SeaWorld worker spied on animal rights activists

US theme park admits sending an employee to infiltrate animal rights group Peta

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Killer whales perform at a SeaWorld theme park
(Image credit: Gerardo Mora/Getty Images)

SeaWorld has admitted that an animal rights activist who posted violent and inflammatory remarks on social media was actually one of their employees working undercover.

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