
Beneath the Surface
Killer Whales, SeaWorld, and the Truth Beyond Blackfish
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John Hargrove
About this listen
Over the course of two decades, John Hargrove worked with 20 different whales on two continents and at two of SeaWorld's U.S. facilities. For Hargrove, becoming an orca trainer fulfilled a childhood dream. However, as his experience with the whales deepened, Hargrove came to doubt that their needs could ever be met in captivity. When two fellow trainers were killed by orcas in marine parks, Hargrove decided that SeaWorld's wildly popular programs were both detrimental to the whales and ultimately unsafe for trainers.
After leaving SeaWorld, Hargrove became one of the stars of the controversial documentary Blackfish. The outcry over the treatment of SeaWorld's orca has now expanded beyond the outlines sketched by the award-winning documentary, with Hargrove contributing his expertise to an advocacy movement that is convincing both federal and state governments to act.
In Beneath the Surface, Hargrove paints a compelling portrait of these highly intelligent and social creatures, including his favorite whales Takara and her mother Kasatka, two of the most dominant orcas in SeaWorld. And he includes vibrant descriptions of the lives of orcas in the wild, contrasting their freedom in the ocean with their lives in SeaWorld.
Hargrove's journey is one that humanity has just begun to take - toward the realization that the relationship between the human and animal worlds must be radically rethought.
©2015 John Hargrove and Howard Chua-Eoan (P)2015 Random House Audiogreat stuff john
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Great easy read and gripping. I couldn’t stop listening!
John is fantastic and I value everything he has done.
Everyone should listen to this book.
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very powerful, and emotionally moving
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Orcas in captivity
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This audio describes in detail just how much Orcas suffer being held captive and I have been wanting them to be freed like they all should be however a chapter in this book has made me realise that this will never be possible in the same way wild Orca are free! These captive Orcas are to badly damaged due to the way they have been treated.
This realisation saddens me deeply as I have spent the last 21 years hoping that one day they would be free!
I thank John Hargrove and all the other ex trainers for now standing up against Seaworld and I hope and pray that for all the captive whales over the world that if there is no way to free them into the wild then they are provided with a much better environment than they are in now and treated with more respect as the magnificent animals they are NOT MONEY MAKING PROPERTY OF HUMANS!!
Everyone should listen to this story!
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great listen very entertaining and informative
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Abosolitly inspireing
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I read this after ‘the killer whales which changed the world’ really good compliment to each other.
This was a book about a unique life experience, opened my eyes to the complexity of the animals. Was heartbreaking at times too.
John should be commended for his honesty.
Great listen 👏
The realities of orca captivity
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Wow!
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Powerful and inspiring
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