After two of his fellow trainers were killed by orcas in marine parks, Hargrove came to the realization that SeaWorld’s enormously popular and lucrative programs are not only dangerous for trainers, but also physically and psychologically detrimental to the whales themselves on an irreversible level. facilities, where he was promoted to the highest level of trainer and given elite access to the parks’ most dangerous whales. He worked with 20 different whales, on two different continents, and at two of SeaWorld’s U.S. As commercial descriptions indicate, “Hargrove’s journey is one that humanity has just begun to take-toward the realization that the relationship between the human and animal worlds must be radically rethought.”ĭescription: John Hargrove’s career as one of the most experienced orca trainers in the world spanned the course of two decades. Beneath the Surface: Killer Whales, SeaWorld, and the Truth beyond Blackfish is a revealing new book by former Sea World trainer John Hargrove it will be on the shelves on March 24, 2015.
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