Watch: John Hargrove Takes Down SeaWorld on The Daily Show, SeaWorld’s #AskSeaWorld Campaign Backfires Spectacularly
John Hargrove, author of a firsthand account of what happens at SeaWorld, Beneath the Surface: Killer Whales, SeaWorld, and the Truth Beyond ‘Blackfish’, spoke to the Daily Show on Thursday night. Here’s what he had to say:
Meanwhile, SeaWorld launched a Twitter campaign encouraging followers to send in questions using the hashtag, #AskSeaWorld. As you’ll see in this feature by Newsday, the campaign took a turn for the worse. Tweets like this were pouring in all day:
.@SeaWorld so do you starve them before or after you make them perform — Lorena (@lorenarenae) March 26, 2015
.@SeaWorld Do they withhold your food since you are failing to perform? #AskSeaWorld #EmptyTheTanks
— good2bgreene (@good2bgreene) March 26, 2015
#AskSeaWorld @seaworld NO ONE BELIEVES YOU ANY MORE! CHANGE YOUR BUSINESS MODEL BEFORE YOU BECOME #EXTINCT pic.twitter.com/5305w2BGjp — peter burton (@peteswildlife) March 27, 2015
#AskSeaWorld: If mother-calf bond is ‘valued’ at your parks, why have you separated 19 calves from their mothers? pic.twitter.com/YtWAjmudPf
— PETA (@peta) March 26, 2015
#AskSeaWorld is it true that @johnjhargrove hit a homerun 4 #Blackfish on @TheDailyShow 2NITE @11pm West Coast Alert! pic.twitter.com/GQSiJXTFee — Jeffrey Ventre (@jeffrey_ventre) March 27, 2015
#AskSeaWorld: If you truly care about your animals, why do you let THIS happen? pic.twitter.com/xINuURI9Dm — PETA (@peta) March 26, 2015
@SeaWorld: #AskSeaWorld who has it worse right now, your whales or PR team? I vote your whales every time #Blackfish
— Hayley (@hayleyr1979) March 26, 2015
