SeaWorld refloats its image but what happens to the orcas now?

In an announcement that was both inevitable and necessary – but, based on the comments greeting the news, not sufficient to quell an enormous and growing list of critics – SeaWorld San Diego declared it will end its circus-style orca performances by 2017. While phasing out its theatrical shows may sound like progress, Peta isn't popping any champers corks – not yet, anyway. What the animals at SeaWorld and other marine parks need is not a public relations change but a literal s