'Blackfish' prompts school to cancel long-standing SeaWorld trip - Allie Gonzales

http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/18/us/school-cancels-seaworld-california/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Summary:
With a parade of performers already canceling appearances at SeaWorld, now at least one school class says it's dropping a long-scheduled trip to the park over concerns about the treatment of whales as shown in the documentary "Blackfish."The overnight trip to SeaWorld has been a tradition for fifth-graders at Point Dume Marine Science Elementary School in Malibu, California, for at least a decade, according to Principal Rebecca Johnson, but concerns from parents and students including one determined 10-year-old prompted a decision to go elsewhere on this year's trip.Although Johnson mostly credited parents for influencing the change, several parents CNN spoke with said 10-year-old Kirra Kotler played a major role in the decision.The girl watched the film "Blackfish" with her parents and immediately afterward announced, "I never want to go to SeaWorld again," according to her father, Kirby Kotler. The Kotler family had taken trips to SeaWorld several times he.said."Blackfish" -- which first aired on CNN in October -- traces a 39-year history of killer whales in captivity leading up to the 2010 killing of SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau by the 12,000-pound orca, Tilikum, a whale previously associated with the death of two other people.

Analysis:
In my opinion I feel the school did the right thing for ive seen the film myself and the things that Sea World does to these whales are horrible. I personally don't ever want to attend Sea World myself after seeing the documentary. Also if everything in the film is not true, I don't understand why Sea World isn't speaking up.