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ORLANDO --
SeaWorld has a surprising new part-owner: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
PETA announced on its official blog that it has bought just enough stock in the company to attend its annual meetings.
A longtime and vocal opponent of SeaWorld's policies regarding animals at its theme parks for years, PETA will now be allowed to attend shareholder meetings and, more importantly to PETA, propose changes.
"We quickly purchased the smallest number of shares necessary to give us the right to attend and speak at annual meetings and to submit shareholder resolutions asking for policy changes," PETA posted on its blog Friday.
"Our first order of business as part owners of SeaWorld?" PETA continued. "Getting the orcas out -- including Corky, who has been enslaved by SeaWorld for 44 years."
That should make for a very interesting meeting. It's probably not what SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. had in mind when it decided to go public.
In its first day of trading, SeaWorld's stock surged on the New York Stock Exchange, rising as high as $34.67 on Friday. It opened Tuesday morning at $32.94.
Our attempts to reach out to SeaWorld Orlando for comments were not immediately returned Tuesday morning.
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warrprayer
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(14,040 posts)now works to stop the slaughter of dolphins in Japan and the use of them in entertainment worldwide?
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joeybee12
(56,177 posts)warrprayer
(4,734 posts)that's a good thing!
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)and save them from being enslaved.