SeaWorld Shuts Down Shamu's Twitter Feed (yes, the killer whale)

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/02/26/seaworld-shuts-down-shamus-twitter-feed-after-trainers-death/

by retro • 16 years ago

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adelevie• 16 years ago

still resting off the good pr laurels of free willy...

hristov2• 16 years ago

Of course if any one of these animals could actually tweet, they would say "I am sick and miserable and slowly going insane in this small puddle, please let me out". But they cant tweet, so the only way they can communicate their displeasure is by dying early or killing one of their trainers.

lsd5you2• 16 years ago

I trust that you are a vegetarian.

hristov2• 16 years ago

No but of course that has nothing to do with it.

davi• 16 years ago

You can care a lot about animal welfare and still eat meat -- witness Temple Grandin, who optimizes meat plants to minimize animal stress [1]:

"We owe it to the animals to give them decent living conditions and a painless death. People are often confused by the paradox of my work, but to my practical, scientific mind it makes sense to provide a painless death for the cattle I love. ... Often I get asked if I am a vegetarian. I eat meat, because I believe that a totally vegan diet, in which all animal products are eliminated, is unnatural." [2]

[1] http://www.grandin.com/

[2] http://www.spinninglobe.net/cowlady.htm

prawn• 16 years ago

Slightly related, amusing comment by a friend of mine on Twitter:

"It's sad that now we can finally communicate with plants and ovens, we limit their expression to 140 characters."

cmelbye• 16 years ago

SeaWorld should really be ashamed of themselves. Which is more important: profits, or human lives?

chime• 16 years ago

FYI, SeaWorld uses the word 'Shamu' as a synonym for orca / killer whale. Shamu is not any specific orca. The specific orca in this case was Tilikum.

petercooper• 16 years ago

The last entries before they shut it down:

  @shamu: Someone's come into the enclosure with a weird looking gun. - 2 minutes ago

  @shamu: I warned them when I came here. The clue's in my name. Killer Whale. The first word specifically. - 1 day ago

  @shamu: I messed up today. Killed one of my best friends but my instincts got the better of me :o( - 3 days ago

  @shamu: Shit, I'm in big trouble. - 3 days ago

SeaWorld Shuts Down Shamu's Twitter Feed (yes, the killer whale)

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