Why you shouldn't go to SeaWorld?

At SeaWorld, their tanks are far too shallow. The deepest tank is only 40 feet deep, not nearly deep enough to shade them from the sun. Because of this, orcas at SeaWorld have constant sunburns. These burns are hidden from the public with the help of black zinc oxide, which matches the animals' skin.
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How terrible is SeaWorld?

More than 60 bottlenose dolphins—including 16 stillborn babies—died at SeaWorld parks in just 10 years. Captive dolphins routinely die prematurely of infectious diseases at marine parks. More than 300 dolphins and whales have died on SeaWorld's watch.
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Is it OK to visit SeaWorld?

SeaWorld has no COVID-19 restrictions, except for wearing masks indoors (due to the State of California) and placing hand sanitizer around the park, and has ended restrictions for out-of-state visitors.
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Does SeaWorld do more harm than good?

In reality, the animals that call SeaWorld home are in the best care they could possibly have. The work that SeaWorld does to save injured and abandoned wildlife makes sure that the necessary species receive the help they need. A great deal of the information in Blackfish has been proven false.
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What is the controversy with SeaWorld?

The film accused the theme park of abusing its killer whales, and it led to a decline both in attendance and revenue that SeaWorld claimed were unrelated to the documentary's widespread popularity. The popularity of "Blackfish" made a huge impact on the future of orcas at SeaWorld parks.
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Does SeaWorld still abuse animals 2022?

Although SeaWorld ended its sordid orca-breeding program, the company continues to sexually abuse dolphins. Unwilling male dolphins are masturbated, and females are torn out of the water and sometimes drugged so they can't fight back while staff members shove tubes filled with semen into their uteruses.
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Are orcas happy at SeaWorld?

Lindy Donahue, an animal behaviorist at SeaWorld, told ABC News that "the animals are happy," and the work the park has done in recent years to accommodate the animals "is absolutely enough."
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Are dolphins abused at SeaWorld?

At SeaWorld's abusement parks, 140 dolphins are packed together into just seven small tanks, where they suffer from the stress of years of intensive confinement. Incompatible dolphins have no way to escape from one another, resulting in fights and injuries.
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Does SeaWorld look after their animals?

SeaWorld self-funds the largest marine animal rescue and rehabilitation program on the planet, with 24,000 successful animal rescues ranging from sea turtles to dolphins to pinnipeds to birds and more.
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Does PETA support SeaWorld?

SeaWorld BLOWS. Thanks to PETA, this year's top Oscar® nominees can make a splash and help the animals suffering at “abusement” parks like SeaWorld.
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How do I take down SeaWorld?

5 Things You Can Do to Help Shut Down SeaWorld
  1. Watch Blackfish With Your Friends! ...
  2. Let SeaWorld Know How You Feel. ...
  3. Spread the Word to Everyone You Know—Right Now. ...
  4. Take to the Streets! ...
  5. Rock a 'SeaWorld Kills' or 'SeaWorld Sucks' Tee.
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Why is SeaWorld so cruel?

SeaWorld continues to cram 140 dolphins into just seven tanks, breeding them—sometimes forcibly after they've been drugged—and abusing them by allowing trainers to ride on their backs and use their faces as surfboards in circus-style shows.
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How ethical is SeaWorld?

SeaWorld claims that it's committed to “protecting and conserving animals worldwide,” but in 2018, its publicly funded conservation fund only spent the equivalent of about 2.2% of the company's profits. True conservation is about helping animals in their own environment, not imprisoning them for entertainment.
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What does SeaWorld do with dead whales?

Animal care workers often participate in the procedures and help dispose of the corpses. Dead animals mainly come from SeaWorld rescues of sick or dying wild whales and dolphins that are stranded on beaches or picked up in the hope of nursing them back to health.
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Are orcas cruel?

What is this? Unlike sharks, killer whales don't typically attack humans unless they feel threatened, and in no known case has a human ever been eaten by a killer whale. For the most part, killer whales are considered amiable animals, at least as far as we know and have experienced them to be.
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How many orcas died at SeaWorld?

At least forty-three orcas have died at SeaWorld. One of the most infamous capture incidents saw over 80 whales from the Southern Resident population of orcas in Washington State rounded-up at Penn Cove in 1970. Seven were taken into captivity while as many as five whales died.
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Can SeaWorld still breed orcas?

Killer whales at SeaWorld help killer whales in the wild

In 2016, SeaWorld announced that we were ending our killer whale breeding program and that the orcas in our care are the last generation at our park.
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Does it hurt dolphins to ride them?

Dolphins in SWTD programs have demonstrated agitated and aggressive behavior under the stressful conditions of forced interaction. These behaviors may result in serious physical injury to swimmers. SWTD programs have reported human injuries including lacerations, tooth rakes, internal injuries, broken bones, and shock.
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Is Shamu alive?

Shamu died that year at SeaWorld of pyometra (a uterine infection) and septicemia (blood poisoning). She was just 9 years old. In the wild, she could have lived to be older than 100.
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Do killer whales get depressed?

Boredom: Daily monotony and lack of appropriate challenges in such a large-brained complex animal, lead to immobility (increased logging behavior on the surface), depression, irritability and increased anxiety.
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Is Tilikum still alive?

Tilikum died Jan. 6, 2017, a Friday, surrounded by trainers, care staff and veterinarians, SeaWorld said. Amusement park officials said he was being treated for “a persistent and complicated bacterial lung infection” before his death.
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How did SeaWorld change after blackfish?

SeaWorld's leadership refused to take part in my study. I found evidence that Blackfish led to negative publicity for SeaWorld and changed how people viewed marine mammal captivity. As a result, attendance at the park decreased and the market value of the company dropped.
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Are the animals at SeaWorld rescued?

Most of the marine mammals (about 85%) rescued by SeaWorld parks are pinnipeds. SeaWorld parks have cared for a more than 7,700 pinnipeds. SeaWorld has rescued and rehabilitated hundreds of California sea lions, northern elephant seal pups, and harbor seals.
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How deep are the tanks at SeaWorld?

At SeaWorld, orcas are kept in a series of tanks that average approximately 86 feet by 51 feet and are only 34 feet deep—not even twice as deep as the average orca is long.
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