Whales Without Walls | Charles Vinick

Whales Without Walls | Charles Vinick | TEDxSantaBarbara

Рет қаралды 28,062

Күн бұрын

Whales should no longer have to perform for their supper and for our entertainment. Captive whales have raised millions of dollars for their owners and entertained millions of people - don't we owe them something? It is time to retire these magnificent animals to natural seaside sanctuaries. A member of the Whale Sanctuary Project Board of Directors since mid-2016, Charles is no stranger to ambitious, visionary, ocean-related projects.
Working with Jean-Michel and Jacques Cousteau for a quarter of a century, Charles helped the ocean explorers develop multiple initiatives. As an adviser to and co-founder of the Cousteau Centers, Inc., Charles helped establish and managed Parc Oceanique Cousteau, an ocean education and entertainment complex in Paris.
He shepherded the growth of the Cousteau Society and served as Executive VP of the Jean-Michel Cousteau Institute & Ocean Futures Society. Charles led the highly-publicized Keiko Project, a pioneering effort that marshaled public and media support to reintroduce to the wild the captive orca made famous through the Free Willy films.
Before joining the Whale Sanctuary Project, Charles served as CEO of two environmental technology companies, Florida-based Ecosphere Technologies, Inc., and Aquantis, Inc. in Santa Barbara. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

Пікірлер: 82

@analiacorella7679 3 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU SOOO MUCH FOR THIS MIRACLE OF SALVATION & FREEDOM FOR THIS WHALES & MARINE ANIMALS. IF I WAS A BILLIONAIRE I WOULD DONATE MOST OF MY MONEY TO HELP THIS CAUSE!! GOD BLESS ALL UR HEARTS & UR PLANS 🙏❤

@BudaKhan420 3 жыл бұрын

I’m not down with cancel culture, but if ever there was a time to implement it on to Sea World, it is now.

@capicuaaa 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent and such important work! Sanctuaries for whales and dolphins are an absolutely necessity for these creatures. Thank you so much.

@bender6316 3 жыл бұрын

how? they shouldn't be in our captivity at all. All a "sanctuary" is, is a bigger tank to please the activists.

@capicuaaa 3 жыл бұрын

@@bender6316 They can't be released back into the ocean... They would die. Don't you understand that?

@janalogsdon 4 жыл бұрын

I am so excited 😆. This is so awesome !!!!!!! Thank you to all the people that has worked on this project. I can not wait for the day all of the captives are FREE

@bender6316 3 жыл бұрын

a bigger area is not free. Its to please you morons that think "well at last its not a tank"

@catherineclinton911 2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, SeaWorld keeps them until they die. Period.

@w-james9277 4 жыл бұрын

I really hope one day those sanctuaries will be built. Those who've spent their whole lives in small tanks will finally experience the ocean. They'll experience tides, waves, interactions with fish and birds. And if Sea World want to restore their reputation, they should support and fund these sanctuaries. Im sure they'll be given part ownership as well which is fine as long as they promise to not breed or exploit them.

@tessdurberville711 3 жыл бұрын

W-James You want them to be free, but you do not want them to be allowed to mate and have families?

@w-james9277 3 жыл бұрын

@@tessdurberville711 No because that will only mean having more in captivity.

@jehl1116 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. SHARED.

@num1pyrogurl 5 жыл бұрын

i think they'd have more success with reintroducing Lolita since her mother is alive and well and could easily get the pod to accept her

@allieF714 4 жыл бұрын

100% agree

@tessdurberville711 3 жыл бұрын

Jay And when her mother dies, the other orcas will rip the poor 56 year old to death, if she has not died if pneumonia or been hit by a boat in the meantime or starved to death from the shortage of salmon.

@CleverClover2023 3 жыл бұрын

@@tessdurberville711 Orcas have never attacked and killed one of their own in the wild. Lolita is part of the L pod. If her mother was to die she very well might become the matriarch of that pod.

@RebeccaTaylorTillery 3 жыл бұрын

Lolita not only has a living mother, she still knows her pod's language and was also old enough that she would have been able to hunt for her food. She, I think, has the best chance of a successful reintegration into her family.

@javierramirez4333 2 жыл бұрын

@@RebeccaTaylorTillery agreed

@user-lu6ty5qb4o 4 жыл бұрын

Animals, Mammals, insects and other such things do not need human interference! Places like seaworld are a death sentence. I know i would not enjoy being put in a limited living space only to be a spectacle! Freedom!!!

@BudaKhan420 3 жыл бұрын

Best to live a short life on your feet than to live a long life on your knees

@MichelleDespres 5 жыл бұрын

I would donate to a whale sanctuary

@laurafedora5385 3 жыл бұрын

Michelle Despres me too

@bender6316 3 жыл бұрын

@@laurafedora5385 why? they are still in captivity. They shouldn't be in anything at all.

@valmacclinchy 2 жыл бұрын

@@bender6316 listen to the video and learn.

@victorrafaelleonluna128 2 жыл бұрын

Same

@writerconsidered 5 жыл бұрын

Sadly so few views in 2yrs.

@DarkSkies72 4 жыл бұрын

writerconsidered Because no one knows about it. Help me get the word out.

@valmacclinchy 3 жыл бұрын

@@DarkSkies72 I'm sharing this and spreading the word.

@whaleharmony5984 4 жыл бұрын

Great to hear that! Someone know something about this new sanctuary?

@Beasty2023 4 жыл бұрын

It is not built yet sadly. But in France I believe it was 2 Beluga whale were put is the sanctuary marking the first captive animal to be semi released

@CleverClover2023 3 жыл бұрын

@@Beasty2023 Those belugas were from china. They were far from the first captive whales to be retired. Dolphin Project rescued 4 captive dolphins from the Melka Hotel and they are now living in a sanctuary.

@sethgold2048 3 жыл бұрын

Build SANTUARIES FOR ORCAS, BELUGAS AND DOLPHINS IN THE ATLANTIC PLEASE IN THE ATLANTIC!

@laurafedora5385 3 жыл бұрын

How anyone thought confining these animals was a humane idea, is beyond me. I guess they didn’t care

@tessdurberville711 3 жыл бұрын

Laura Shadforth Our ancestors did quite a few things that we cannot change.

@valmacclinchy 3 жыл бұрын

@@tessdurberville711 but some things we can change. And we should. Spread the message. Share this video w someone. Tell people the truth. And don't buy tickets to these places.

@roxanneweichinger9318 5 жыл бұрын

👍

@christinaauer1563 5 жыл бұрын

So, I gather that they’re in the process of making these sea pens. How far along are they? It’s March of 2019.

@christinaauer1563 5 жыл бұрын

Now it’s April...

@abbyholt8850 4 жыл бұрын

Now it is July...

@christinaauer1563 4 жыл бұрын

UGH

@CleverClover2023 4 жыл бұрын

Building a sea SANCTUARY is going to be a long process.

@slonemagyar1034 4 жыл бұрын

The problem is no one is willing to let their whales go to one of the sanctuaries. Why would they build it if they don’t have any whales? Sea world needs to step up.

@keelarosebure2612 2 жыл бұрын

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

@kieslar0835 10 ай бұрын

I love when they show you the larger whale brain but the whale is 4 tons and we are 200lbs

@joeylawell3590 2 жыл бұрын

i wont have akid until they grow up in a world where whales can vocalize against the ships they get hurt by. nets are just a small part of the poaching that's happening. all of which needs solved the way us humans would deal with injustice. what we learn from them is more valuable than anything we can learn from each other, we are more alike than different

@victorrafaelleonluna128 2 жыл бұрын

I would like to meet him so we can work together

@kiskastudios6046 4 жыл бұрын

Freedom will always come with a price.

@cwa2628 3 жыл бұрын

It would be good if All of Mankind could just understand, God already built a tank for whales and dolphins. It's called, "The Ocean".

@evangelista6442 4 жыл бұрын

As long money rules this world to make more and more profit,how could possible change anything?

@lydiainphoenix Жыл бұрын

Evangelista, change IS happening, people DO recognize that these animals should NEVER have been captured for human entertainment. The public is demanding accountability and the end of captive cetaceans. We can't undo the harm that has been done, but we can change the lives of the captives for the better and completely END further capture for entertainment. Society learns and evolves. There is hope!

@synteghotspot1411 4 жыл бұрын

Has that dream, the dream of bulilding sanctuaries,come true? If not, then why? Would someone give me some info about that please?

@tessdurberville711 3 жыл бұрын

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

@valmacclinchy 3 жыл бұрын

I'm trying to find out more information, too.

@juanaflores403 3 жыл бұрын

🤔😏

@juanaflores403 3 жыл бұрын

George Carlin an environmentalist... !?

@swathih1 Жыл бұрын

Looks a lot like him!

@user-iy5wd7ud5f 2 ай бұрын

Frfr 🛣🛣🛣🛣🛣

@tiffanystockman7601 Жыл бұрын

It's time to shut places like SeaWorld down and set them FREE the Orcas don't deserve to be in a small prison I pray 🙏 the law changes that it's illegal to keep any captive Orcas and Dolphins places like SeaWorld is animal abuse people are abusing these animals that are as smart as us may God help them and open people's eyes places that keep captive Orcas are pure animal abuse the laws need to change and protect these animals

@cinm4517 2 жыл бұрын

I will NEVER EVER go to Seaworld again. When will the world wake up and realize wildlife in captivity is WRONG!!!!

@scorpio7938 4 жыл бұрын

These whales and dolphins dont belong in these money making torture chamber concrete pools doing unnatural tricks

@chilo31416 5 жыл бұрын

Why put the sanctuary in nova scotia, which is pretty well boycotted by the rest of Canada, due to their barbaric seal hunt. This is such a great project, but BC would be a way better choice. Weather and tourism is also way better in BC. People in Nova Scotia are numb to animal suffering after years of glorified slaughters and eating seal burgers. They really no longer have any empathy left for marine life. Nova Scotia may have dirt cheap land available, but it seems like such a negative place to put this sanctuary. Also if any Belugas or Narwhals escape or are released, there is a chance that they could swim into the hunting grounds north of Nova Scotia. Being comfortable with humans will mean that they will be the first ones slaughtered if Natives are out hunting.

@CidtheVicious3 4 жыл бұрын

Currently they are planning on using the San Juan islands, which are in US/Canda waters but all the water around them are protected and already part of a marine sanctuary.

@bender6316 3 жыл бұрын

What's the difference between a tank and a sanctuary? They shouldn't be in our captivity at all. Release them all and whatever happens to them, happens. Is it cruel? yes. More cruel than captivity? ask the future captive marine animals that.

@valmacclinchy 2 жыл бұрын

Did you even listen to the video?? 🙄

@shareis764 2 жыл бұрын

They cant be released to wild, they do not know how to take care of themselves after being captive years and years.

@paleopal 5 сағат бұрын

Sigh...

@tessdurberville711 3 жыл бұрын

Why would anyone listen to one of the hippie fools that killed Keiko?

@RebeccaTaylorTillery 3 жыл бұрын

The people who killed Keiko were the ones who captured him in the first place. Keiko was taken from his mother, and she was killed right in front of him, but from a pod that was not studied. We had no clue which pod he was taken from, so they were unsuccessful in reuniting him with his true family. Although he died so soon after release from captivity, he had a much higher quality of life than what he had in a concrete tank.

@plumpydayz Жыл бұрын

Keiko died 5 years later after he was released from his prison. He was monitored and watched over until he died from pneumonia.