Mission: Gen Z–Age Orcas Have the Worst Birthdays Ever at SeaWorld

Think about this: While you’ve been learning, traveling, and making new friends, Gen Z–age orcas at SeaWorld—who may even share your birth year or day—have been swimming in endless circles in tiny, barren concrete tanks for their entire lives!

Here are just a few of the intelligent orcas around your age who have languished in SeaWorld parks for most of their lives (with their years of birth included).

• 1999: Tuar was born at SeaWorld Orlando and currently lives at SeaWorld San Antonio. When he was 4 years old, he was taken from his mother in Orlando, Florida, and shipped to Texas.
• 2004: Kalia was born at SeaWorld San Diego and still lives there. She was sexually abused in SeaWorld’s former orca-breeding program, and her calf Amaya died at just 6 years old.
• 2006: Nalani was born at SeaWorld Orlando and still lives there. When she was just 9 days old, she was attacked by two male orcas in her tank.
• 2007: Malia was born at SeaWorld Orlando and still lives there. When she was 3 years old, her mother died while giving birth to a stillborn calf.
• 2010: Sakari was born at SeaWorld San Antonio and still lives there.

help gen z orcas

Follow these tips to inspire your friends to speak up for these orcas and to pressure SeaWorld to move the remaining ones to seaside sanctuaries:

1. Save one of the images on this page and post it along with a few sentences on IG about Gen Z orcas at SeaWorld.

2. Take a screenshot of your post and submit it for 150 300 peta2 points. You’ll earn double the points all summer long for taking action to help animals on peta2.com! (Heads-up: You’ll only be awarded points for taking this action once.)

Note: Submissions are manually reviewed by our team. Please allow up to 48 hours for your mission to be approved and points to be awarded. Thanks for your patience!

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