SeaWorld Ending Shamu Shows

SeaWorld San Diego is ending its biggest attraction.  The park will be closing the curtain on their popular killer whale shows on Sunday.  The show will be replaced with Orca Encounter, which is expected to open in summer 2017.

The park announced they would end the Shamu shows after California banned killer whale breeding in 2016. That came largely as a result of the documentary "Black Fish," which looked at the dark side of the park's breeding program.  The San Antonio and Orlando SeaWorld parks will end their shows by 2019. 

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