Tell SeaWorld's Newest Shareholder Not to Bring Animals to China!

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Zhonghong Zhuoye Group, a Chinese real estate and investment group, has agreed to purchase a 21 percent stake in SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc.—along with the rights to develop SeaWorld parks in China, Hong Kong, and Macau. We need your help to ensure that these parks do not imprison animals.

China has no federal animal-welfare laws, and even Mitchel Kalmanson—the notorious animal exhibitor who confined big cats to cages 24/7 while on the road with UniverSoul Circus—has said of his experience overseeing the transport of marine mammals to parks in China: "The Chinese [marine parks] treat the mammals like commodities that they can throw away… They figure they can buy more if they can't keep them alive."

SeaWorld has stated that it will not send orcas overseas, but this does nothing for the other dolphins and whales who may still be shipped halfway around the world to swim in endless circles and break their teeth gnawing on the concrete sides and metal bars of their tiny tanks. Furthermore, there is nothing preventing the group from obtaining orcas from sources other than SeaWorld.

Please tell Zhonghong Zhuoye Group to open parks that feature only innovative, exciting, non-animal attractions that thrill the public and don't harm any animals, instead of perpetuating the same old marine-mammal prisons—then share this alert far and wide!

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Mr.

Wang

Yonghong

Message to {contact_data~firstName} {contact_data~lastName}:

I am urging you to use your power as SeaWorld's newest and largest shareholder to create a more modern and compassionate brand by leaving animals out of any new SeaWorld-branded parks that may open.

Orcas in captivity are denied the freedom of the ocean, and these intelligent, family-oriented marine mammals float listlessly or swim in circles in small, barren concrete tanks. Stress and the absence of intellectual stimulation take a toll on their physical and mental well-being.

SeaWorld's lack of vision and its refusal to move the animals to seaside sanctuaries--where they can be monitored and experience the freedom that they've been denied--have not gone unnoticed, leading to massive public disapproval, bad publicity, and low stock prices.

The decline is part of a pattern, but the trend can be reversed. According to a recent poll in the United States, nearly 70 percent of people with children--SeaWorld's key demographic--would be more likely to visit the parks if the orcas were moved to sanctuaries. Among previous visitors, 62 percent said that they'd be more likely to return if the orcas were removed.

Please leave animals out of any new parks that you may open and focus instead on innovative, exciting, state-of-the-art, non-animal attractions that informed and compassionate people want these days.

Thank you for your consideration of this important matter.

Sincerely,
{user_data~First Name} {user_data~Last Name}

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