And he includes vibrant descriptions of the lives of orcas in the wild, contrasting their freedom in the ocean with their lives in SeaWorld. 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. 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. After leaving SeaWorld, Hargrove became one of the stars of the controversial documentary Blackfish. 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. However, as his experience with the whales deepened, Hargrove came to doubt that their needs could ever be met in captivity. For Hargrove, becoming an orca trainer fulfilled a childhood dream. As the story details the close yet violent relationship between men and killer whales, you’ll learn about the cruel reality behind beloved marine animal theme parks.

Chua-Eoan co-authored the book, which covers. This book, Beneath the Surface, takes you into manmade marine worlds and reveals the real life of captive killer whales, animals with particularly high intelligence and rich emotions.

Over the course of two decades, John Hargrove worked with 20 different whales on two continents and at two of SeaWorld's US facilities. Hargrove is the author of a memoir, Beneath the Surface, published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2015. Beneath the Surface: Killer Whales, SeaWorld, and the Truth Beyond Blackfish Paperback Illustrated, Apby John Hargrove (Author), Howard Chua-Eoan (Author) 1,183 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 12.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.

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