I don't know whether to sign this petition. :-(

[MoonRiver]

The petition asks SeaWorld to stop drugging/tranquilizing their orca slaves. While I adamantly and passionately agree that no orca should be a slave performer at SeaWorld or any other marine animal amusement park, part of me feels these poor souls probably should be drugged to make their hellish lives bearable

Don't know what to do.

A recently discovered court document filed in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice reveals that SeaWorld's trainers give their orcas the psychoactive drug benzodiazepine, which includes the medications Valium and Xanax.

The document states that trainers administered these drugs to "mellow" orcas to "take pressure" off them when kept in unnaturally close quarters with other orcas. The ultimate goal is to make trainers' lives easier when forcing these animals to live in confinement and perform tricks to entertain Sea World clientele.

The misery orcas endure in captivity is well documented. Living in confinement frustrates these intelligent animals, causing them to self-mutilate, attack their trainers and lash out against audience members. Several trainers have been killed by stressed out orcas.

Giving orcas drugs to force them to live and perform in an unnatural way is unethical. Please sign the petition to urge Jim Atchison to ban the practice of giving orcas drugs at SeaWorld!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/887/493/544/seaworld-stop-giving-drugs-to-orcas/?z00m=20962787

[Nye Bevan]

1. Wouldn't a petition to free them be better?

While they are captive, they are probably better off doped up.

[MoonRiver]

2. Many of those are out there and I have signed all that have been sent to me.

This is a new one, which I obviously am conflicted about.

[Nika]

3. Everyone should watch Blackfish.

Go ahead and sign the petition. Let the orca go ahead and make their jailer's lives miserable and their shows more problematic. Anything to help end the slavery of these poor cetaceans.

Do unto Orcas as you would have them do unto you. They have culture and language when they are free, this is undeniable; which gives them the status of non-human persons.

[SummerSnow]

4. Free the Orcas

[RebelOne]

5. I signed. Hope it helps. n/t

[MoonRiver]

6. I'm still thinking. So conflicted. But I guess having a lot of signatures will get the point across.