'I Was Disgusted': How One Trainer Left The SeaWorld Horror Show

After nearly two decades at SeaWorld, senior orca trainer John Hargrove still believed in the marine park's mission.
"This is the cult-like experience you've been programmed to defend your entire life," Hargrove, now 41 years old and three years out from his job at SeaWorld's Shamu Stadium in San Antonio, told The Dodo.
Soon enough, though, something snapped.
"You do love those whales, but love is not enough. It doesn't mean that's right, or make the situation OK," he said. "That's where it's kind of sick."
Hargrove walked The Dodo through his choice to leave SeaWorld, a company he would once have defended with all he had, in 2012.
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