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A
WHALE
OF
A
STORY:
THE
CASE
FOR
CETACEAN
CAPTIVITY
by
Patrick
Bigsby
A
Professional
Project
Presented
to
the
FACULTY
OF
THE
USC
GRADUATE
SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY
OF
SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA
In
Partial
Fulfillment
of
the
Requirements
for
the
Degree
MASTER
OF
ARTS
(PRINT
JOURNALISM)
August
2012
Copyright
2012
Patrick
Bigsby
Object Description
| Title | A whale of a story: the case for cetacean captivity |
| Author | Bigsby, Patrick R. |
| Author email | bigsby@usc.edu;patrick.bigsby@gmail.com |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Journalism (Print Journalism) |
| School | Annenberg School for Communication |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-07-01 |
| Date submitted | 2012-05-29 |
| Date approved | 2012-05-30 |
| Restricted until | 2012-05-30 |
| Date published | 2012-05-30 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Cole, K.C. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Gutierrez, Felix Hart, Juliette |
| Abstract | The human relationship with cetaceans has been tenuously respectful at best and devastatingly destructive at worst. Starting with Barnum’s American Museum in New York City, human entrepreneurs and naturalists have attempted, with varying degrees of success, to keep cetaceans alive in captivity for study and public viewing. As the knowledge base grew, questions arose over whether captivity is appropriate for large, highly intelligent marine mammals and, if so, what ethical treatment of the creatures entails. ❧ The conversation on this subject has become a matter for public discourse; corporations and activists have become as vocal as the scientific community and pending court cases are the only foreseeable substitutes for a consensus on the horizon. Evaluating the situation requires examining the lives of individual animals and weighing them against the total experience and impact of keeping cetaceans in captivity. Ultimately, the question is one of ends justifying means. |
| Keyword | whale; dolphin; cetacean; captivity; seaworld; journalism |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Rights | Bigsby, Patrick R. |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-BigsbyPatr-867.pdf |
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| Full text | A WHALE OF A STORY: THE CASE FOR CETACEAN CAPTIVITY by Patrick Bigsby A Professional Project Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF ARTS (PRINT JOURNALISM) August 2012 Copyright 2012 Patrick Bigsby |
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