PETA Pissed @ Aquarium Pride Party
‘I find it ironic that the Pride committee would choose
to celebrate freedom in a building that celebrates captivity.’
Everyone was happy at Friday night’s Pride Kickoff Party at the Georgia Aquarium, dancing to the pulsating music of DJ Jay McCracken and DJ Corey Craig. But little did everyone know that the Senior Vice President of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) was in the crowd, and he was not so happy…
When Dan Matthews, senior vice president of PETA, arrived at Pride to set up PETA’s booth, he had no idea that the Georgia Aquarium was holding a Pride party that night. He decided to check it out, and was shocked at what he saw (and heard).
‘As a veteran clubber, I’m used to big loud parties, but the music at the aquarium was so earsplitting that even before we entered,’ Matthews writes for the Huffington Post.
‘I could only wonder how it sounded to the most notable of the facility’s 120,000 inmates – the beluga whales. These marine mammals are so sensitive to pounding noises that the aquarium shipped them away during construction of the dolphin exhibit. Yet the thumping techno remix of Katy Perry‘s ‘Firework’ was as audible outside as a jackhammer.’
Matthews then asked an Aquarium worker if the music bothered the Beluga whales:
‘Well, yes, especially the males – as soon as the music starts pounding, they go nuts and start attacking the harbor seals in the tanks. We had Jazz Fridays this summer, and I can’t say many of the animals in any of the exhibits were fans. When the music starts, they get to fighting.’
UPDATE: We spoke with PETA’s Senior Vice President Dan Matthews.
Read our PETA: The Georgia Aquarium Interview
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