Whale researcher featured in ‘Blackfish’ to speak at BU
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A renowned whale researcher who appears in a celebrated documentary that generated Academy Award buzz will be speaking at Brandon University tonight.
Dave Duffus, associate professor at the University of Victoria, is featured in the 2013 film “Blackfish,” which explores the controversy of killer whales in captivity.
Duffus was an expert witness in the 2011 court case following the death of a SeaWorld trainer dragged underwater and drowned by a killer whale.
“This will be an amazing opportunity for people to engage with a scientist whose research has put him on the front lines of a long-standing debate,” says BU geography department chair Chris Malcolm, an associate of Duffus for the past 20 years. “He’s internationally known for his work, and approaches the question of whales in captivity from a scientific rather than an emotional perspective.”
“Blackfish” focuses on four people killed by captive killer whales, the corporate behaviour by marine theme parks, and the ethics of keeping killer whales in captivity.
The movie premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and is ranked as one of the top-grossing nature documentaries of all-time, in the company of “March of the Penguins” and the “Earth” and “Ocean” films.
The public is invited to view “Blackfish” and talk with Duffus afterwards, in Theatre B of the Brodie Science Building tonight, beginning at 7 p.m. Earlier, at 3 p.m. in Room 4-47 of the Brodie Science Building, he will also talk about his decades of studying whales off the B.C. coast.
“Watch for more international-calibre speakers in the coming months through our Science Seminar Series,” says BU science dean Andrew Egan. “The new master of science degree launched this fall gives us increased opportunities to bring in acclaimed researchers and experts with appeal not only to students and scientists, but the entire community.”
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