Jet2holidays has defended its decision to sell tickets to marine amusement parks after Morrissey called on the tour operator to cut ties with venues over animal welfare concerns.
The Smiths frontman wrote a letter to Jet2holidays chief executive Steve Heapy urging him to stop collaborating with amusement parks such as Loro Parque in Tenerife.
“These watery hellholes can never come close to replicating the complex needs of marine animals,” Morrissey wrote on Monday (10 July).
"Orcas belong in the open ocean, where they can find food, socialise, and explore – all of which is impossible for them to do in a cramped, concrete tank."
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