Introducing the Whale Sanctuary Project

This blog is taking a break for the next few months so that I can devote my energies to the Whale Sanctuary Project. Here’s why.

Can There Ever Be a ‘Humane Economy’?

Is it possible for us humans to coexist peacefully with our fellow animals in a modern capitalist economy? Two books come to opposite conclusions.

Conservation, Restoration, Reparation

Even though we can never fully recompense these apex predators for what they’ve lost, having their own sanctuary can help to heal the deep wounds we have inflicted upon the fabric of nature itself.

SeaWorld’s Three Whoppers

It was all a bit too good to be true. Even as the CEO of SeaWorld and the CEO of the Humane Society of the U.S. were smiling together, SeaWorld was preparing an advertising blitz trashing animal protection organizations with a series of blatant untruths.

Bernie, Belugas and the Home Depot

“Whew,” Bernie Marcus mutters to himself. “As long as everyone’s talking about SeaWorld, they won’t be coming after my Georgia Aquarium. At least not for the…

The Whale Who Took Down SeaWorld

A footnote to my earlier post about the quandary now facing SeaWorld. Much credit for what’s happening in the marine circus world goes to the movie…

What Should SeaWorld Do Now?

If you were the new CEO of SeaWorld, what would you do? Last week, you saw yet another nail being driven into the coffin of your…

How SeaWorld Is Like Scientology

If you’ve seen how SeaWorld is responding to John Hargrove’s new book Beneath the Surface, it’s hard to miss the similarities with Scientology’s dirty tricks campaigns…

Hoofin’ It Up with the Humane Society

As some 90 diners trekked around four restaurants in Denver this week, Angela Huffman of the Humane Society of the United States, which is sponsoring the…

SeaWorld Stock Officially in the Tank

When SeaWorld’s stock took a dive earlier this year, the company claimed that the weather and the timing of Easter were to blame for the drop…

SeaWorld Becomes a Laughing Stock

You know your company is in trouble when everyone starts laughing at you. That’s what’s happening to SeaWorld now that the activists have been joined by…

Shamu’s Exercise Machine

SeaWorld is planning to install exercise machines for the orcas it holds captive at its marine circuses.

Orcas like Tilikum, SeaWorld’s biggest killer whale, who has killed three people and now spends most of his time languishing motionless in a small tank, could get some longer-distance swimming time.

Should we give SeaWorld a thumbs-up for this?

Disney Worried about Promoting SeaWorld

Pixar Studios is getting cold feet about the happy ending it had planned for its Finding Nemo sequel. According to ArtsBeat writer Brooks Barnes, the upcoming…

Marine Circuses May Soon Be History

It’s time to consider the very real possibility, once unthinkable, that SeaWorld’s “Shamu” shows may soon be history. Not next week or even next year, but…

SeaWorld Hits Back at Movie ‘Blackfish’

SeaWorld is clearly worried about the movie Blackfish, which opens in New York and Los Angeles this weekend, and across the country over the next month.…

ABC Nightline Takes On SeaWorld

Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. With the movie Blackfish currently playing at the American Film Institute festival in Washington DC, ABC’s Nightline looks into…

SeaWorld Hit with Another Violation

SeaWorld Orlando has been ordered by the federal government to pay a fine of $38,500 for a “repeat violation” of an Occupational Safety and Health Administration…

SeaWorld Discloses ‘Risk Factors’ in IPO

SeaWorld Entertainment, apparently under pressure from the Securities and Exchange Commission, has filed a revised prospectus for its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange. Corporations preparing to go public on the stock market are required to let potential investors know the “risk factors” that may be involved. And SeaWorld wasn’t too keen on letting investors know how public opinion could be starting to turn against these circus shows.