British travel giant Thomas Cook announced over the weekend it will stop offering tickets to animal attractions that keep killer whales in captivity. The new policy means that SeaWorld in Florida and Loro Parque in Tenerife will be removed from the company’s website and brochures, the Telegraph reported. “This was not a decision we took […]
On the morning of Jan. 6, one of SeaWorld’s most well-known orcas, Tilikum, passed away surrounded by trainers, care staff and veterinarians at the Orlando, Florida ocean theme park where the famous killer whale lived most of his life. Coincidentally on that same weekend, professional race car driver and environmental advocate Leilani Münter was in […]
By Ashley Palmer Led by an “orca,” People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) members descended on SeaWorld San Diego with signs urging, “SeaWorld: Send Corky Home!” The action was the first protest in PETA’s new “Free Corky” campaign, which calls for the longest-held captive orca in the world to be released into a […]
Meet Takara, a 25-year-old pregnant orca living in SeaWorld San Antonio in Texas. Takara’s newborn, expected to arrive in Spring 2017, will be the last remaining orca to live its life in SeaWorld’s tanks after the ocean park announced in March it would end its captive orca breeding program after years of campaigning from animal […]
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