Joanna Krupa Bares It All To Battle Seaworld
Caution: Images may be deemed NSFW.
Joanna Krupa is taking on Seaworld in a new PETA-sponsored campaign and she’s holding nothing back in her latest statement against animal captivity. Ms. Krupa uses her own body, nude and painted to resemble the great orca whale, to support the idea that, while the sea creatures held in Seaworld’s tanks may be well cared for, they are still held captive and unable to live in the habitat that was intended to be their domain.
In the ad, Joanna resembles the orca whale imprisoned in an oversized fish tank, nearly crushed by the words: “Captive Orcas: Sad. Lonely. A long way from home.”
It is also worth noting that the tank is barren of the plant life and other sea creatures that would otherwise inhabit the orca’s natural habitat, along with a blank, white background behind Ms. Krupa. The overall effect of the image is to demonstrate just how disconnected Seaworld captivity is for the creatures held in their tanks.
“I am a whale, an Orca, but the way I envisioned it, is, for me, animals are not much different than human brings,” explains Ms. Krupa in the video. “We both feel pain. You know, when they’re separated from their families, they cry. So, it’s like, for me, it’s the same thing. That’s why I wanted to still keep myself looking like myself and having the symbol of the Orca painted on my body. And I can only envision and feel the pain of these animals being stuck in a tiny aquarium.”
“I mean, your whole life is stuck there. It’s like, why?” Joanna adds. “For the profit of selfish human beings?”
This isn’t the first time Joanna Krupa has used her body to aid the rights of animals held in captivity. In 2012, Ms. Krupa appeared in an ad wearing only lacy underwear and exaggerated pubic hair to protest products made from animal fur.
Another campaign, “Be an angel for animals,” featured Joanna as a nude angel. Although a cross was used to strategically cover any offensive areas of her body, the Catholic League publicly condemned the campaign and charged Krupa with blasphemy.
“As a practicing Catholic, I am shocked that the Catholic League is speaking out against my P.E.T.A. ads, which I am very proud of,” Joanna said in a statement. “I’m doing what the Catholic Church should be doing, working to stop senseless suffering of animals, the most defenseless of god’s creation.”
Although Seaworld has yet to respond to the latest PETA campaign featuring Joanna Krupa, they did initiate a campaign of their own with the “Seaworld Cares” theme intended to set the “record straight on false accusations by activists who oppose whales and other animals in zoological settings.”
In defense of their practices of keeping killer whales in captivity and in defense of accusations alleged by animal rights organizations, Seaworld released a statement as a part of their own campaign.
“We do not capture killer whales in the wild. Our killer whales’ life spans are equivalent with whales in the wild…Our habitats are among the largest in the world today and allow for the highest and safest standards of care.”
[Featured image: Joanna Krupa courtesy of P.E.T.A.]
