Orca Morgan's life in captivity
In June 2010, a young orca is found swimming alone, lost along the Dutch coast. A former Dutch State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Agriculture decides to export Morgan to Loro Parque, an animal park on the Canary Islands of Spain, with daily orca shows as one of its most popular attractions.
Statement of Loro Parque:
The Dutch State Council ‘Raad van State’ stated in 2019 that the transfer of Morgan was completely legal and that they did not object to either her breeding or participation in educational presentations that were already in place at Loro Parque. Also the Spanish Cites rejected all the claims of the Free Morgan Foundation.
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People say Keiko's story was a failure. I disagree. He was released into the wild, survived on his own, did not starve to death. He didn't join a pod and he did seek out human contact but he was free to do as he wished, to feel the ocean, the tides and current. He did not bake to death in a swimming pool. He died free animal, traveling thousands of miles. That's a success.
He died in the wild.
@@JoyfulNerd400 mhm
@@JoyfulNerd400 so would you state that keeping an animal in horrific conditions alive is better just so it doesn't die? Seriously!? No one is saying "just put them back in the ocean and let them alone completely", obviously this wouldn't work. There needs to be a strategy on how to do this. But literally anything is better than keeping them in a concrete tank for all their life.
Keiko died from illness contracted from the marine park he came from
Keeping in mind how a successful release should be done and the results of it... Yeah, Keiko case is a complete failure.
That "vet" is absolutely insane. The fact that she is defending these facilities speaks volumes and shows she doesn't really care for these poor animals
@Knob Jockey ?
I think any of us reading this is not enough educated on this to make an accurate evaluation.
@@knobjockey76 I am assuming from you're comment that your response was to the original comment. Since you have not tagged any specific account. what other perspective is there that a vet should have other than being horrified at the conditions these animals are kept in?
Exactly some people do more harm than good, like when the commentator says she’s the only scientist that have swam with them in the wild, like what tf does that have to do with anything.? Maybe she’s a idiot for doing that.?
Lying brick, ceo of Seaworld doesn’t know what they paid, you can tell that guy would steal from his own mother if needed.
The reason they didn’t want to release Morgan is that it would show release of orcas is feasible and they’d have no excuse for keeping these animals in captivity anymore.
Wow you’re right didn’t think of that
I think the same goes for SeaWorld which is why they won’t release their orcas either
👏 well said! The first thing they did was calling Sea World....I knew enough when he told that....
think the whole story is bs to begin with a calf would not be seperate from her mom or pod to begin with.
@@whatthe3504there was literally footage, get a life
She was lost and starving. Humans found her, “rescued” and sent her to prison! Very kind isn’t it?!
You tell me. Nothing but lies in those parks!
Why couldn't they give her fish without capturing her? And couldn't they at least have made an attempt to locate her pod? It seems that they didn't even try. If I was given the choice of being imprisoned in a tiny room, having to do tricks for my food and being used as a baby-making-machine or alternatively being left in the wild to possibly die, I'd choose to take my chances in order to remain free.
They also could have tried to get all the Equipment for medicine check to her. Would be easier than capturing her and taking her to the other parc. In that time they could have find out where her pond is
I think the intentions were good. They just went horribly wrong
Yes, they just wanted to cover the word captive 😔
funny how the're saying she would never be accepted by another pod bc of language argumentations (orcas are very emotionally intelligent animals, it COULD be possible), but continue to put her in a crew in loro parque where no one speaks her language.... okay sir
that was exactly what i thought, how stupid .. people are cruel
@@Linali92 Why do we still feel disgusted by the HOLOCAUST? THIS US JUST AS BAD ,EVEN MORE SO BCOS THESE MSRINE ANIMALS ARE INNOCENT OF ALL CRIMRS AND TOTALLY DEFENCELESS. WHAT THESE VIDEOS SHOW IS ONLY THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG,GOD ALONE KNOWS HOW MUCH IS NOT DOCUMENTED !!!
I feel bad for all the orcas there. It was probably very stressful for the pod there to suddenly have a stranger especially since they had a baby. And Morgan couldn't leave them alone because she was stuck there.
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In Loro Parque she could be integrated in a controlled manner. They could take it slow in little steps and always intervene. That was a months-long process. If she had been released, Morgan would have simply been left to her fate.
I applaud Zembla for 1) bringing this under the attention of the general public in the Netherlands once again, and 2) translating this documentary to English so more people can find out what is going on and stand up against these kinds of practices
I couldn't agree with you more.
Thats right! Zembla doing very good things.
Strange how they had no trouble getting the film of morgan giving birth but not of morgan getting pregnant.
Strange how they halted the breeding program but then allowed Morgan to breed. Seems intentional, nah… Maybe.
Premeditated I think is the word 🤔DONT BUY A TICKET ! Please🙏🏻🏴
@@CFCMahometrtificial insemination...they did not breed her with another orca..there are youtube videos of male orcas being ejaculated by human men and catch their semen in tubes and then it's used to put inside the female orcas hence "artificial insemination " 8:12
That’s bullshit how they acted so surprised that Morgan got pregnant! And they were so happy her calf was a girl, so she could be also he bread in the future!
They hide what they don't want us to see
Almost all orcas at Loro Parque (except for Morgan and Keto) are related to Tilikum. Kohana and Skyla are his daughters, Tekoa is his son and Adan is his grandson. Tekoa is also the grandson of Gudrun (one of the orcas mentioned in the video). Keto (the orca who killed Alexis Martinez) is the son of Kalina (SeaWorld's first Baby Shamu) and the grandson of Katina (the matriarch of SeaWorld Orlando).
keto is the son of tilikum
@@forsureproductions248 No, he's the son of Kalina and Kotar.
I wonder how many more orca and trainers will die before ignorant humans stop paying to see this kind of torture
thank you for that info. ive just been trying to find a lineage for the loro parque orcas. ("oh, that poor thing is deaf. and some of them are having children!")
Is Taliko the one that has killed a trainer?
I honestly hate that smug guy from Loro Parque. It's disgusting what they're doing to these intelligent beings.
I was literally thinking the same, his voice & everything he says makes me cringe
And that so called veterinarian woman too, was she perpetually drugged and puppetized by people running the Loro Prison?
I got so mad that I had to take a break from watching, its cruel
@@Jjjjulie fr
@@Ibindyounancy fr
Very good documentary!! Very informative....I firmly believe that if a stranded or "lost" orca or dolphin dies in it's natural habitat It is so much better than "torturing" them until they die in captivity. My heart breaks for them!!
100% agree…while it’s tempting to “help” these mammals and our innate nature to prevent what we perceive as suffering…in the wild it’s all part of the great circle of life.
imagine rescuing a child off the streets, sperating her from her parents, and putting her in a maximum security prison on the other side of the world, for her protection^^
@SoftSemtex On top of that, you force her to do shows without pay, put random men she doesn't know without d*cking distance, and generally just using her for her fertility. Genuinely disgusting.
What about the torture of locking humans up in a 5 x 10 ft cell 23 hrs a day with 2 small meals and hot sink water? Half of them only there bc they couldn't afford a descent lawyer. I'd rather be the whale at sea world by far
@@brittanybradford9239 these people commit crimes, the orcas did nothing. even Dr Ingrid made this statement in another documentary she was featured in
Love how the Sea World guy just brushes off Gudrun's death. This doc omits that Gudrun's first calf, Taima, did survive, but the guy doesn't mention that Gudrun probably suffered the complications that killed her because they kept using her in photo ops on the slide-out, even when pregnant, meaning that she was not only experiencing pressure on her body from being on a solid surface, but doing so while pregnant, which put pressure on her babies too. Her second calf had developmental disabilities and struggled to swim normally. Since Nyar was basically useless to them, SeaWorld hurriedly inseminated Gudrun again to try and get a healthy calf. But they continued to do the slide-out photos, and Gudrun's third calf died in utero, but got stuck and Gudrun couldn't deliver the calf. So SeaWorld decided to just stick a winch in her uterus and yank the baby out. The calf was released, but their callousness led to Gudrun being injured and she died a couple days later from internal bleeding. Her second calf, little Nyar, died about a month later.
god that’s horrifying
thats what they're best at, lying and brushing things under the rug edit: and torturing their poor animals :(
This comment made me burst into tears 😢😢😢😢😢😢 why would they do that to her. Ughhhh I’m sick
OMG... Sickening humans
You're right, they'd never have pressure like that otherwise. Fing sick
What is sick, is they lied and try to say she is deaf, but not long after going to that cursed park they give way she responds to voice and whistle commands just fine. She was never deaf. On top of that, Orca's in the wild mature sexually much the same rate we humans do and at the youngest may start breeding between 16-20 years of age. But they tried to breed Morgan when she was just 6. They also admit the 'alpha' is 9 years old? The GRANDMOTHER of the pods are who normally lead the groups, and the thing's they know are taught and passed down. Not some child born in a cage who has no idea how to even be an orca. This group on a 'breeding loan' is just a group of kids with a bunch of people thinking they know best.
There was an interview with some of the staffs (including Dr. Javier A) a while back stating Morgan adopted the sounds of those other orcas and the people at the park planing to do a little research to see how she begins to learn more and more of those other orca tones over time, this was though 5months after her move. It is also stated they had to make sure Morgan and Ula can 'hear' each other during the separation of hand feeding the calf. Also, the research report of Morgan been "deaf" was never stated, just only she 'may' have some hearing deficiency and further research is needed but the park never allowed, or if they did the papers were never made public.
They are IGNORANT DISGUSTING excuses for human beings.
AquaIslander Well unfortunately it doesn’t matter if Ula and Morgan could hear each other! Ula like so many other orcas calves in captivity died. And yes they do state flat out that they believe Morgan is deaf. Also orcas in the wild that are from different pods who obviously speak their own dialect are able to communicate with other orcas from other pods! Scientists don’t know how of course but they are all able to communicate with each other when needed. So not so shocking that young Morgan would be able to learn or even mimic the dialects of the pod she’s stuck with.
The biggest joke was they claimed Morgan has auditory issues & then went on how they want to "study how baby orcas develop language & learn sounds from their mothers" on Ula... Yeah, brilliant idea to study how baby orcas hear & learn to speak if the mother is (partially) deaf. So they either lied all the time about Morgan's hearing issues or they chose the worst research object possible with Ula.
@@aquaislander94 👍👍👍
The way the sea world guy says "And we helped move 'it'" at 16:50 tells me all i need to know about how he feels about the animals in his care.
Exactly, Read Death At SeaWorld. A trainer wrote it. That was eye opening. I have been following Morgan since she was caught. She was originally going back into the ocean, they did lie and said she was deaf. Morgan and Lolita it's so sad. Lolita is SeaWorld's. She is in her 50s and alone. SW was fined more than once for her pool being to small. Promised to fix it, instead they built a roller-coaster at the park in Florida. SMH
I noticed this as well and it bothered me... so much
I thought exactly the same.
I went to Loro Parque when I was on holiday, I remember being so naive thinking the pools were so big (because to a child they are) I absolutely loved it I came away with a dream of being a trainer, I thought it was so magical the relationships between trainers and orcas. I’m now older and understand orcas so much more and I have felt so guilty for having these thoughts of wanting to participate in these animals suffering even though I was only young, I’d literally much rather get on a boat and see them in the wild than see them perform to be fed scraps! Places like these really do sell you a dream and act like everything is dandy.
Even knowing all I do about cetacean intelligence and the absolute torture captivity is for them, I teared up watching the clips of the show with the emotional music. They do a damn good job selling that lie. Even trainers believe it.
Hayley What did you become instead?
If you think about it, if you hadn't had a dream about becoming a trainer, you may not have found out the truth about what they experience. Maybe your real life mission was to express your initial dream, but then finding out the truth. Your particular perspective may open the eyes of people who think these prisons, opps, i mean Sealand parks, are just what they are, cruel prisons. Please don't feel bad about your initial dream. You can be a gift, a spokes person for these amazing beings. ❤
@@alysgrant6732 There are enough anti-caps. I just hope they do not start breeding.
@@IonIsFalling7217Did you ask the whales how they felt?
I can not believe the director from loro parque saying how the beaching, raking, and self harm where all normal,,,and even fun playful things. So so sad
Yes put Morgan in a sea sanctuary so she can be reintroduced into the wild and be reunited with her family. “Orcas “deserve” to live “free” not to live in captivity for the rest of their lives.” Thank you! Sincerely; Gianluca Zeppilli.
It's a great idea. But where can get mother pod be? Can they find them? Would they take her back? But living in the sanctuary would be the way to go. Also they should take the other orcas as well, they are as close to a family pod as can be.
She is deaf
SHE CANNOT BE RELEASED!!!
Heartbreaking 😞 I can't believe it is still allowed; these beautiful animals in captivity. Let's close all these waterparcs!!!
The biggest problem are not the people who keeps this animals in captivity, it is the people which visit these parks, but yes I agree these parks should be closed better sooner than later.
She’s deaf
@@ulisesmarvelsthere are other orcas in captivity
@@dieschildkrotenr.1251 yeah but the vids of Morgan and they are commentating on a vid about her soooo.
Why water parks? Lmao
So, let me get this straight... she would never be accepted into a pod in the wild but she will be accepted into this pod we have in captivity. Wow, the hubris of man astounds me.
In the wild a deaf orca cannot feed herself nor help in hunting to her pod, it's a burden. That's why the calf got lost in the first place. A deaf orca is a dead orca. It's unrelated to the social life in the pod. If you release Morgan, she's dead.
Right.
These orca are intelligent, social, and they have all the same emotions and feelings as humans. This is heartbreaking.
The part of the brain which is responsible for emotions is even bigger in orcas than in human brains!!! Their emotional intelligence is better than ours
I am disgusted. Being Dutch and knowing that I’ve always wanted to go to the Dolfinarium in Harderwijk as child, I feel so conflicted and betrayed. Children are sold a fantasy by money-chasing individuals, which is in its turn covered up by legislative bodies in the government. Truly, I wish that the people working for the cretacean-exploiting corporations finally wake up and start asking themselves what exactly it is that the dolphins and orcas need in order to live a happy life, instead of what it is we need them to do in order to provide us with entertainment.
I feel the same way. As a child I though it was an awesome place, now it makes me sick. I don't think we can give these animals a place in captivity where they can thrive. Most animals live a must longer life in captivity, then the would in the wild. Orcas don't even life half as long. That should be proof enough for anyone. Problem is that all the so called expert are a sea world people, who push there own story line. And everyone else is painted to be nutjobs.
I can't say for other parks and aquariums, but SeaWorld just lost a lawsuit (to the tune of $63 million) brought against them by investors outraged at the pile of BS the company told them in order to secure funds. They've also announced an end to their breeding program. Not to mention that OSHA put the kibosh on allowing trainers to get in the water with the animals (their #1 money maker) after the whole Dawn Brancheau tragedy. Yeah, it's certainly not ideal, since the animals they've had since before the release of "Blackfish" are being allowed to live out the rest of their lives in the parks. And it's pretty clear it's out of an attempt to save face, not genuine concern for the well-being of the animals. Profits and attendance at the US parks dropped by 84% in less than a year. But I think it's pretty much the best compromise we're gonna get. And the result is the same regardless of why the board of directors made the decision: SeaWorld will no longer be keeping cetaceans once the current captive animals have all passed away.
@@KirstenMarie_MS3 this is a very u.s.a. centric way off looking at the captive orca and dolfin problem. World wide the numbers are only going up, Russia and China are big contributors. Animals are still stollen from the wild. And sea world have a big hand in it. This might not be able to do it in the u.s.a., but they have no problem doing is somewhere else.
@@someonedifferent198 You're the one that stated "all the so called experts" are from SeaWorld. I also brought it up because SeaWorld was the world's largest supplier of semen for artificial insemination. But just mentioning one aspect of the issue doesn't mean ignoring the rest. There's no way to do subject justice within the limited scope of a YT comment. I know about the other parks, but can't find how the actual company SeaWorld contributes to Asian and Russian parks. And the relationship between Asian countries and whale/dolphin hunting/capture is a completely different, enormous can of worms. There are a few also called "Sea World" but they have nothing to do with trademarked SeaWorld in the US. If you have sources, please share.
I think many of us from a certain era were told by all sources that these types of parks were the good guys, the rescuers, and the scientists. It was a very convincing presentation and most people didn't start to question it until relatively recently. I am heartened by how many people respond with compassion though once they have the full story.
I love how proud of himself Jeff Foster is for capturing all these beautiful creatures and ripping them away from families, from their mommies. He’s despicable and deserves a jail sentence.
It made me sick to my stomach hearing him talk about this incredibly violent, brutal kidnapping as "exciting" and "fun". Often, other members of the pod actually die trying to save the victims.
I hope this will be watched as much as Blackfish! Thank you for this heartbreaking and frustrating but necessary „must-see“ documentary!
Blackfish is full of lies
@@ulisesmarvels this documentary as well. From company side: Let me give you the example that Morgans pregnancy was an accident and was unwanted. Said from the same people that see Morgan being pregnant again in the future 🤡
Ich hab es gesehen+nur geweint,ü 30j.in Gefangenschaft in einem Planschbecken,das ist furchtbar,die,Orcas tun mir voll leid Es geht nur um Money.Auf Kosten der Tiere.Schlimm
@@ulisesmarvels which statements in Blackfish are lies?
@@JennAmazed haven’t watched it in a while but Floppy dorsals are caused by stress, they’re living in a tank equivalent to a bathtub, that Sam swam with a killer whale, and that they starve em to name the ones I can remember
I wanted to scream in that lady’s face when she said they have the best medical care and they don’t have to fight for survival. They wouldn’t have the medical problems in the wild. And, they are APEX predators, they don’t need anyone to help them fight for survival, they have no enemy except for us, and God bless them, they still don’t see us that way. It’s just sad.
Boats, fishermen, the Navy, pollution.
@@tessdurberville711 yeah all caused by humans
They have medical problems in the wild. Dont be naive. In captivity they do have the best care and are shielded from problems they face in the wild or the problems of survival that many pods face or have food. Being an apex predator doesnt mean you dont need to help from deadly sickness. Also thanks to a lot of research done in this animals (70% of what we know comes from captive orcas they dont say this) has help the species as a whole in the wild.
This and they REALLY should see us this way.
I can't believe that in 2021 people still go and buy a ticket for this kind of abuse and then laugh and clap for it....
They Probably don't know
@@tzapp2372 They know, they just put their entertainment over animal wellbeing.
@@tzapp2372 or they know and they just don’t care. But that’s a stretch
45:06 "You are avoiding a very important part of their social life" they say as they continue to keep the orcas (and other animals who clearly belong in the sea) in captivity. Damn nice, way to go
Pensé lo mismo
43:48 are you kidding me? Seaworld Decide that the trainers don’t get into the water anymore with the orcas??? NO. It was a action that OSHA made and a court agreed to it that the trainers shouldn’t go into the water anymore. But what did Seaworld do? They don’t accepted at first and where going in appeal and loose it luckily. After this process Seaworld had to accept it and now the trainers don’t go into the water anymore. But it makes me angry that this film says that it was Seaworlds Decision, bc Seaworld where not accepting it until they lost the fight and had no other choice.
actually, only SeaWorld Orlando was told not to swim with them. The other parks chose not to.
@@emberwemberworm All of them stopped swimming with killer whales in the show-pool.
@@rassel7691 yeah but San d and San a could if they wanted to
I agree. They got that wrong.
Orkid&Winter Are you for real? Lol! So you think that OSHA took SeaWorld Corp. to court and successfully banned ONLY SeaWorld Orlando from the trainers getting in the pool with them? The other parks also owned by SeaWorld Corp. like San A. & San D for example didn’t have to abide by the court ordered issued against SeaWorld Corp.?? Lol!! You know that sounds as ludicrous as it looks in type! There were so many incidents at all of the SeaWorld parks regarding trainers & the Orcas! Ken Peters & his incident with Kasatka was in San A. And was actually played in court as an example of the danger! But that park would be exempt from the court order!! OMG! I can’t even….
Isn't it weird we train other orphan animals to prepare them for the wild but the people on this documentary don't think that Morgan could ever be released because she wouldn't survive in the wild? Why didn't anybody rehabilitate her to go bach into the wild? This is so freaking crazy.
What’s so incredibly annoying to me is our planet is 70% water! And we’ve managed to have sanctuaries for an abundance of different land animals but for one reason or another we can’t have a Seaside Sanctuary or Sea Pen for the marine mammals?? 🤔 #DONTBUYATICKET
Because of all the money the Parks are making out of the morons who pay to see the shows? And all the Government grants they receive? and sponsorship? In Florida they only rehabilitate and release manatees, Orcas and Dolphins are money making machines 🐾
And why did they breed her so young? She's six, orcas don't usually breed until their late teens. It's like they were doing everything they could to ensure she couldn't be released.
I was thinking the same thing.
The answer is 1) because she was so sick when she was found that she required months of care to bring her back to full health and in that time she became habituated to humans and 2) she was discovered in an area where orca are not found, and she is from a population that isn't really studied, so we don't know who her pod is in the wild, so she couldn't be reunited with them. 3) release is impossible now that we know about her deafness. She wouldn't survive. A sea sanctuary is the best she can hope for.
Back in the late 80's I visited an amusement park in Ohio. There was a pool, not very big, with one dolphin in it swimming in circles. I was able to stand right at the edge and watch this animal going around and around. The look in its eyes has haunted me ever since...a mixture of anxiety, anger and frustration...and I never want to see that again. These animals do not belong in captivity.
It's so sad,I don't know why people still visit these places,every ticket sold go towards keeping these beautiful animals in captivity,I'm horrified seeing what China is doing,Them holding pens made me so angry and sad for them,all breeding needs to stop & it should be illegal to catch them in the wild for so called education,Whe have learnt what we need to know & that is these animals shouldn't be in captivity,
SO incredibly heartbreaking to see these beautiful beings captured and then exploited. To see them so very unhappy, depressed is just beyond crushing to the soul
These bloody aquariums and shows need to be shut down....the whales and dolphins belong in the open ocean not caged in a small pool....I hate these organisations that use these beautiful animals for profit
We have figured out how to release damn near every other kind of animal, but they want us to believe that it's not possible for orchas. The basics are the same: 1) Address medical issues. 2) Minimal contact with humans. 3) Promote natural skills and behavior. 4) Locate the most suitable environment for release. 5) Release or find a suitable sanctuary if an extreme situation dictates it (ie. disability or no suitable environment exists in the wild). Sanctuary is a last resort in rehabilitation models.
They could have recorded her voice, the sounds she makes then when they see pods of orcas they could play it and see how they respond. The pod will show interest if they recognise the sound. Where is their logic.
They could have done a lot more than that! They didn’t try, because they really just wanted to get rid of her. It’s heartbreaking
"They receive care and treatment that other animals can only dream of. We rinse their teeth everyday to remove bits of food." Yeah, because their teeth all have giant holes in em from years of chewing on concrete! These people are unbelievable.
Makes me absolutely sick to my stomach seeing what's happening to these orcas. The excuses these people make to condone their abuse of these animals. When does humanity say enough is enough and band together to create a save and sustainable sanctuary to allow them to live out the remainder of their life in peace. The audacity of the people who work in these places to be so ignorant to the truth and to tow the company lines like their facts just shameful. They themselves should know this is wrong and be taking action against it all. It's just so painful.
Jerisa Fish .The sancyuaries are no use.the Governments do not want to spenf their finances on releasing the orcas to the seas where they were found.They would rather spend their resources on fat politicians.!
This poor beautiful creature.... thought she was getting help and instead gets captivated.... in the most TOXIC environment. Absolutely heartbreaking.
you’ll be in my heart started playing while morgan was swimming and all i could do was cry. how cruel her life was, with what started out as a rescue turned into hell.
Me too 😢 I lost it
How do these people sleep at night? Honestly!!! It screams “abuse” Literally heartbreaking 💔 😢
You can actually locate orca pods based on dialects. You simply take a recording of the pitches she uses and match those to pods that would be local to the area they found her in. Other key features like markings and fluke/dorsal patterns and shapes can be a key characteristic in identifying different orcas. Orcas dont abandon their young, if they found the mother shed most certainly welcome her baby.
EXACTLY
they just didnt try,
yes, his was literally my first thought when they said she made noises when they captured her! like it’s COMMON SENSE, they just didn’t try at ALL. it makes me cry because they literally ruined her life when it was absolutely possible to reunite her with her pod :(((
That's a multimillion dollar quest. The people making those decisions were politicians, and they were missled or maybe even manipulated by those so-called experts. Ultimately, they decided to take the easy way out. After Morgan was moved to Spain, to the Dutch public she was out of sight, out of mind
Morgan’s family was identified as a Norwegian pod based on sounds and shape of the dorsal fin.
I find it odd, they can keep Morgan in a enclosed structure with another pod ,(like Sea World) but they say if they return her to the ocean it would be hard for another pod to accept her. Morgan needs to go back home!
Even if the chances are slim, even if the animal could die if released, that's something that happens in wild. The alternative, captivity for life, should have never been an option. Many humans say "I rather die standing, than being alive on my knees" What makes you believe this doesn't account for orcas or any animals!? Why do people think humans are the exception to such emotions....?
I believe their instincts would kick in. Survival is an instinct, and a strong one. It would be a total shock to them at first, and I believe they would still need human contact, just because they wouldn't have their families, but anything is better than swimming in circles, in chlorinated water, no bigger than a bathtub. We can't right our wrong, but these animals deserve to live the way they were meant to.
@Knob Jockey thats a very specific situation you describe here - and i dont see the option to stay in captivity or be free. you telling me children that are with their parents arnt free? ...dude thats bs. your prison was prolly the street they throw u onto.
SeaWorld and Loro Parque are so shady and filthy with their lies and everything they do to the animals, it makes me nauseous. It also really goes over my head why people find sea mammal shows entertaining - it's stupid, not impressive at all. In my opinion, humiliating is the right word to use. I really hope Morgan, Lolita, and every other dolphin in captivity will be given the chance to spend the rest of their lives in sanctuaries if it's not possible to release them completely into the wild.
The new owner at Miami Seaquarium is disgusting! Someone messaged him on social media about relocating Li’i with his other dolphin family from MSQ. He joked that Li’i will be at Seaworld another 52 years!
Jeff foster seems still far too enthusiastic about catching orcas
Yeah it’s kind of creepy
That fucking whale catcher smiling while explaining that Gudrun was named after the ship that was used to catch her is cold blooded
And they said in the OSHA vs SeaWorld Trial that there was NO LINK between SeaWorld and Loro parque . this is so disgusting. RIP to the trainer Alexis who was killed by one of the Orcas at Loro Parque. How on earth is catching orcas FUN?! What is wrong with that guy ! How can this ever have been viewed as okay and fun ! These poor orcas, dolphins and belugas and so many more giant beauties ... Stuck in a bathtub I wish I had the power to free each animal, with power to survive
Well said. Baltimore Aquarium sent their dolphin's to a sea sanctuary to retire. At least they did that. Morgan should have been released. Seeing these amazing whale's like this is so wrong. . Morgan and Lolita both break my heart. SeaWorld owns Lolita to. Watch her story on KZhead. Recently allegedly SW got in trouble for breeding Beluga's. They don't do well in captivity either.
I always hate how these people working at Seaworld or Loro Park talk about trainers who passed away. Like the trainer Alexis at Loro Park. It was an "accident", tell that his family. I saw how his girlfriend and mother talked about that day and they told a different story. According to them, the autopsy made it clear that the orca violently bit the man. Please stop playing down what happens to humans! And just saying a dog would be put down but because those parks need orcas for money, they live. P.s not saying I want the orcas to be put down but the logic doesn´t make sense to me. Well, the green gold regulates everything...
But they don’t want to be on put in a bathtub compared to there real home the ocean and some being mistreated and abused , they are killer whales they have killer in there name that means people shouldn’t be close enough to be killed which means maybe they shouldn’t be doing research and showing them off for money in the first place. The should be kept somewhere with actually sea water and fish so they know how to fish and when catching orcas maybe not seperate them and get three or four and put a tracking device on most there group so they can be placed back with them. But no because they don’t care and don’t want to release them
U act like having a dolphin and a dog are the same thing when they are completely different.
I am speechless after watching. And saddened mostly. I wish Morgan will gain back her life in the wild. Singapore, a hot tropical country, has a zoo with a Polar Bear. Visited once. 10 mins I stood there, I saw the bear, swam round, went up, jumped back to the a small man-made pool, swam roond, went up, and jumped. Repeatedly, I walked away in tears… I will never wanna go back no more! “How many road must a man walk down, before we call him a man…” Will human ever realise?
Orcas probably have their stomachs twist in torsion because of having such a small area to swim. Swimming in circles for years, unable to dive and move, digest like normal whales would.
So experts say she cant be accepted by a new ocra pod so we send her to this sea world tank to be with a new ocra pod. Huh?!
Just remember when you visit these parks Sea World and etc you are supporting orcas being in captivity
GOD SAVE THESE INTELLIGENT ORCAS FROM THE RASCAL HUMANS.
With all the expense of moving why not just move it to a sanctuary...And let it live a life without the need to perform for idiots used as a slave...
Because sanctuaries do not exist?
@@DaniSpiceBoy There are sea pens or they can be arranged to be built with some animal protection organisation, as has been done before
@@katherine7938 There’s no “sanctuaries” for orca anywhere in the world. It was only ever tried with Keiko and regardless of the outcome, it cost millions of dollars.
Because they want to breed her. She's worth millions to the entertainment industry.
when we would go on vacation, my mom would neverrrrr let us swim with the dolfins. She would say it was unnatural for them. I will always be grateful for that because now that I'm 20,k I understand the cruelness completly.
morgan was found to be deaf..... does anyone even realize the reason she could have lost her pod was because of this? the whole reason in the first place with loud boats or simply traveling a little too far and not being able to hear the calls of her pod she got lost... and now because of horrible money laundering people shes forced to live in a small room preforming, and punished for a disability they didnt even realize she had. just absolutely abhorrable.
why cant people see how wrong this is???? FREE THESE POOR BABIES TO SANCTUARIES😭🙏🏽💙
Last I knew, most Western parks have put an indefinite moratorium on breeding and keeping these animals in captivity in the wake of "Blackfish" exposing how awful these programs are. The compromise being that parks are able to keep those who were bred and born in captivity until they pass away. They've already lost their biggest money maker- live shows. In the US, OSHA put an industry wide ban on trainers getting in the water with the animals after the death of lead trainer Dawn Brancheau. (Last name may be spelled wrong. I'm too lazy to check, atm.) It's certainly not ideal, but better than nothing. If you haven't seen it, Blackfish used to be on Netflix, but is also available on other VOD services. Just be warned, there's some pretty graphic content. Another great resource is the book, "Beneath the Surface: Killer Whales, SeaWorld, and the Truth Beyond Blackfish" by former Sea World Orca Trainer John Hargrove.
These majestic, brilliant creatures should only ever be seen from a safe distance in the wild. It’s absolutely cruel to unnaturally impregnate a beautiful orca to live their lives in the equivalent of a barren bathtub. I do not trust Sea World in any way shape or form. Or these other associated parks. They care about one thing…The Bottom Line. It’s a horror. Don’t give your money to them under any circumstances. They were not put on this earth to entertain us. We can love and appreciate them without destroying them.😊
Indrukwekkende, prachtig in elkaar gezette docu. Wat in en in triest dat deze dieren zo uitgemolken worden. Ik wordt daar zo verdrietig van.
Morgan's calf, Ula, died on August 10, 2021.
yes. Just like it said in this video...
@@Oct8pus I'm so sorry, I must have missed that part.
I never had to pause a video so many times to scream in rage. These orca desire so much more respect than the traglodites that approve ocra captivity. I pray that orcas are free... and that those that captured them suffer a fate they put orca into.
It's amazing that the tank at lore parke was considered to be "large" I've been in bigger swimming pools
Tokitae’s tank at Miami Seaquarium was even smaller, the smallest orca tank in the world!
Funny how very well they were able to locate Springer's Pod in Canada and successfully released her back to the wild but not Morgan's? #shady
yeah in the north americas they have whole groups of institutes and whale watchers always keeping track of all the pods. having an orca in the north sea is so rare there is noone watching the pods. Its pure accident some fishers found morgan in the beginning. This is one of the only things that is probably true. From there one its just money... and bad jurisdiction on the netherlands judges side, if you ask me
They actually do know from which pod she is. They already knew when they send her to loro parque. They simply hid this fact.
I just said the same thing. excuses.
@@lindabroer8995 do you have a source for that? Don’t doubt it one bit would just love to learn more about it.
@@highjinx6519 Morgan has a website. Free Morgan. There is info on there.
The fact he calls it their 'collectie' (collection) says enough about how he views these intelligent creatures, walgelijk!!
imagine accidentally catch an orca and thinking: "oh can i train this animal to perform tricks???" make me wonder if they'd ever tried this with lions and elephants as well
Of course they did. Circus making animals perform were a thing. Lions, tigers, bears, elephants specially because they are super intelligent and calm. So yeah, everything you can imagine where they can get money out of animals it has been already done (and I think some circus with animals still exist) u.u
Are you that young to not now that the main show of circuses was to show trained animals to amuse and entertain people?… some people even had an “amazing” experience taking a picture with lions, elephants, bears, tigers and others animals, holding them with metal chains. This is no new and uncommon, have trained wild animals and exhibiting them to earn money without consideration for the animal, is one of the favorite ways for people to become millionaires.
i know that, it was for me more about the ACCIDENTAL part of it. that they just accidentally caught it and just wondered if it could do tricks... i was just wondering about how the circuses started
What haven’t “they” tried to use to do tricks for money other than their very own? #NotSurprised
I'm happy to say that in the UK, performing animals are banned from circuses
I was writing a story on SeaWorld orcas, Morgan was included. But the time I put Morgan in I didn't know she had such a big story. I am super glad I watched this video. All my best, Ozgul L. Saqib, homeschooled, age 9. P.S. the name above the comment is not mine, I am using my mother's laptop.
Just awesome .... Hey, we found a wild dolphin or orca, we don't even know, at our coast, what should we do?? Oh yes, lets call Seaworld! Not a marine biologist but the organisation known for taking those animals hostage & making money with them. Who was in that Dutch expert panel and who were they paid by for bloody sake?! And they didn't check if LP did research and no orca shows, because they never actually check anything?! But hey, we possibly gladly took the money from LP for Morgan since she got too expensive and they wanted to get rid of her anyway. And that Dutch vet ... I don't have any words for him ... Awesome, just awesome .... NOT! I can't even put all my thoughts into words since it would simply be too long. But I would like to put all these people responsible in one tiny room and throw the key away to get a taste of their own medicine. I do have huge respect for Ingrid Visser. This video needs to be seen and spread just as much as Blackfish.
Them saying it’s impossible to find her original pod is not necessarily true. It would’ve been difficult. But it would’ve been possible by listening to the sound waves generated by different pods around the world that are probably already on file somewhere from past research, and matched up her sound waves with the ones on file. Ever pod has a unique sound, and someone with a very good ear in this area or a computer program made specifically to set these languages apart could have figured it out. Yes, it’s a lot of work. But if they truly wanted to try everything they could to reunite her, it was an option. Even 20 years ago, they were recording and separating the different sound waves of different pods all around the world.
Once again, greed and ignorance were allowed to succeed, poor poor Morgan :((((((
I am MORGAN. I FEEL WHAT SHE FEELS. IT IS A MISERABLE LIFE FOR ME. THESE HORRIBLE HUMANS GIVING ME HORRIBLE FISH THESE HUMANS LOOKING AT ME AND LAUGHTING. HOW LONG DO I HAVE TO STAY IN THIS PRISON.????? I WANT TO SEE MY MOM AND MY POD PLEASE! I WANT TO SWIM FREE, FREEDOM IN THE OCEANS MY REAL AND ONLY HOME
My heart really breaks righht now!!!!!
This is an important documentary that everyone should see.
did bro just really say its to small to go back to the wild?!! bruh its legit a killing machine with no natrual predators what so ever
Okay I’m sorry Gudrun would NOT have died if they had not tried to repeatedly get her pregnant at too young of an age :(
the director of Loro Parque, Javier Almunia seems like he is just making some of this shit up as he goes and for them to tell the public and everyone else that morgan just so happened to get pregnant on accident is a croc of shit you can see it in his face and in the way he acts, he does not keep eye contact for very long and he is always looking around when answering questions and his response about morgan at the end of this video says it all and I also agree with ric o'berry about everything he was saying especially about the seaside sanctuary, they actually tried that with the orca they used to make free willy and i wish there was a way for me to help ric out and everyone else that is involved I'm sorry morgan.
Blackfish opend my eyes years ago. I can't believe this is still a thing.. STOP WITH THIS CRIME!!
Blackfish sucks
@@ulisesmarvels how does it without blackfish people would still think its okay to keep these intelligent animals in captivity
@@Burning_Gojira_1995 because they spread butt loads of false information and misconceptions.
@@ulisesmarvels I can see what your on about
@@Burning_Gojira_1995 yeah, like showing whales that are completely different from who they are talking about, claiming they have certain experience when if fact they don’t, like Dean (one of the dudes in Blackfish) was fired after kicking an otter and he wants to talk about “animal abuse” and Sam claims to have swam with an Orca but she only worked there a Year and you need 3 years to enter the water with an Orca, the video shown was Holly. They talked about Kasatka and Takaras Separation making it look like she was a calf when she was taken when she was actually 13 years old at the time. They also talked about the practice of Starving whales even though that has shown from the past doesn’t work as well as positive reinforcement and is morally wrong so they stopped a few years after it started. And that the pools are “chemically treated” even though they show that they have more chlorine in the tap water they serve to guests and drink themselves then in the animals pools. Etc..
For someone who said she was deaf. Sure makes a lot of sound. #EMPTYTHETANKS
Deaf doesn't mean she can't make sound, it means she can't hear. Of course she'd still make sound, even if fully deaf
Poor Morgan and her poor baby condemned to a life in a concrete prison. There is nothing good for them ever. It’s SHAMEFUL
These guys lying through their teeth to protect their money and image even though they could take responsibility for what they’ve done and learned. It’s infuriating
crying i love these animals so much they dont deserve this
Me to. They don't deserve this. 😢
I watched the entire documentary. It's so sad that animals are traded so easily. I hope Morgan is in a better condition now. Thank you for showing the reality. Many people like me are going to learn so much. So thank you to everyone who helped in the process of creating this documentary. I feel so sorry for these animals. I don't know why some people do not have a heart.
Morgan is nothing but a cash cow. Her captors will use her until she dies. Whether it be by breeding or in shows. Her life will be nothing like her wild kin get to enjoy. It's tragic. It's very heartbreaking.
Just tell me Can orcas without hearing ability survive in wild or not ?
@@shaikhbakhas1324 well they clearly can't survive as they should in cement, empty tanks, that's for sure. How would you feel being imprisoned and forced to perform for another species profit when you did ABSOLUTELY nothing wrong? Sure, you'd "survive" but what kind of life is that? You'd loose your fucking mind. There are other options, such as sea sanctuaries, breeding bans, etc., etc. Watch the full video.
@@casdrod PEOPLE RESCUED MORGAN AND TAKE THE FUCKING CARE OF HERE AND YOU ARE THINKING THAT MORGAN IS NOT BELONGING TO BEING IN FUCKING CAPTIVITY AND PEOPLE ARE RESCUING HUNGRY MORGAN LOST IS SEA AND CANNOT RELEASE HER AND WHAT THE FUCKING YOU ARE SAYING
Well if it weren't for her wild kin having sort of mishandled things and failing her, she would probably still be with them
@@shaikhbakhas1324 the matter is not about just releasing her in the wild again because clearly she will not do it that way the matter is that she is being used for breeding and shows, you are so worried about she not living in the wild because she is deft? Well, ok you're right she can't but don't come and say breeding and performing shows is the better for her and they aren't doing it for the profit... That's just naive. As people already mentioned there are sanctuaries and other ways to take care of an animal but makin them slaves for fun and money is not one of them 😔
Thanks for making this available in English!
Het idee is mooi als je een vermagerde orca vangt om te redden . Maar dan moet er wel betere inspecties komen waar uiteindelijk die orca heen gaat. Alles draait om geld en dat kost meestal het welzijn van het dier. Als er meer geld ingestoken was dan was morgan ook naar een betere plek gegaan.Spanje staat nou niet echt beschreven als diervriendelijke mensen sorry dat ik dat zeg. Als duidelijk op beeld te zien is dat zij niet in de groep past achteraf en ze uit nood zelfmoord wil plegen vind ik dat er opgetreden moet worden.Als alleen nederland er niks aan kan veranderen dan komt de eu bij elkaar om zo de oplossing voor morgan te bieden.Maar zodra het over dieren gaat wordt er uiteindelijk toch niet zo naar gekeken en aan hun lot uiteindelijk overgelaten. Jammer ,dat dit gebeurd voor de welzijn van mooie dieren.
This is so sad!! Its just mind blowing how many people lack a conscious, and can be so heartless!!
It breaks my heart every time when I see animals in captivity. It just hurts so much. :(
Horrible to know humanity has come this close but is yet so far. No animal should live in captivity!💔
anyone know the song at 1:05:19?
Morgan yang malang, begitu juga dengan orca orca lain dan lumba lumba yang lucu. Seharusnya mereka hidup bebas di laut yang luas.
Thank you for all the work you did to present this heartbreaking documentary. 💔 It will take many years for the Chinese people to realize the cruelty and selfishness of this disgusting exploitation of natures creatures. Many men love money and will not stop their selfish behavior unless there is motivation to do so (think LAWS). Too many have gotten away with too much for too long. It would be excellent to see the perpetrators in the same kind of captivety that mirrors what they have done to dolphins and orcas. It is encouraging to see former abusers rehabilitate, especially the fellow in Bali. It gives one hope.😊
Laws don’t get changed until society (public opinion) changes. We need to stop giving them money!
This is just sickening! I have been to sea world maybe 35 - 40 years ago with my small children. They loved it as did I. I have become more educated about these remarkable creatures in captivity and I have never been back after all these years!! I feel so bad for these creatures that are basically in a pool when they should be in the oceans living their best lives! Free all the captive animals!!
Man the employees of the park are too notch lier's I mean they have a lie and or excuse for literally every question SMH it's unreal what humans are capable of
Humans do WORSE IN THE RICH FAROE ISLANDS THEY DECAPITATE DOLPHINS, PILOT WHALES AND THEIR BABIES, THOUSANDS AND COME TO ALL LIES AND EXCUSES. AND PRETEND TO BE EXTREMELY FRIENDLY AND HUMBLE. THEY HAVE A BLACK HEART
I know!!! That line about not stopping breeding because it’s the most fulfilling part of a mammals life. Are you kidding me?? You will rip that calf away from them once they are done nursing to sell to another park!!! How bout that Loro Parque?? GRIEF the most difficult emotion for a mammal to deal with!!! What line of BS will they come up with to explain that away??
Exactly this It makes my blood boil how they have some bs excuse for everything that spins it positively in favor of this abuse. All the uuhhhs and umms as they make up bs and lie on the spot, meanwhile the people who know what they're talking about speak with little to no hesitation. "They beach themselves for fun" my ass 😒 that's the behavior of a creature desperately wanting to get away from the constant physical assault from the other orcas.
Ive seen Morgan myself in loro parque but I did not realise what it was I was paying to see before after and then seing this documentary I am seriously split about this
Vreselijk, ik heb dit met tranen in mij ogen zitten bekijken. Ik heb er geen woorden voor joh 🌹❤️🇦🇺
You know these animals are so smart but in the same breath they say she can't live in the wild. make it make sense. Let the orca go
Great episode. Thank you for your work.
thank u so much for this posting--im so much in shock im sickened
Dolfinarium , seaworld, jullie zijn allemaal Monsters !!! Ik kan me nog goed herinneren dat ze mee genomen werd naar Harderwijk. En ze zou terug keren maar dat is niet eens geprobeerd.
That little tank is ridiculous 😞 is so hard breaking watching this. I don’t think these people care about the whales at all. I know that getting them in the wild is not that simple, but Keiko story tell us that is posible.
This video made me cry 💔
This is awful as an animal lover myself I cried during this whole show I mean we are taking these innocent animals and driving them to suicide and for what our enjoyment ridiculous like do the people catching these animals from the wild not feel guilty for knowing that they are taking these amazing creatures out of there home just to take them to hell. I mean I understand none of it how is this even legal. I agree that if an animal has no chance of survival save it and if it can’t return to the wild then take care of them the best way you can but don’t use it for entertainment and enjoyment that’s just petty and cruel. I don’t how people live with themselves like you go to sleep knowing you are being cruel and SEVERELY MISTREATING these animals are it doesn’t bug you I find it DISGUSTING that people would rather take the money than the being a good person. You are able to take these animals away from there home and everything and you act like its nothing. If you were trapped in a a pool that was only as big of a small bathroom and you were not taken care of given the bare minimum and was expected to perform the best and you wouldn’t go crazy. Its all about the money. Pathetic, gross, money hungry, and all around AWFUL people! Absolutely HEARTBREAKING! 😭🤮😡💔
I will spend the rest of my life fighting for these beautiful , intelligent Orcas. It’s my sole purpose of living.
@@madelineannabella3284 fighting for them. How do you mean?
I feel the same and I ashamed to be Dutch. Dolfinarium Harderwijk still exist and its is a big question mark who is responsible. The law of the Netherlands forbidden the use of wild animals to do tricks as circus animals. kzhead.info/sun/ftGcg62dg36tlZs/bejne.html
@@scottestabrooks7276 Maybe to get them out of your dirty hands??
@@madelineannabella3284 how do I do it Madeline
So disgusting! the poor orca Kiska who has been captive for over 30 years at Marineland in Ontario will be heading for a sanctuary. Marineland will be going to court, and the sooner the better. Closing the place down for good will be the best solution. These places are evil.
really ?? I haven't heard this news yet, but I'm extremely glad I have now. I'm so relieved knowing that even though it's slow, the marine captivity and abuse is being dismantled. thanks for leaving the comment :)
I don’t know what this country’s options were, but handing her over to Seaworld doomed her to a shortened life, a lonely existence, what I believe is a miserable existence. Once SW got their hands on that beautiful baby her being returned to her rightful place in nature was OVER!!! It truly breaks my heart.I truly hate the still common practice of imprisoning these amazing sentient beings, our fellow mammals, and being totally shocked when an orca lashes out for whatever reason, play, possessiveness, jealousy, or simply mental illness. And yes. They do suffer from mental illnesses. I’ll never trust SW to keep any promises on the care and wellbeing of our fellow brothers and sisters from the ocean. I can’t help but see just how sweet, enthusiastic, happy she is to have contact with we inadequate humans. I pray we can at some point end this practice of kidnapping these babies from their families. I gotta stop now. I’m getting so frustrated and angry. If it’s your country’s policy to rescue rehabilitate, and release these babies. DO THE JOB YOURE MANDATED BY LAW to do !!! No shows, no breeding, because you know very well she’ll never be allowed to remain with her mother. Even more amazing to me is this beautiful gift from our God in Heaven to even know what our relatives from the sea. She’ll only be taught to position for medical exams……..I’m far to upset, hurt, and heartbroken over the unbelievably horrible choices made here. She most certainly could’ve been released using proven reunification techniques. They have these for a reason. God! I truly love my orcas and would love to see one and pet one, and have absolutely splendid play exercises to teach her to become the matriarch of her new line of our beautiful black and white beauties. Sorry for venting, but I’m feeling so many different feelings about this SCH, Louisiana and believe it or not, t his country anger me so angry so please accept my apology if I’ve overreacted. Grow up perfect, all knowing,brilliant financial decision makers toNOT take your baby where she can get the help she need. Sweet Morgan. You are forever loved I do love your group for all you give to these charity events
facts. her chances at living in the wild were SHATTERED the moment Seaworld came into the picture
Tokitae, aka Lolita who died last Friday 8/19/23, her partner Hugo who died in 1980 had psychosis from being held in his tiny pool for 2 years and then the Whale Bowl with Toki. He would repeatedly ram his head onto the side of his tank! He died in 1980 of a brain aneurysm. He and Tokitae were mates for 10 years.
No matter how they word it it’s still sad to see them like this. This is prison for them.
Yes, its prison!👍🏼so true
Damn haal die orca daar weg!! Daar moet je niet eens een orca expert voor zijn. Beetje empathie is genoeg. Waar doneren?
Orca has a hearing problem !!!