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August 19, 2023
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David Perle 202-483-7382
San Diego – Following the loss of life of the orca Lolita, who spent greater than 5 many years imprisoned in a tiny tank on the Miami Seaquarium, PETA supporters will descend on SeaWorld on Saturday to name for the discharge of Corky, the longest-held captive orca on the planet. Like Lolita, Corky was offered into the leisure trade after being torn away from her household and ocean residence, on this case off the coast of British Columbia in 1969, and he or she was used for years as a breeding machine—however not one among her infants survived previous 47 days. Her final being pregnant resulted in a miscarriage when her lifeless child was discovered on the backside of a concrete tank at SeaWorld. She has been saved captive for 53 years.
“Like Lolita, Corky has identified solely distress for greater than 50 years, with no life aside from to swim in limitless circles in a tiny, barren tank, and he or she should be launched,” says PETA Govt Vice President Tracy Reiman. “PETA is shaming SeaWorld, which should hearken to public opinion and launch Corky right into a seaside sanctuary, the place she might dive deep, swim quick, and even probably reunite together with her household earlier than she dies in captivity as Lolita did.”
Corky is the one surviving orca who was captured earlier than Lolita, whose loss of life follows years of PETA protests, lawsuits, an endangered species designation, and the current announcement that, because of philanthropist and Indianapolis Colts proprietor Jim Irsay, plans have been lastly being made to maneuver her to a seaside sanctuary.
The place: On the intersection of Sea World Drive and Sea World Means, San Diego
When: Saturday, August 19, 4 p.m.
PETA—whose motto reads, partially, that “animals should not ours to make use of for leisure”—opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview.
For extra info, please go to PETA.org, hearken to The PETA Podcast, or comply with the group on Twitter, Fb, or Instagram.
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