SeaWorld Starts Orca Shows Again

A SeaWorld trainer performs with a killer whale during the first show after a trainer was killed by a killer whale three days earlier at the theme park in Orlando, Fla., Saturday. More than 2,000 people watched killer whales perform Saturday at SeaWorld for the first time since one of the orcas dragged a trainer to her death underwater in front of horrified spectators. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, Pool)

• Weekend HBO Poll: 70 or 145 respondents (48%) said the orca who killed the SeaWorld trainer recently should be released back into the wild. 33 or 145 (23%) said it should have limited contact with humans. 22 of 145 (15%) said the shows should go on. And 11 of 145 (8%) said the orca should be put down.

Question: SeaWorld is no longer allowing trainers to get in the water with the killer whales. Do you think that’s a sufficient step that justifies opening the orca shows again, only days after the death of a trainer?