Candy bar Snickers decided to end its sponsorship of Sea World.
The decision came after talking with the animal rights group PETA.
In thanks, PETA sent the candy connoisseur a box of delicious vegan chocolate whales.
PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman said: “Snickers made a sweet decision by cutting ties with an amusement park that keeps marine mammals in tiny concrete cells, where they go crazy, deprived of everything that’s natural and important to them.”
Adding: “No decent person or reputable company should support SeaWorld’s animal exploitation, and PETA is calling for the animals’ release to seaside sanctuaries.”
Snickers joins a long list of brands—including Mott’s, Hyundai Motor America, Panama Jack, and Thomas Cook as well as Air Canada, WestJet, JetBlue, and Southwest airlines—that have cut ties with SeaWorld.
In October, travel platform TripAdvisor ceased its ticket sales to SeaWorld and, PETA is calling upon the American Automobile Association (AAA) to do the same.
VegNews reports that: “ A veterinary report released this year shows that animals held captive at SeaWorld suffer severe stress, disease, and injuries which leads to early deaths.”
In Canada, the Whale Sanctuary Project is in the process of building a whale sanctuary off the coast of Nova Scotia with the hope of rescuing whales from the entertainment industry by 2021.
