We forced SeaWorld into the orca U-turn. What shall we do next? | Patrick Barkham
by Patrick Barkham from Environment | The Guardian on (#17TJH)
The decision of the struggling entertainment chain to end its captive breeding programme shows the power of protest
At the end of 2013, I interviewed Gabriela Cowperthwaite, the director of Blackfish, a documentary about SeaWorld keeping orcas in captivity. It had quite an impact, not least that human attractions such as US stadium rockers Heart and Willie Nelson declined to play at the theme park in Orlando.
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