PETA is suing SeaWorld for violating the Constitutional rights of orcas.
posted by xowie on Nov 2, 2011 - 117 comments

Returning from the 2011 National Science Teachers Association Conference with their cargo of penguins that had been on display in the exhibit hall, SeaWorld animal escorts decided to give their charges some freedom to stretch their legs during Southwest Flight 583 to San Diego. The flightless birds promptly made the most of the situation.
posted by scalefree on Mar 15, 2011 - 72 comments

Dolphin escapes from SeaWorld tank in Japan , but is caught a few moments later. (SLYT)
posted by swift on Jul 16, 2010 - 54 comments

The Killer in the Pool. Outside Magazine's in-depth feature on the Sea World trainer death earlier this year, and the history of the business of killer whales. A Whale of a Business is a Frontline resource page on orcas and captivity, and includes a section on Sea World, and one on the debate over capturing/releasing orcas and other whales and dolphins...which includes an excerpt on the danger to trainers--and inhumane captivity conditions--published shortly after Tilikum's first fatal incident in 1991. Previously.
posted by availablelight on Jul 2, 2010 - 34 comments

Killer whale kills at theme park.
posted by found missing on Feb 24, 2010 - 130 comments

Terrorists from Antarctica. Two Seaworld penguins flying out of San Diego airport are sent walking through the metal detector. Better safe than sorry. via BoingBoing, via Schneier
posted by matteo on Apr 23, 2005 - 44 comments