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Water Pollution and SeaWorld San Diego

How This Marine Park Harms More Than Just Captive Whales

SeaWorld hasn’t exactly been on everyone’s “nice list” the last few years. Their Public Relations department has been reeling since the release of Blackfish , a 2013 documentary that called into question the company’s ability to safely, humanely, and ethically house orcas in captivity. And prior to the “Blackfish effect,” the entertainment company wasn’t necessarily benefiting from public awareness around dolphin captivity with the release of The Cove, a film centered on the Taiji dolphin drives, in 2009. Still, SeaWorld has attempted to carry on with an image that values cutting edge animal husbandry and […]

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