‘Ofrenda’ for Orcas in San Antonio: PETA Latino to Honor SeaWorld’s Victims on ‘Día de los Muertos’

For Immediate Release:
October 31, 2022

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David Perle 202-483-7382

San Antonio – Kyara the orca and Puka the bottlenose dolphin will be among those honored on Wednesday, Día de los Muertos, on PETA Latino’s ofrenda (memorial altar) for the hundreds of animals who have died at SeaWorld parks. PETA Latino supporters wearing sugar skull orca masks will hold a vigil alongside the memorial with signs proclaiming, “Honor Their Memories. Close SeaWorld.”

When:    Wednesday, November 2, 7 p.m.

Where:    At the intersection of E. Commerce and Losoya streets, San Antonio

“More than 40 orcas and over 500 other dolphins and whales have died in SeaWorld’s concrete tanks, many of them prematurely, and those who remain can do little but swim in circles and lash out at each other in frustration,” says PETA Latino Associate Director of Communications Alicia Aguayo. “PETA Latino is calling on SeaWorld to give these animals a chance at a real life instead of an early death by releasing them to reputable seaside sanctuaries.”

PETA Latino—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to use for entertainment”—opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview.

For more information, please visit PETALatino.com or follow the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.

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