SeaWorld Employee Masqueraded as Animal Activist, Peta Says
'Tom Jones,' standing at right, being arrested with other activists for trying to stop a SeaWorld float during the Jan. 2014 Rose Parade. Source: PETA via Bloomberg
A SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. employee posed for years as an animal-rights activist, joining protests against the company over its use of captive killer whales, according to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Peta, based in Norfolk, Virginia, said that a California activist who identified himself as Thomas Jones has been taking part in the group’s activities. He protested a SeaWorld float at New York’s Thanksgiving Day parade in 2013, held anti-SeaWorld signs outside the company’s San Diego theme park, and got hauled away by police at the 2014 Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, Peta said.