Don’t Travel to Sea World

I don’t have much more to say, except that in addition to promoting animals in captivity Sea World now blames the recent orca trainer attack on the trainer and her ponytail!

Or so says Earth Island Institute:

SeaWorld is blaming the victim — their trainer who let her ponytail swing into the water — while the real negligence lies with them. They knew the whale Tilicum had a history of attacks against people, but they chose profit over the safety of whales and people.

It is time for a federal investigation of their actions, and time to force them to return orcas to the wild and stop the cover-up. We know this can be done, because we have done it with Keiko, the whale from Free Willy.

As Ric O’Barry states well in The Cove, “Don’t Buy A Ticket”! Join our petition against the cruel captivity industry at: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/5/stop-dolphin-captivity

Check out our call for a federal investigation at:http://apps.facebook.com/causes/331088/80397156?m=621bc82a

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UPDATE: Despite morbid curiosities, you should also abstain from trying to find footage of this event. Mashable says that many sites advertising footage are just going to hit your computer with malware.

Adam Baer has written for Harper’s, the New York Times, NPR, GQ, Rolling Stone, Atlantic, New Republic, and many other publications. Follow him on Twitter @glassshallot. ...read more