A killer whale jumped out of the water Wednesday & fatally attacked an experience trainer at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida today. Should they?

I was just reading about this last night. While this particular whale was rescued back in the 1980s, you can not buy whales in the United States. The only way to get a killer whale is to breed it in captivity.

This particular whale has had 17 offspring - 10 of which are still alive - which makes him the top daddy in the captive breeding whale program. Many countries actually have rules and regulations now about captured animals. The only ones not to have this I believe are Japan and Russia.So, really, I think those who work with these animals know the danger they put themselves in every day - just like Steve Irwin did.

But knowing the risks, you accept the consequences when they happen. It is a sad turn of events, but even the woman's sister said she would not want anything to happen to the whale. Another expert thinks the whale was exhibiting some mating behavior or might have been bored because he is kept isolated from others, which is not a natural way to live for animals.

Anytime we take wild animals and bring them in for preservation and entertainment, we run the risk of their wild behavior taking over and them not behaving how they are trained. I think the training procedures now are much more humane than in the past (what was done to elephants was just horrible). So I don't think there is a need to stop the shows or not have the animals on display.

At the rate we are going, the only animals that will survive will be the ones in captive breeding programs when all others have been eradicated through forced extinction. The orcas are big money makers. This will fade as the other deaths have.

They need to maybe put more safety precautions in place but I think things will go along as usual.

The shows teach people about these animals and why they should not be messed with, To stop the shows would be like stopping all vehicle traffic because there was an accident.

Well it is not my understanding that they hunt them down. I thought they rescued them. At any rate, I think people who work with wild animals take a risk, whether the animal is in captivity, or the wild.

I have never been a big fan of zoos, and the such, but they have been here forever. Unless the animals are obviously abused, or neglected, they seem to be well taken care of. As for the woman who died.

I feel sorry for her, and her family. It is a shame, but you can't really blame the animal. Animals will do what animals do.

I do think the animal should be reintroduced to the wild, as it may be too aggressive for captivity.

No, they should not stop giving shows for this reason. It's a risk you take when you get into this profession, and they all know it. I talked to a trainer at Seaworld once, and he said you're always afraid when you're in the tank, because the whales are so URL1 matter how much they are trained, and how careful you are, they are still wild animals.

The reason they should stop giving shows is because these whales are captured from the wild, and live 1/4 as long in captivity as they would in the wild. They try to act like they are doing the whales such a great favor, but many of the captured whales kill themselves ramming the sides of the tanks trying to break free, or die of disease. Wild animals belong in the wild.

Sure, it's fun to watch them jump and spin, but what do they have to do to get them to do that?

No they should continue the shows and it is the chance you take when you have this type of job. Killer whales are really part of the dolphin family and are not really whales. They are intelligent and social animals therefore they have their moods.

Some jobs have these risks as tunnel rats, people who work with explosives, etc.. I feel sorry for her but she knew the risks and accepted them.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.