Captive Orca: Behind the Scenes or Behind Bars?

Captive orca have been all over the news the last two years, since the death of SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau by Icelandic captive Tilikum. 

Orca Aware have published a new blog report (author, anon.)  which explores captivity and the educational value of displaying orca in marine entertainment facilities. 

The report includes a literature search for killer whale studies published by marine entertainment giant SeaWorld. The document for the search result listings can be downloaded here: 

Result Listings from Google Scholar SeaWorld Orca Literature Search. 

It also includes quotes from a 2006 email correspondence with the SeaWorld "Ask Shamu Team". The full email can be read here:

Email Correspondence, SeaWorld Ask Shamu Team (2006). 

You can now read "Captive Orca: Behind the Scenes or Behind Bars?"

Captive Icelandic orca Tilikum at SeaWorld, Florida (2004)