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SeaWorld to end orca breeding programme

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The US theme park operator SeaWorld says it is ending its controversial orca breeding programme.
The decision means the orca whales currently at the parks will be "the last generation", the company said.
SeaWorld, which has 12 parks across the US, has faced heavy criticism over the alleged poor treatment of its captive orcas, also known as killer whales.
The company said the orcas would be likely to die if it released them into the wild.
"For as long as they live, the orcas at SeaWorld will stay in our parks," the company said in a Los Angeles Times op-ed.

SeaWorld to end orca breeding programme - BBC News
 
About ****ing time, it had little to do with conservation anyway and more to do with a lucrative business model.
 
Good. I am no animal rights activist, but the way we treat animals in general is atrocious. The way we imprison them for our amusement is terrible. If you want to see a lion, zebra, or whale...either go out on safari or set up preserves rather than zoos and protect them.
 
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