SeaWorld Admits Its Employees Posed as Animal Rights Activists to Infiltrate Groups

The animal-themed amusement park SeaWorld has finally admitted that one of its employees pretended to be an animals rights activist to infiltrate PETA, which has long waged a campaign against the company for its purported mistreatment of killer whales.
SeaWorld Admits Its Employees Posed as Animal Rights Activists to Infiltrate Groups
GOLD COAST, AUSChristian Petracca and Angus Brayshaw pose with dolphins at Sea World ahead of the AFL Draft, at Sea World on November 26, 2014 on the Gold Coast, Australia. Matt Roberts/Getty Images
Jonathan Zhou
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The animal-themed amusement park SeaWorld has finally admitted that it had multiple employees pretend to be an animal rights activist to infiltrate People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), which has long waged a campaign against the company for its purported mistreatment of killer whales. 

The infiltrator raised suspicions after he was released without being charged after a large group of PETA protesters were arrested.
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