Just a brief link to a news item: SeaWorld lays off hundreds of employees
SeaWorld Entertainment announced Tuesday it is laying off 320 workers company-wide, part of an ongoing effort to sharply cut its costs.
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Frequent critic PETA was quick to weigh in on SeaWorld’s latest move. “SeaWorld is still in the same sinking boat that it was in two years ago when it jettisoned its CEO and 311 employees, PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman said in an emailed statement. “...Instead of sinking millions of dollars into failed PR campaigns, SeaWorld must listen to PETA, orca experts, and kind people everywhere and send these animals to seaside sanctuaries. Real change is its only hope of staying afloat.”
From the Orlando Sentinel.
SeaWorld's financial situation has not improved since the last major layoff. In March, the company said it would stop breeding orcas, an attempt to lessen the controversy its killer whale program has attracted. SeaWorld's whales were the focus of the 2013 documentary "Blackfish," which suggested the stress of captivity caused an orca to kill an Orlando trainer in 2010.