5/2/2018
Pressure first mounted in the wake of the explosive 2013 CNN documentary, Blackfish, which chronicled the fate of Tilikum, a captive whale at SeaWorld's park in Orlando that was involved in the deaths of three people, including a veteran orca trainer. The film led to a steep drop in SeaWorld's visitor ...
4/30/2018
SeaWorld faced accusations of cruelty last August after an ex-trainer made allegations against it over the way whales are treated after one called Kasatka had to be put down. Her former trainer, John Hargrove, left the marine park in 2012 after 14 years caring for the whales and became a whistleblower.
They had also previously announced that live shows involving killer whales were being phased out. Yvonne Taylor, of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, alleged that SeaWorld's Orcas were “forced to spend their entire lives confined to tiny, concrete, chlorinated cells, in which they can only ...