“Tragically, the average life expectancy during this era for captive orcas stood between one to four years. Aquariums often went through a whole series of whales before just one of them made it into adolescence. Today, the life expectancy of captive killer whales has improved: rising to about ten years. Yet this is still a far cry from the thirty to sixty years that orcas can live in the ocean.” FreedomOceanCaptivityAquariumsOrcasKiller WhalesSea World Book:Fear of the Animal Planet: The Hidden History of Animal Resistance Source: Fear of the Animal Planet: The Hidden History of Animal Resistance
“Large glass windows had been installed in the exhibit, and the orangutans took to pitching rocks at them. San Diego officials, thinking quickly, instituted an exchange program. One non-thrown stone would get you a banana. But the orangutans were not interested and kept trying to break the windows. The park finally had to bring in a contractor to dig up the entire ground floor of the exhibit in order to remove all of the rocks, as each shattered window cost the zoo $900 to replace. What happened next? The orangutans began to tear the ceramic insulators off of the wall and threw them instead. Evidently, these animals really wanted out.” FunnyFreedomResistanceAnimalsSanctuaryCaptivityZooOrangutan Book:Fear of the Animal Planet: The Hidden History of Animal Resistance Source: Fear of the Animal Planet: The Hidden History of Animal Resistance