Good news: SeaWorld’s attendance and stock prices have gone down and it is definitely because of Blackfish and PETA. SeaWorld is not participating in the annual Rose Parade this year, because last year, 16 arrests were made against people speaking out against SeaWorld, physcially standing in the way not allowing the float to pass. SeaWorld is starting to realize the number of people and the power of the people who fight against them and know that a float is not going to save their reputation. They have a reputation of abusing animals, keeping them in bad conditions, etc. It is not only what the public thinks but they have many legal troubles due to the release of Blackfish. While they may have thought the type would be dying down a while after its release it is still going strong and the people are not backing down.
SeaWorld is trying to stay quiet with the whole situation, auto-replying to tweets speaking out against them with generic lines such as, “Our animal’s safety is our number one priority, thanks for your concern!”. It is clear that they do not truly care about the animals safety, as if they did they would have been making more efforts to release them back into the wild where they belong, or stop the reproducing from continuing. It has never been more obvious that all SeaWorld cares about is the money.