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panel of international veterinarians who studied the commercial seal hunt
concluded up to 42 percent of the seals they examined were likely conscious
when butchered.

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Six Flags Marine World Unveils Northern California's First Interactive Dolphin Touch and Feeding Experience

The new Caribbean-themed destination is the only place in Northern California
where guests can personally interact with Atlantic bottlenose dolphins,
southern stingrays and warm-weathered penguins. Events are scheduled in
more than 50 cities in Canada, the United States, Mexico, South America, the
Middle East and Europe, and Boston is considered THE hotspot for the campaign,
since 75% of Canada's seafood exports come through Boston and the New England
region. The Belgian government
recently banned the import and trade in sealskin, and the Italian government
has passed a resolution announcing its intention to do the same.

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Specifically, Ocean Discovery has three interactive marine life
experiences, including Dolphin Encounter, Penguin Passage and Stingray Bay.
The hunt kicks into high gear later in March as sealers take to the ice
wielding clubs, hakapiks, and guns clubbing and shooting to death seals just
days or weeks of age.

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The 2-acre area provides guests the opportunity to interact with and feed
some of the world's natural wonders while learning about the animals and the
importance of natural habitat conservation and protection.
Many organizations will highlight a pending boycott of Canadian seafood
during the International Day of Action. "If the hunt is not called off, a
powerful network of organizations is prepared to launch an international
boycott of Canadian seafood," said Kara Holmquist of the MSPCA.

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For more information, please visit http://www.

Contact:
Kara Holmquist, MSPCA, (617) 541-5008
Susan Sherwin, WSPA, (508) 879-8350, ext.

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The Humane Society of the United States will be on the
ice floes documenting the slaughter on film.

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"Ocean Discovery is an exciting addition to Six Flags Marine World and
exemplifies the type of interactive and fun learning experience we offer for
the entire family," said Michelle Bridwell, marine mammal supervisor at Six
Flags Marine World.
Six Flags Marine World is located in Vallejo , California, off of Interstate
80, just 30 miles northeast of San Francisco, 50 miles southwest of Sacramento
and near the Napa Valley Wine Country. "Each year, hundreds of thousands of
baby seals are clubbed and shot to death, and many are even skinned alive. On February 2nd, the US Senate cosponsored a resolution urging
the Canadian government to end the commercial seal hunt. Sealing is an
off -season activity conducted by commercial fishermen from Canada's East
Coast.

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"Ocean Discovery presents a rare opportunity to expand the
horizons of our guests through an up close and personal experience with
dolphins, stingrays and warm-weathered penguins.
-- Penguin Passage - The new outdoor , rocky exhibit has an 8,000-gallon
pool and is home to a colony of South African penguins , also known as
black-footed penguins. is a
publicly held corporation with offices in New York City and Oklahoma
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, Six Flags Marine World
is offering guests a new world of exploration with Ocean Discovery, the Park's
new interactive marine animal encounter that opens to the public on April 29.
-- Stingray Bay - Alongside a 10,000-gallon pool, guests have the
opportunity to touch and feed stingrays, which are commonly found in
southern parts of the Atlantic Ocean , the Caribbean and Gulf of
Mexico., the world's largest
regional theme park company. While
some Canadian fishing industry representatives have attempted to justify the
culling of seals by saying they eat too many cod and adversely impact the fish
population, sound scientific studies show that the true cause of cod depletion
is overfishing. 21

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-- Dolphin Encounter - Atlantic bottlenose dolphins play and surf inside
a custom designed 200,000-gallon pool where guests can have direct
contact with the animals and their trainers. Additionally, visitors can enjoy the
dolphins from an underwater viewing area. Boston is Campaign Hot Spot

BOSTON, On Tuesday, March 15, animal protection
organizations , scientists, consumer groups and more around the world will
gather together to protest Canada's annual seal hunt.newscom.

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Six Flags Marine World originally opened in 1968 as a zoological park and
over the years has grown into America's original combination wildlife park,
oceanarium and theme park. The Company's stock trades on the NYSE under the symbol: PKS.

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March 15: Global Protest Against Cruel Canadian Seal Hunt

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During designated times
guests can touch and feed the dolphins with the assistance of the
Park's veteran trainers. Through its subsidiaries , it owns and operates a
total of 30 parks in North America. Six Flags, Inc.ProtectSeals.

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New Ocean Discovery Experience Makes a Huge Splash With an
Up Close and Personal Encounter With Magnificent Marine Life

VALLEJO, Calif.

Six Flags Marine World is managed by Six Flags, Inc.
Polling shows the majority of Americans, Canadians and Europeans want the
commercial seal hunt ended for good, and governments around the world are
taking action. They make, on average, one twentieth of their incomes from sealing --
the rest from commercial fisheries . Canadian seafood exports to the United
States, in particular, are worth over 3 billion dollars annually to the
Canadian economy, dwarfing the few million dollars from the seal hunt.

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Southern stingrays can reach a width of five feet and weigh
more than 200 pounds. In the United
Kingdom, 130 Members of Parliament signed an Early Day Motion urging the
British government to ban the import of all sealskin.

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NOTE: SIX FLAGS and all related indicia are trademarks of Six Flags Theme
Parks Inc.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050314/NEM002 )
"Canada's commercial seal hunt is the largest and cruelest slaughter of
marine mammals on earth," said Laura Salter, US Director of the World Society
for the Protection of Animals (WSPA).

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Guests can watch these flightless birds frolic
and swim from rare underwater and eye-level views.
In addition to the new Ocean Discovery, Six Flags Marine World provides a
once-in-a-lifetime experience with 35 wild rides, nine entertaining shows, and
more than 3,000 rare and exotic animals in 35 up-close, animal attractions. Six Flags parks serve 34 of the 50
largest metropolitan areas in the United States.org.

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