She’s standing up for what she believes, and Marisa Miller hopes to put SeaWorld out of business with the help of PETA.
The preggers Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue star strips down to her birthday suit for the new ad campaign, explaining her distaste for the theme park’s treatment of animals. “I’ve always been an animal lover and I do a lot with ocean conservation. I always see dolphins when I surf, but I didn’t have the knowledge about how they are acquired. When Blackfish came out, I saw it and I was so upset. Even the tanks they do their ridiculous tricks in are way bigger than where they actually sleep. They’re completely confined. That’s why they have all these dental problems, because they are chewing on metal and concrete — they can’t even move.”
Marisa adds, “[The animals] are ripped apart from their family, they have to be drugged to handle the environment they’re in. There are other ways to experience them. There is a way that you can rehabilitate the animals in an environment that they can swim and you can go check them out. It’s about awareness. Once the public knows, then they can make their own choices. I was so unaware of the realities about how the whales are captured, how they are separated, and their emotional capacity. This is an animal whose babies never leave their mother’s side their whole life. So as a mother, I have a totally different perspective on relating to that.”
