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What Happened to SeaWorld's Two Lesbian Polar Bears Is Seriously Heartbreaking
As if we needed more reasons to hate SeaWorld...
Prepare to have your day ruined...
According to a report by NBC 7 News San Diego, Szenja, a 21-year-old female polar bear, passed away last week after being separated from Snowflake, her same-sex partner who she shared a habitat with in SeaWorld's Wild Arctic exhibit.
After 20 years of being together, Snowflake was taken and relocated to the Pittsburgh Zoo so that she could have a "breeding visit" with a male polar bear. Szenja apparently couldn't take the heartbreak of being separated from Snowflake, and passed away in her habitat.
"After losing her companion of 20 years when SeaWorld shipped Snowflake to the Pittsburgh Zoo in order to breed more miserable polar bears, Szenja did what anyone would do when they lose all hope, she gave up," Tracy Remain, the executive vice president of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, said in a statement to NBC 7. "This should be a wake-up call to SeaWorld: Stop breeding and shipping animals around, close the animal exhibits, and retire the animals to sanctuaries. Until it does, this ship will keep sinking."
We're still not over the Blackfish controversy, and now this happens? Looks like SeaWorld is NOT going to be garnering new fans anytime soon...
Raffy is a Los Angeles-based writer, editor, video creator, critic, and digital director of Out Magazine. The former editor-in-chief of PRIDE, he is also a die-hard Rihanna and Sailor Moon stan who loves to write about all things pop culture, entertainment, and identities. Follow him on Instagram (@raffyermac) and Twitter (@byraffy), and subscribe to his YouTube channel.
Raffy is a Los Angeles-based writer, editor, video creator, critic, and digital director of Out Magazine. The former editor-in-chief of PRIDE, he is also a die-hard Rihanna and Sailor Moon stan who loves to write about all things pop culture, entertainment, and identities. Follow him on Instagram (@raffyermac) and Twitter (@byraffy), and subscribe to his YouTube channel.
