Sweet! Smarties and Albanese Candy Companies Sever Ties With SeaWorld After PETA’s Outreach

For Immediate Release:
October 10, 2024

Contact:
David Perle 202-483-7382

Orlando, Fla. –

After hearing from PETA about how highly intelligent, social orcas and other marine animals suffer in SeaWorld’s tiny concrete tanks, Smarties Candy Company and Albanese Confectionary have just committed to not partnering with the shameful abusement park again. PETA is sending orca plushies in thanks.

“The misery that animals endure at SeaWorld can’t be sugarcoated when orcas and other dolphins and whales are denied everything that’s natural and important to them,” says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “PETA applauds Smarties and Albanese for this sweet move and urges compassionate people everywhere to steer clear of SeaWorld.”

An orca with a collapsed dorsal fin, which is rare in wild orcas, at SeaWorld. Credit: PETA

More than 40 orcas and over 500 other dolphins and whales have died—many prematurely—in SeaWorld’s barren tanks, and those who have survived in these dismal concrete cells can only swim in circles and lash out at each other in frustration.

Smarties and Albanese are part of a long list of brands—including Snickers, Mott’s, Hyundai Motor America, JetBlue Airways, and Southwest Airlines—that have cut ties with SeaWorld.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to use for entertainment”—points out that Every Animal Is Someone and offers free Empathy Kits for people who need a lesson in kindness. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow the group on X, Facebook, or Instagram.