Seattlepi reporter Candace Calloway-Whiting picks up story of SeaWorld's bleak financial condition.
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Thanks to Howard Garrett and Susan Berta of Orcanetwork, for pointing out this important story from the seattlepi's Candice Calloway-Whiting, about the horrendous condition of SeaWorld's financial records.
How much profit is there left in captured sea mammal as public entertainment? Will a dwindling bottom line help end the violent capture of wild animals, for our amusement?
"Behind the tragedies at SeaWorld, behind the looming lawsuits, behind the rapidly changing attitudes toward orca captivity, come the economic losses now pinching the industry". - Howard Garret of Orca Network.
Interestingly enough, as Candace reports, "last year Costco ran a survey of it’s members, and reported that only around 17% feel that keeping wild animals in captivity for our amusement is right. It is time for the amusement parks to stop capturing and breeding whales and dolphins, there is nothing amusing about it".
Read seattlepi.com reporter Candace Calloway-Whiting's article about Sea World's bleak financial news (linked), since the story broke in the Wall Street Journal.
http://blog.seattlepi.com/candacewhiting/2011/02/13/seaworld-has-a-whale-of-a-de...
How much profit is there left in captured sea mammal as public entertainment? Will a dwindling bottom line help end the violent capture of wild animals, for our amusement?
"Behind the tragedies at SeaWorld, behind the looming lawsuits, behind the rapidly changing attitudes toward orca captivity, come the economic losses now pinching the industry". - Howard Garret of Orca Network.
Interestingly enough, as Candace reports, "last year Costco ran a survey of it’s members, and reported that only around 17% feel that keeping wild animals in captivity for our amusement is right. It is time for the amusement parks to stop capturing and breeding whales and dolphins, there is nothing amusing about it".
Read seattlepi.com reporter Candace Calloway-Whiting's article about Sea World's bleak financial news (linked), since the story broke in the Wall Street Journal.
http://blog.seattlepi.com/candacewhiting/2011/02/13/seaworld-has-a-whale-of-a-de...
