TMBS E355: Melanie Johnson – Senior Manager of PETA’s Animals in Entertainment division

by Mark Bishop1 day ago

Corky was only 4 years old when torn away from the Ocean and her family, used for years as a breeding machine then sent to Sea World. PETA to the rescue, a tam of experts are preparing a seaside sanctuary for her, with the hopes they get to find her brother Fife and sister Ripple again.

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Corky was only 4 years old when torn away from the Ocean and her family, used for years as a breeding machine then sent to Sea World. PETA to the rescue, a tam of experts are preparing a seaside sanctuary for her, with the hopes they get to find her brother Fife and sister Ripple again.

BIO ~ MELANIE JOHNSON 

Senior Manager of PETA’s Animals in Entertainment division 

Melanie Johnson is the senior manager of PETA’s Animals in Entertainment division. In this role, she leads campaigns against animal-exploiting enterprises such as SeaWorld, the Iditarod dog-sled race, and circuses that use animals.  

Her victories include ending SeaWorld’s practice of allowing trainers to stand on dolphins’ backs in cruel circus-style shows, persuading ExxonMobil to drop its Iditarod sponsorship, and convincing Universal Circus to go animal-free. 

For more information, please visit www.peta.org  

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