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Urge 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' Company to End Partnership With SeaWorld

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SeaWorld was once named one of the most hated brands in America, so why is a Christmas classic teaming up with it? Character Arts, the company that manages the rights to Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, is partners with SeaWorld—which means that the disgraced park can use the iconic characters from the children's favorite to lure kids through the gates of its cruel facilities.

Children would run kicking and screaming from SeaWorld if they knew how animals suffer there. More than 40 orcas have died at an average age of 14, while free-roaming female orcas can live to be over 100. Hundreds of other dolphins, whales, and other animals have died at the parks, too. Dolphins don't naturally let humans ride on their backs or stand on their faces in cruel circus-style shows, and orcas would never choose to live in cramped chemically treated tanks.

Dozens of businesses—including Booking.com, TripAdvisor, and Virgin Holidays—have already severed ties with the abusement park, yet Character Arts has refused to do the right thing. Please urge it to end its partnership with SeaWorld!

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Mr.

Jonathan

Flom

Character Arts

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

I grew up loving Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. So I was saddened to learn that characters from one of my childhood favorites—a Christmas classic to this day—continue to be associated with SeaWorld, an abhorrent company that has repeatedly refused to improve the lives of the orcas and other dolphins and whales imprisoned in its concrete tanks.

Orcas and other dolphins and whales belong in their ocean homes, where they can swim long distances and exist in harmonious pods. But at SeaWorld, they're confined to tanks, given psychoactive drugs, and housed incompatibly, leading to violent bullying and fighting. The animals often exhibit repetitive, abnormal behavior patterns not seen in nature, including gnawing on the metal bars and concrete sides of their tanks and lying motionless at the water's surface for hours.

Children would run kicking and screaming from SeaWorld if they knew how animals suffer there. Dozens of companies—including Booking.com, TripAdvisor, and Virgin Holidays—have already cut ties with the cruel company. Please follow their lead and sever ties with SeaWorld.

Thank you for your consideration of this important matter.

Sincerely,

{user_data~First Name} {user_data~Last Name}
{user_data~EMail Address}

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