Moreover, SeaWorld has repeatedly placed the blame on the victims, rather than the whale, resulting in debate over which party should actually be held responsible. Because of these incidents, animal training poses serious threats. Even Howard Garrett, director and researcher of the nonprofit Orca Network, says "in their natural habitat, there is no record of any harm to a human anywhere,” but in captivity, there have been dozens of incidents involving injury from whales (Cowperthwaite, 2013; Rose, 2011). While orcas have been covered rather extensively by the media, other animals like sea lions and dolphins have also experienced the tolls of captivity. Hargrove, who used to work with the sea lions, explains that the chlorine was so strong in their water, that many of them went blind.…