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EDITORIAL: The spread of COVID-19 in zoos highlights continued unethical practices

Editors March 22, 2021
The COVID-19 outbreak in the San Diego Zoo is the most recent symptom of unethical animal captivity.
RENNER: SeaWorld on right track to reinvent itself

RENNER: SeaWorld on right track to reinvent itself

Elise Renner March 21, 2016

To those who have seen it, the movie “Blackfish” is as gut-wrenching as it is action-inspiring. In retrospect, many cite its release in 2013 as the turning point in the battle of SeaWorld versus everyone...

MOOTS: do documentaries have a responsibility to be objective?

MOOTS: do documentaries have a responsibility to be objective?

Eric Moots September 8, 2015

In the first meeting for my film production class this semester, my teacher began speaking about documentaries. She posed a rhetorical question: “Do documentaries have a responsibility to be objective?”...

MOOTS: An Open Letter to Documentaries

MOOTS: An Open Letter to Documentaries

Eric Moots April 17, 2015

Hey there, documentaries. How are you doing? It’s Eric. From your origins with “Nanook of the North,” the very first documentary, to the modern documentaries of today, the non-fiction films we have...

RUTH: Taming the wild

Daily Free Press Admin March 16, 2014

I remember the first time I went to SeaWorld — August 2012 in San Antonio. I couldn’t believe that it took me 19 years to get to this typical youth destination, but alas, my childhood curiosity finally...

EDIT: The Blackfish effect

Daily Free Press Admin January 15, 2014

A CNN documentary entitled “Blackfish” revealed the dangers of keeping killer whales in captivity at SeaWorld. Animal rights activists have always been sensitive to the captivated whales, and this...

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