Do you know? Animals can also feel pain and even self-harm.
In 2019, a keeper in a Canadian aquarium called Marineland exposed a video.
The video is short, only 30 seconds, but the content makes us feel sad.
Killer whale Kiska
In the video, a killer whale constantly hits the glass next to it with its body and head, struggling in the water, as if resisting with the determination to die.
The keeper who posted the video explained that during the time he worked, the killer whale, named Kiska, had been searching for death.
Later we learned that Kiska had been in the aquarium for 42 years, during which time it was better to live than to die.
Kiska in the exhibition
Why was Kiska abused? This is all due to the greed of the aquarium.
What puzzled us was how Kiska got to the Marineland Aquarium? What did marineland aquarium do to it? What was the impact of the Kiska incident? What other animals in the world are harmed?
Next, let's get closer to this heartbreaking event in the world, the killer whale that has been imprisoned for 42 years has experienced 5 times of losing its son, and then crazy self-harm, which is sad.
Kiska performs with high intensity day after day
Kiska's experience at the Marineland Aquarium
Kiska originally lived in Iceland.
In 1979, at the age of 3, Kiska was spotted in November with three other killer whales, who took them back with them.
It didn't take long for the Marineland Aquarium to buy them and ship them to Canada, the beginning of Kiska's captivity and the beginning of her tragic fate.
Kiska with its future companion Kandu
Since then, Kiska has been far away from the vast and deep blue sea, and the only place where it can move is the distance of tens of meters in the swimming pool.
The only thing that comforted it was that there were three other killer whales living with it.
The Profit-oriented Marineland Aquarium, of course, is not just about keeping them in captivity, but when Kiska first arrived there, the aquarium arranged an exhibition, and the effect was very good, and Kiska and her companions were liked by many people.
For example, at SeaWorld Orlando, killer whales are in a narrow swimming pool
After that, the aquarium, eager to make killer whales generate revenue, assigned them a domesticator who had to train intensively day after day, and the wild killer whales were trained like captive pets, drilling circles, topping balls, and interacting with people, just to please the tourists and maximize the benefit of the aquarium.
But soon, the aquarium was not satisfied with this, and they wanted to let it breed, let it have children, and create a multiplier benefit for the aquarium.
Kiska in the Aquarium
They brought Kiska a male killer whale, and Kiska was reduced to a fertility machine.
From 1992 to 2004, Kiska conceived five children.
Its first child was born in August 1992, and the new life brought new life to Kiska, and it accompanied the child every day as a mother.
But the baby whale's fragile life could not adapt to the poor water quality and sanitation of the aquarium, and soon its children died.
Kandu, a male killer whale that mates with Kiska
The aquarium refused to let Kiska go, and in its extreme grief and extreme weakness, they found the male killer whale to mate with Kiska.
In 1994, its second child was born, and this time its child survived for four years, but in the end did not escape the fate of death.
In 1996 and 1998, it gave birth to three more lives, all of which died without exception.
In the process of its continuous pregnancy and the pain of losing its child, the aquarium also constantly pulled it out for people to see, just to squeeze more benefits in its limited life.
Kiska in the show
In 2006, Kiska's partner died, and the aquarium quickly found a male killer whale.
However, the killer whale named Ek is not adapted to the unfamiliar environment, it is extremely irritable and restless, constantly attacking all the targets it can attack, Kiska is injured by it, and the aquarium can only send Ike back.
In 2008, three killer whales bought with Kiska at the aquarium died.
Kiska became the only killer whale in the aquarium, currying favor with the exhibition day after day. However, there were no impermeable walls in the world, and soon someone discovered that something was wrong with Kiska.
Ike in the show
The Kiska incident was exposed
In 2012, staff noticed that Kiska was often lying on the edge of the pool, staring blankly.
When tourists visited the aquarium, they saw Kiska's tail bleeding, its teeth almost fell out, its body was full of wounds cut by the sharp corners of the pool, and the exhaust port was also infected.
It became more and more anxious, sometimes moving all day in the pool, sometimes wandering around, and it had great mental and physical problems.
Kiska alone
The Aquarium refused to let it go, and in order for it to continue performing, they fed Kiska a large number of antibiotics, depressants and tranquilizers every day, and still kept letting Kiska perform and receive audiences.
It finally collapsed.
It swims from the deep water to the shallow water every day, hitting the hard wall of the pool with its body over and over again, and it wants to vent, it wants to get out.
In this way, it wants to rebel against human bondage.
Kiska violently slammed his head against the wall of the tank
Keeper Phil Demers, who ultimately couldn't stand it, posted a video of Kiska's self-harm online, tweeting for kiska.
Kiska's unfortunate fate was finally made public, and for a time the crowd was outraged, and after the incident, Phil lost his job at the aquarium and was threatened by the aquarium.
The former Marineland keeper said online, "Marineland threatened me to shut up, they would make me stronger by doing so, for the sake of the animals!" See! ”。 This has resonated with more people.
The crowd that speaks up for Kiska
After the scandal of the aquarium was revealed, more and more people paid attention to the matter, the local newspaper in Canada also reported on the front page, more groups spontaneously went to the aquarium to protest, and more than 90,000 people spontaneously signed on the petition website to demand a reasonable living environment for the aquarium's captivity arrangements.
In 2013, OCAW Protection released a video of the investigation, and Kiska's injuries were once again clearly displayed.
Not only Kiska, human greed leads to similar Kiska incidents, many times, when we see a kind of bad thing exposed, then it is very likely because such things have been countless, so much so that the darkness can no longer bury sin.
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Other injured animals
There was once an elephant in India named Sanjay who was brutally imprisoned by poachers for 50 years.
During these decades, it was forced to perform on various weddings and other occasions.
When he was rescued, he was blind in his left eye and was covered with scars all over his body.
Sanjay at the time of rescue
During the examination, the veterinarian found that the elderly elephant was severely malnourished, and even tested plastic in its feces.
Fortunately, it was eventually rescued and lived a happy life, and unfortunately, its 50-year experience would be a shadow for its lifetime.
Sanjay's legs, soles and tail were covered with scars and the condition was quite bad
And then there's the once-blockbuster whale killer, Tilikum.
Arrested at the age of 2, it began a 34-year abusive life, it had to perform 8 times a day for 1 hour, in addition to which it was forced to become a sperm bank, and since it became an adult, it has been frequently collected sperm and forced to breed 21 times.
After endless torture, Tilikum finally couldn't bear it anymore and killed 3 people.
A veteran beast trainer killed by Tirikuum
It is isolated in a small pool, and the indictment of humanity is exchanged for deeper torture.
In January 2017, SeaWorld announced its death, and Tilikum died at the age of 36.
It can never return to the ocean, and perhaps the ending was predestined from the moment it was captured.
From the age of 2, its life is far away, and from then on it can see the end at a glance.
Tilikum and its beast trainer
Respect for life in nature
Every life deserves respect, even though they have low IQs and little power relative to humans.
But they also have thoughts, they have perceptions, and they know pain and happiness, not to mention killer whales.
Killer whales are the animals with the highest IQ outside of humans
Killer whales are the largest species in the dolphin family, and their intelligence is also quite high, and they may even have their own culture.
This leads to the fact that when they are imprisoned, they feel more pain than other fish.
Imagine that when we rejoice in the aquarium because of their performances, they are suffering great physical and psychological pain, and they may have tears in their hearts.
Studies have shown that whales can process emotions systematically and have complex emotional lives
Respect nature, love nature, understand nature, protect nature, get close to nature.
We can be curious and explore, but our curiosity and curiosity should not be satisfied by hurting a life, let alone profit with life, even if it is an animal! Otherwise, what is the difference between this and eating human blood steamed buns?
They do not survive for human performance, they are elves belonging to the sea
As some netizens said, "I'd rather never see you for life than exchange it for a meeting in exchange for a lifetime." Let them go back to the sea, where they are home.