AptaMer
03-29-2017, 01:43 PM
It looks like more and more people are saying no to SeaWorld and captivity.
In 2016 attendance was down by 471,000 (2.1%) and revenues and share prices are going down, with the company actually suffering a loss of $12.5 million for the calendar year 2016. This is the first year they've been unprofitable in a long time.
http://wfla.com/2017/02/28/seaworld-announces-dip-in-attendance-revenue-in-2016/
http://sdbj.com/news/2017/mar/01/seaworld-entertainment-sees-continued-drops-revenu/
http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2017/02/28/seaworld-entertainment-sees-drops-in-revenue.html
Also, in just talking to people, I'm starting to get the impression that people now consider SeaWorld to be an unethical company. This also extends to MarineLand here in Canada too.
Is anyone else picking up that vibe?
What prompted this for me was finding out recently that when Dawn Brancheau was attacked by Tilikum at SeaWorld in Orlando, SeaWorld held off calling 911 for 27 minutes so they could hustle witnesses out of the stadium before law enforcement and ambulance workers arrived. They also used the delay to move workers who they knew would have to be interviewed by sheriffs to another area, plus one tourist who was from overseas (The Netherlands) as the "member of the public" witness; who they know would leave the country and be hard for investigators to follow up on. By the time the sheriffs got there the American tourists were gone from the stadium, and SeaWorld never offered to show the guest book or any other information to the sheriffs so they could find other members of the public who had seen the incident.
http://www.elizabethbatt.com/blog/2016/2/21/throwback-documents-show-seaworld-waited-27-mins-to-call-911-after-attack
This is one sleazy company.
In 2016 attendance was down by 471,000 (2.1%) and revenues and share prices are going down, with the company actually suffering a loss of $12.5 million for the calendar year 2016. This is the first year they've been unprofitable in a long time.
http://wfla.com/2017/02/28/seaworld-announces-dip-in-attendance-revenue-in-2016/
http://sdbj.com/news/2017/mar/01/seaworld-entertainment-sees-continued-drops-revenu/
http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2017/02/28/seaworld-entertainment-sees-drops-in-revenue.html
Also, in just talking to people, I'm starting to get the impression that people now consider SeaWorld to be an unethical company. This also extends to MarineLand here in Canada too.
Is anyone else picking up that vibe?
What prompted this for me was finding out recently that when Dawn Brancheau was attacked by Tilikum at SeaWorld in Orlando, SeaWorld held off calling 911 for 27 minutes so they could hustle witnesses out of the stadium before law enforcement and ambulance workers arrived. They also used the delay to move workers who they knew would have to be interviewed by sheriffs to another area, plus one tourist who was from overseas (The Netherlands) as the "member of the public" witness; who they know would leave the country and be hard for investigators to follow up on. By the time the sheriffs got there the American tourists were gone from the stadium, and SeaWorld never offered to show the guest book or any other information to the sheriffs so they could find other members of the public who had seen the incident.
http://www.elizabethbatt.com/blog/2016/2/21/throwback-documents-show-seaworld-waited-27-mins-to-call-911-after-attack
This is one sleazy company.