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The Secret Spies of SeaWorld

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SeaWorld admits its employees posed as protesters to spy on animal-rights groups—and activists say that was only one of the company’s dirty tricks to silence critics.

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SeaWorld has come clean about its employees posing as protesters to spy on animal-rights activists. But the dirty maneuver is just one of many below-the-belt tricks from the foundering corporation whose profits are

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