Thirteen of the protesters arrested for disrupting the SeaWorld float on January 1 have pleaded “no contest” and have been given fines, with six months to pay.
“We PETA protesters can move on with our lives-but orcas can’t because they’re stuck suffering in SeaWorld’s tiny tanks with nothing to see, nowhere to go, and no real lives,” says PETA Senior Vice President Lisa Lange, one of the protesters who was arrested. “We’re asking kind people everywhere to call on SeaWorld to release these orcas to seaside sanctuaries, where they can begin to be reunited with their families in the ocean.”
The case of Amanda Slyter, the only protester to plead not guilty and who is asserting the defense of necessity-i.e., violating one law in order to right a greater wrong-is still in the pretrial phase.
More information about PETA’s campaign is available at SeaWorldOfHurt.com. I can be reached at 202-540-2194 or DavidP@peta.org if you have any questions.
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