Victory! Jason Derulo Says ‘Goodbye’ to SeaWorld After PETA’s Appeal

For Immediate Release:
April 17, 2024

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Moira Colley 202-483-7382

Jason Derulo is ridin’ solo—away from SeaWorld! After hearing from PETA that the notorious abusement park sexually abuses dolphins and whales by forcibly impregnating them—and that more than 40 orcas have died, many prematurely, in SeaWorld’s tanks—the singer quickly pulled out of an upcoming concert during the Seven Seas Food Festival at SeaWorld Orlando. In thanks, PETA is sending Derulo its popular “SeaWorld Sucks” T-shirt, dolphin-shaped vegan fruit snacks, and a stuffed toy dolphin for his son.

“Jason Derulo made the right call in refusing to endorse SeaWorld’s body count with a performance,” says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “People will continue to turn their backs on SeaWorld as long as it relies on animal exploitation, which is why PETA is calling on the park to move the dolphins and whales it holds captive to seaside sanctuaries.”

PETA points out that in SeaWorld’s breeding program, dolphins are sometimes drugged so that they can’t fight back. Over 500 dolphins and whales have died at SeaWorld facilities, where highly intelligent, far-ranging marine mammals are forced to perform demeaning, unnatural tricks and denied everything that’s natural and important to them.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to use for entertainment”—points out that Every Animal Is Someone and offers free Empathy Kits for people who need a lesson in kindness. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow the group on X, Facebook, or Instagram.