Take no more prisoners.
Teach them the skills
Of their ancestors
Who thrived for centuries
In icy blue waters
Living in freedom
With dignity.
Watch them live wild
Leaping for joy,
For their own reasons,
Not for our entertainment.
Ask their forgiveness
For the depravity
of their captivity.
Listen to their songs
Rising from the depths
Of the wide ocean
Not from concrete misery.
Learn from their truth,
Untarnished
by human manipulation.
Those who prosper by keeping orcas (aka, killer whales) as prisoners may tell you they live 25 to 30 years in the wild, and that living in captivity is better for them.
Granny, a 103 year old orca recently spotted near British Columbia, would disagree, if you could understand her language, that is.
The following article states, “According to the Whale and Dolphin Conservation project, whales born in captivity only live to 4.5 years old on average. Perhaps it is because the whales are forced to breed continuously and at perilously young ages that they experience such reduced lifespans.
Photo Source: NOAA/Robert Pittman, via Wikimedia
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