Makers of The Cove Respond to SeaWorld Newspaper Ad

It’s turning out to be a very messy Christmas for beleaguered attraction SeaWorld. In response to the theme park’s open letter published last Friday in newspapers across the country, the Oceanic Preservation Society (OPS) – an organization made up of individuals responsible for the 2009 Oscar-winning documentary The Cove – is this week circulating a much longer rebuttal.

The Boulder, CO-based group warns that “no amount of advertising will counter the Blackfish effect.” Rather, OPS is urging SeaWorld to change its harmful, bottom-line ways:

SeaWorld no longer captures killer whales in the wild — it now has other people capture animals for them.

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