Beneath the surface : killer whales, SeaWorld, and the truth beyond Blackfish / John Hargrove with Howard Chua-Eoan.

By: Hargrove, John (Animal trainer) [author.]Contributor(s): Chua-Eoan, Howard [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: First editionDescription: vii, 264 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781137280107Subject(s): Sea World | Killer whale | Captive marine mammals | Aquatic animal welfareDDC classification: 599.53/6
Contents:
Monsters and other people -- The fantasy kingdom of SeaWorld -- The education of an orca trainer -- "In the care of man" -- Elegy of the killer whale -- The natural and unnatural history of the orca -- Treasure -- Getting with the artificial program -- The dark side -- Losing my religion -- Leap of faith -- A vision for the future -- Epilogue : Life without Takara.
Summary: A first-hand account of the lives of captive killer whales by one of the most experienced orca trainers to emerge from SeaWorld and the star of the popular documentary "Blackfish"
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Monsters and other people -- The fantasy kingdom of SeaWorld -- The education of an orca trainer -- "In the care of man" -- Elegy of the killer whale -- The natural and unnatural history of the orca -- Treasure -- Getting with the artificial program -- The dark side -- Losing my religion -- Leap of faith -- A vision for the future -- Epilogue : Life without Takara.

A first-hand account of the lives of captive killer whales by one of the most experienced orca trainers to emerge from SeaWorld and the star of the popular documentary "Blackfish"

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