's animal shows educate and inspire children and should continue.
Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY
Julie Scardina, Animal Ambassador for SeaWorld, told a House Subcommittee that the park's animal shows educate and inspire children and should continue. Congress weighs risks, benefits of killer whale and dolphin showsBy Donna Leinwand, USA TODAYA SeaWorld curator told Congress today that the theme park's killer whale and dolphin shows educate and inspire children and should be continued despite the drowning of one of its trainers by a killer whale Feb. 24."I say the benefits outweigh the risk," SeaWorld curator Julie Scardina testified before the House Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife on Tuesday.
Critics of such captive animal shows said the animal parks spread inaccurate information and seek to entertain, not educate.
The animals are trained "to do stupid tricks for our amusement. We are beyond that. Our kids are beyond that," says Louie Psihoyos, director of The Cove, a documentary on dolphin hunts that won an Academy Award this year. "There's no education at all involved in a dolphin circus show."
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Critics of such captive animal shows said the animal parks spread inaccurate information and seek to entertain, not educate.
The animals are trained "to do stupid tricks for our amusement. We are beyond that. Our kids are beyond that," says Louie Psihoyos, director of The Cove, a documentary on dolphin hunts that won an Academy Award this year. "There's no education at all involved in a dolphin circus show."
To read the rest of this article go tohttp://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-04-27-seaworld_N.htm
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