San Diego says SeaWorld owes millions of dollars in unpaid rent, but PETA alleges "the city is proposing that it let the abusive park off the hook." ...
SEAWORLD in Miami said yesterday that it will stop breeding killer whales and phase out theatrical shows involving trained orcas. The decision comes after years of campaigning by animal rights ...
SeaWorld, which has 12 parks across the US, ended its controversial orca breeding programme in 2016 and has also said it would phase out its live orca shows.
In a move signaling a shift in practices, SeaWorld revealed back in 2016 its plans to cease the breeding of orcas and ...
"They're still just doing manic circles around concrete swimming pools." Last year, SeaWorld promised to stop breeding killer whales in captivity.
Six years after Dawn's death, SeaWorld announced they would cease their orca breeding programme. Now, the attraction collaborates with the Humane Society of the United States to combat commercial ...
Despite SeaWorld's objections about the movie, the spotlight on the ongoing captivity of 45 killer whales in captivity is brighter than ever. While there are no documented cases of orcas harming ...
SeaWorld would have ignored—not declined, but simply ignored—any request to debate the issue in public. Fast forward to today and both of these once unlikely events have occurred, four-and-a-half ...
Even the academic, ivory tower Society could not escape the spotlight focused on captive orcas by David Kirby’s book, Death at SeaWorld, and Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s documentary, Blackfish. The ...
After Brancheau's death, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration’s (OSHA) issued SeaWorld a $75,000 fine and banned humans from performing alongside orcas without a protective barrier.