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February 26, 2016

SeaWorld Admits Sending Employee to Spy on PETA
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The animal theme park Sea World has acknowledged that it sent an
employee to pose as an animal rights activist-nearly six months after
the group PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, accused the
Sea World employee of spying. Writing in a blog post on Thursday, Sea
World's chief executive Joel Manby said that the board has "directed
that the company's management team end a practice in which certain
employees posed as animal rights activists." Sea World also acknowledged
that the employee, Paul Mc Comb, has returned to work. According to
PETA, Mc Comb took part in numerous PETA protests against Sea World
while undercover and repeatedly used social media in an effort to incite
other activists, stating that it's time to "grab pitchforks and torches"
and time to "burn Sea World to the ground."
Topics:Animal Rights

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