According to Research, Climate Change Protesters are Hypocrites
We’re all hypocrites. Every single one of us who claim to care about our planet and want to change things are hypocrites in some way, shape or form.
Let’s talk about lack of care for the planet.
I’m sure that, by now, everyone who has access to internet is well-aware of SeaWorld and their immoral practises regarding their orcas — or Killer Whales, as they’re more commonly known as. If not, here is another reminder of what they do behind the smokescreen.
Imagine this: when you’re just three years old, a murderer breaks into your home and kills your parents in front of you. They drag you away from their bodies and sell you off to a circus. You’re not allowed to eat unless you do what they tell you to. A few years go by and, finally, you snap. You take out your grievances on the next person who makes you perform. All that you’ve been through, only to end up dying sooner than you should. You’re nine years old when you pass.
The orca we’re all familiar with, the Killer Whale we all grew up loving, oblivious to the fact it was probably a different Killer Whale every time we went to a show at SeaWorld, was of course Shamu. And she went through the same thing. By now, I’m sure we’re all aware that there have been many ‘Shamu’s over the years. The first ‘Shamu’, was a female orca who was captured in the wild in 1965. At just three years old, whalers harpooned and murdered her mother in front of her and the little orca refused to leave her mother’s side.
Shamu was dragged away from her mother and sold to SeaWorld San Diego, where, not treats, but meals were withheld until she successfully learnt tricks and was trained to become the SeaWorld park’s first performing orca. She was used in shows until the year 1971 in which a park employee was instructed to ride on her back for a televised stunt. When secretary Annette Eckis fell off the orca’s back, Shamu clamped her teeth down on the woman’s leg and refused to let go. A trainer shoved a pole into Shamu’s mouth and pried her jaws open. Eckis needed more than 100 stitches, sued, and the orca was then retired from shows (probably the most kindness the park showed her).
In the same year, Shamu died of pyometra (a urine infection) and septicaemia (blood poisoning). She was only nine years old. However, in the wild, she could have lived over the age of 100.
In the last few years, many stories have surfaced about the abuse multiple orcas endure. And yet, according to PR Newswire, in 2018 SeaWorld saw it’s revenue increase by $109 million to $1.37 billion from 2017 [SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc]. Why, if everyone’s aware of what orcas go through in SeaWorld parks, is SeaWorld still making so much money?
It’s not just orcas that suffer because of the ignorance of humans.
Let’s talk about Bonfire Night, which has been and gone. No one can resist the temptation on Bonfire Night. The collection of warm food stalls and hot drinks. The beautiful array of colourful sparks after the booming bang of the fireworks that resembles the sounds of gunshots.
It’s a beautiful night. But, like many luxuries we’ve come to enjoy over the years, the celebration comes at a price.
Below is a link to a video released in 2013, advising people to check their gardens for wildlife — specifically hedgehogs — before they light any bonfires or fireworks as experts suggest that hedgehogs could become extinct in the UK within the next ten years [Berners] due to humans’ clumsiness.
So, there you have it. Despite the video’s release six years ago, people continue to start bonfires and fireworks without checking their gardens for wildlife first.
And that’s what caring for the planet actually means. It means no longer attending companies’ entertainment shows when you know how they treat the main entertainment. It means sparing those extra five minutes to check in case any living wildlife is alive somewhere. It means caring for the other creatures that inhabit the Earth and protecting their habitats — their homes.
Arguably, protesting against climate change is caring for the planet. But climate change is such a general term. There are two causes of climate change: natural and man-made. Climate change can never be completely dealt with because the natural causes are what the Earth does to itself; volcanic eruptions, natural fires, etc. The climate is constantly changing, and has been since the planet first came to life. Climate change in this respect is normal. What isn’t normal is the rapid pace at which it’s changing and that’s down to the man-made causes of climate change. More specifically, pollution. What causes pollution is what we all learnt in Science — providing you were paying attention in class. Greenhouse gases, the abolition of forests and woodland, etc. To put it simply to all climate change protesters, it’s not climate change as a whole that needs to be dealt with, it’s the years of pollution, of damage, that us and our ancestors are guilty of doing to the Earth and it’s climate.
For more information on climate change, visit https://www.theccc.org.uk/tackling-climate-change/the-science-of-climate-change/climate-variations-natural-and-human-factors/a-natural-climate-cycle/
References
Websites
SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. ‘SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2018 Results; Increases Share Repurchase Authorization’ PR Newswire, 28th February 2019, https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/seaworld-entertainment-inc-reports-fourth-quarter-and-fiscal-2018-results-increases-share-repurchase-authorization-300803752.html
Berners, Naomi. ‘Hedgehogs are at risk of extinction within the next ten years’ Heart, 13th June 2018, https://www.heart.co.uk/lifestyle/hedgehogs-extinction-help-save-mammals-squirrels/
‘A natural climate cycle’ Committee on Climate Change, https://www.theccc.org.uk/tackling-climate-change/the-science-of-climate-change/climate-variations-natural-and-human-factors/a-natural-climate-cycle/
Videos
Harper Asprey Wildlife Rescue. ‘Remember Remember Hedgehogs on the 5th November’ YouTube, 25th October 2013, https://youtu.be/m4zqdhZyxL4
