The Precious Orca
Personal memory by Cody Gilland
1994 • Orlando, FL, USA
I recall visiting Sea World with my family when I was very young. I would say 1994/1995. The Killer Whales were more popular at the time and the main attraction. Though they have not been removed yet, in the next decade they will be endangered wild animals once more. They will no longer be in captivity. Though they were plentiful during my memory as a child, they will soon diminish from this world and I will remember them. Our world is precious and the reflection of this world's decay is in our disappearance of its species.
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