PETA Becomes Part Owner of SeaWorld

When SeaWorld decided to offer up 20 million shares of common stock in an initial public offering, no one expected PETA to be one of the first in line to buy.

But Wall Street was in for a surprise. We quickly purchased the smallest number of shares necessary to give us the right to attend and speak at annual meetings and to submit shareholder resolutions asking for policy changes. One of our top priorities as part owners of SeaWorld? Getting the orcas out—including Corky, who has been enslaved by SeaWorld for decades.  

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We educate stockholders about how marine parks imprison orcas, other dolphins, and whales in minuscule concrete tanks, where they suffer from stress and illness due to confinement. 

And of course meanwhile, PETA and our supporters continue trying to win freedom for the animals as soon as possible by telling everyone that these animals live in a SeaWorldofHurt.