Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (SFDK) Discussion Thread

Oh I see, there is a petition behind it, makes sense now.

Did that chick with the dreadlocks have a beard?

[gromithereI think Intamin should make a donkey!]

Oh I see, there is a petition behind it, makes sense now.

Did that chick with the dreadlocks have a beard?

I agree she is incredibly annoying (to say the least) but if there is a law behind it they obviously have to deal with the situation somehow. And as much as I hate to agree with the annoying dreadlock woman, there is something to be said for the principal of not having an animal in captivity alone.

Annoying deadlock woman....lol!

[RAWKIN_coaster38Jar-Jar Binks smells like Donkey]

There are always animal rights activists demanding this or that for captive marine mammals, but most of the time the activists get ignored. Could it be possible they're arranging to move her for a time to breed her with another orca then move her and the baby back? My personal biases aside...If they were seriously planning to get rid of her forever, it would prove costly. I can't see anything they do with that stadium equalling the popularity of the Shouka show.

I do agree that Shouka should have a companion, but why take her away as the solution? There just has to be another way, or at least another side of this that we're not seeing.

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I am just wondering if they have already explored all of their other options and are getting pressure from elsewhere as well. I am not a fan of losing Shouka either, so I hope that there are some other ideas still out there for them to explore.

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http://www.thereporter.com/ci_20581285/petition-pressuring-six-flags-about-killer-whale?IADID=Search-www.thereporter.com-www.thereporter.com

This goes a bit more in depth than the video it seems.

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Found this too. It's a guy who visited in '08 and wrote APHIS about the violations he saw. It is very sad that SFDK doesn't take better care with this (I've noticed the grimy water a few times too). Grimy water and unshaded pools should be a fairly easy fix, I'd believe. I don't know why SFDK wouldn't correct that. I can understand that Shouka not having a companion is a more complicated issue but Merlin and Shouka did well together for 7 years according to what I've read... I even heard there was a UC Davis group of students who were studying Shouka's and Merlin's relationship. I don't know why there was a "compatibility issue," but couldn't SFDK find another dolphin to accompany Shouka until a better solution was forged?

Like I said... if they were to move her, I'd hope it would be so they could expand the tank, or do some important tweaks on it to make it more livable for her. I don't know why they would want to move her for good.

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So, do people generally go clean the ocean every few days? Just sayin. Lol.

It's also worth noting that that if Shouka were sent back to France (or Canada as one of the articles stated), that she would likely not be protected by the same standards US parks are held to.

[MechanicCan you see the donkey in my toast?]

The woman that started the petition looked dreadful.

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It's also worth noting that that if Shouka were sent back to France (or Canada as one of the articles stated), that she would likely not be protected by the same standards US parks are held to.

That would be ironic!.