California Coastal Commission Bans Breeding Orcas as Condition for Proposed SeaWorld Expansion

October 8, 2015

Following meetings with PETA, letters from more than 120,000 concerned PETA members and supporters, and a protest involving several hundred people, the California Coastal Commission did right by orcas by requiring, as a condition of approval for SeaWorld’s Blue World Project, that the abusement park stop breeding them—which would ultimately end captivity for long-suffering orcas in California. This ruling forces SeaWorld either to end orca captivity in the state or abandon the expansion project and face yet another public-relations disaster for continuing to harm orcas.

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 Ingrid E. Newkirk

“Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses and zoos. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. For whatever reason, you are now asking the question: Why should animals have rights?” READ MORE

— Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind