National Day of Action Saturday 8 December TUI formerly known as Thomson Holidays continues to sell tickets to SeaWorld, despite being fully aware of the company’s cruel treatment of animals for profit. Major travel providers including the UK’s biggest, Thomas Cook, have severed ties with the cruel marine park following dedicated PETA …
UK Day of Action! Tell Thomas Cook to Stop Promoting SeaWorld The Thomas Cook Group continues to sell tickets to SeaWorld, despite being fully aware of the company’s cruel treatment of animals for profit. On Saturday, 9 September, PETA will coordinate a national day of action, with events held across the UK. Facebook Link
Over the course of two decades, John Hargrove worked with 20 different whales on two continents and at two of SeaWorld’s U.S. facilities. For Hargrove, becoming an orca trainer fulfilled a childhood dream. However, as his experience with the whales deepened, Hargrove came to doubt that their needs could ever be met in captivity. …
Lawsuit seeks to represent anyone who purchased tickets, memberships or SeaWorld orca experiences. Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP is a consumer-rights class-action law firm with offices in nine cities. The firm has been named to the National Law Journals Plaintiffs Hot List eight times. SeaWorld customers, represented by attorneys at Hagens Berman, today filed a ground-breaking class-action …
SeaWorld worked long and hard to create the illusion of being a conservation organization that housed happy, healthy marine animals. Luckily, Blackfish — the ground-breaking documentary about the abusement park — shattered many of the lies that SeaWorld has been spewing for years. While there’s no hiding from the truth now, SeaWorld is still hoping that …
Update Re: BA and SeaWorld – take action today Kathleen Haase Skipton, United Kingdom 27 Nov 2014 — Dear Friends, This week we received a letter from British Airways saying that they could not see a reason to end their relationship from SeaWorld. First of all, thank you all so much for all your feedback and …
Petition Update British Airways – Stop Selling Trips To SeaWorld Open Letter Response to BA’s position regarding SeaWorld Kathleen Haase Skipton, United Kingdom 24 Nov 2014 — Dear Friends, This is the Open Letter I am sending to Jonathon Counsell in regards to their announced position about SeaWorld as we’re speaking. More to come tomorrow: “Dear …
So close to 250,000 signatures! Kathleen Haase Skipton 11 Oct 2014 — Dear Friends, This will most likely be my last update before our meeting with British Airways on Monday. I am blown away by all your support! Everyone is so behind our efforts to get British Airways to cease business with SeaWorld. Before the weekend …
Do British Airways lose sleep at night? #Seaworld #Blackfish Kathleen Haase Skipton 7 Aug 2014 — I need your help! Today British Airways are asking Facebook users to post their top tips on a goodnight’s sleep when flying. Why don’t we all ask BA how they sleep at night while working with SeaWorld and supporting …
Southwest Airlines cut ties with Seaworld! Kathleen Haase York Aug 1, 2014 — I have great news! After months of campaigning by WDC and other organisations, large US airline company Southwest Airlines has announced it will not renew its marketing partnership with SeaWorld. The fact that a major airline has cut their ties with Seaworld is …
110,000 signatures and going! Kathleen Haase York 15 Jul 2014 — Dear Supporters, Thanks to all of you for signing and sharing the petition, we have now reached over 110,000 signatures and keep getting more every day! I am truly amazed by everyone’s support! I had contacted Keith Williams and British Airways via E-Mail on the …
Photo credit: P.Wigmore Petition by Kathleen Haase York, United Kingdom SeaWorld is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year but it also marks another anniversary – 50 years of holding orcas captive for ‘entertainment’ purposes. Orcas live in tight family groups who usually stay together for life. SeaWorld ripped many of these wild families apart in the 60s …
Three deaths, two decades, one whale. What have we learned? In one of the most powerful and thought-provoking documentaries in a generation, Blackfish turns the spotlight on humankind’s selfish desire to confine large, intelligent marine mammals in a captive situation for our viewing pleasure. Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s important film could have so easily been labelled ‘just …
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