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Activists Bare All to Protest SeaWorld Float in Macy’s Parade

November 20, 2014 by Leave a Comment


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Just seconds after two women climbed into a bathtub, naked, on a busy sidewalk in midtown Manhattan, dozens of reporters and hundreds of pedestrians descended upon them to snap photos and take video of their bold (and cold) protest against Macy’s.

Photo: Donny Moss

Photo: Donny Moss

PETA organized the street spectacle to protest Macy’s inclusion of a SeaWorld float in its annual Thanksgiving Day Parade. TV host Jane Velez-Mitchell posted this report from the protest:

When asked by Jane why she was protesting in the frigid weather, one of the naked orcas said, “This is just an hour of our time. Orcas spend their entire lives in the equivalent of a bathtub.”

Activists protest SeaWorld float at Rose Bowl Parade

Activists protest SeaWorld float at Rose Bowl Parade

On its website, SeaWorld of Hurt, PETA says, “SeaWorld enslaves animals in small tanks at marine parks around the country, where they are forced to perform unnecessary tricks for “entertainment.” It’s a business built on the suffering of intelligent, social animals who are denied everything that is natural and important to them.”

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  1. Natasha Brenner says:

    Did you expect more from Macy? They sell fur!
    PETA doesn’t euthanize, they KILL!

  2. Thank you Donny and Jane for stellar coverage of this very powerful event!

  3. Nancy says:

    Why must you insist peta is a nonhuman animal rights group.What about all the animals they kill.How about the chihuaha peta just kidnapped and killed?
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arin-greenwood/peta-chihuahua_b_6189020.html

    1. Donny Moss says:

      Many unanswered questions, but PETA is fighting on behalf of the orcas at SeaWorld and the Seaquarium in the courts and on the streets.

    2. joan silaco says:

      do you protest all the other shelters in this country that euthanize their cats and dogs too?

  4. Liz says:

    It’s very compelling when people put themselves in the same position animals are in even just for a few hours like these women did in front of Macy’s. It really hits home how cruel these animals are treated.

  5. Adad says:

    It’s almost 2015!

  6. Richard Lemieux says:

    MACY’s stop promoting Sea World’s mindless cruelty!

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