From Coast to Coast, Students Call On SeaWorld to ‘Empty the Tanks’

With protests in Orlando, Florida; San Antonio; and San Diego, the youth-led group Students Opposing Speciesism let SeaWorld know it’s in deep water for keeping animals in lockdown for life.

Is SeaWorld Bad? Check Out These Shocking Marine Park Facts

Learn more about the cruelty of marine parks and discover ways to help animals.

A Vet Visited SeaWorld for PETA—We Want the USDA to Investigate Her Findings

Animals with eye problems, tooth damage, rake marks, and zero enrichment are suffering in concrete tanks while SeaWorld exposes them and everyone else there to deadly disease.

PETA: Birth of Beluga Whale at SeaWorld San Antonio Is Nothing to Celebrate

Workers violated Luna, forcibly impregnating her to create a living prop for the park’s shows. She rejected her first baby. Now this one, her fourth, is doomed to a life of suffering.

Native American People Push to Rescue Lolita: “She Was Stolen”

Lolita was abducted from her homeland more than 50 long years ago. Here are the historic efforts from Native American elders to bring her home.

Dolphin Obituaries: What It’s Really Like to Live and Die at SeaWorld

At SeaWorld, Bossa, Lily, and Puka were used as breeding machines to create generations of dolphins confined to small concrete tanks for life. Now, all three are dead.

VIDEO: Belugas Return to Sea for First Time Since Capture Years Ago

It’s official: Little Grey and Little White, two formerly captive beluga whales, have been moved from a Chinese marine park to a seaside sanctuary in Iceland.

Lolita: 52 Years Ago TODAY, I Was Abducted From My Ocean Home

“It’s been 52 years since I was captured—five decades of a living nightmare. Please help me—on my next anniversary, I should be in a sanctuary, not the world’s smallest orca tank.”

PETA Exposes SeaWorld’s Sexual Abuse of Dolphins

Despite having ended its wretched orca-breeding program, SeaWorld still sexually assaults other dolphins and whales. Help PETA end this now.

A Robotic Dolphin to Replace Captive Ones? Sign SeaWorld Up

Dolphins used in “swim with dolphins” encounters live in misery. But these visionary designers are throwing exploited dolphins a lifeline—in the form of a robotic counterpart.

If These ‘Nemeses’ Can Collab on Seaside Sanctuary, What’s SeaWorld’s Holdup?

If an Australian marine park can stop breeding dolphins and join forces with animal rights activists to build a seaside sanctuary, SeaWorld can, too. NO. MORE. EXCUSES.

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URGENT: Help Keep These Animal Abusers Shut Down Post–COVID-19

Animal exploiters are nonessential—the coronavirus pandemic proves that the world can keep on turning without the torture and killing of animals.

Want Some Good News? Take a Look at PETA’s Victories So Far in 2020

PETA is going full steam ahead to make the world a brighter place. See all the ways we’ve helped animals in just the first three months of the year.

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PETA’s Business Tip for SeaWorld: Let Animals Go, Not Employees

PETA is calling on SeaWorld to use the coming weeks to develop a plan to move orcas, dolphins, and other captive marine mammals to seaside sanctuaries.

Self-Isolation Got You Feeling Trapped? Try Being a Dolphin at SeaWorld

SeaWorld is closed because of the coronavirus, but it should’ve closed long ago for cruelty. Tell the park not to reopen until all the dolphins and whales are released to seaside sanctuaries.

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