In 2011, PETA named five orcas as plaintiffs and sued SeaWorld over the animals' enslavement, seeking their protection under the Thirteenth Amendment.[42] A federal judge heard the case and dismissed it in early 2012.[43] In August 2014, SeaWorld announced it was building new orca tanks that would almost double the size of the existing ones to provide more space for its whales. A "larger prison is still a prison," was the response of PETA.[44]
Patricia de Leon worked with PETA in 2011 to reduce support for bullfighting among Hispanic people