Perhaps the biggest group to rally behind is People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA. We found that they were actually involved in a court case involving the treatment of orcas in 2011, two years before Blackfish was released. PETA got together with marine-mammal experts and two former orca trainers to file a lawsuit claiming that these orcas that were captured from wildlife and required to perform for shows were being held as slaves, which is unconstitutional according to the 13th Amendment. Although they did not win this case, it was a big deal because this was the first time anyone had filed a lawsuit using the 13th amendment to defend the freedom of nonhuman animals. This case got more attention since Blackfish came out because people, like us, decided to do some more research on this subject after watching the documentary. PETA used this attention to their advantage and created the website “SeaWorldOfHurt” where they explain how SeaWorld treats their orcas and encourages people to boycott SeaWorld in every way possible.
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