Willie Nelson Cancels Sea World Performance Because of How They Treat Their Animals

Willie Nelson is already cancelling shows at Sea World in 2014! He says it's because of how they treat their animals. . .

SeaWorld's "Bands, Brew & BBQ" event in Orlando, Florida will be one act short, after Willie Nelson cancelled telling CNN,

I had a lot of calls from people asking me to cancel. And I understand there are petitions going around with thousands of people's names on them.

One of the petitions he's referring to is from Change.org titled:

Willie Nelson: Respect animals. Don't perform at SeaWorld!

and it has over 9,000 signatures!

Nelson compared SeaWorld to some zoos he's seen saying,

I've [seen] some monkeys in the zoo where I don't blame them for wanting to throw stuff at you. I understand that there are some natural-habitat zoos out there, which is probably okay.  But what they do at SeaWorld is not okay.

 

Other artists that have refused to perform at SeaWorld:

1. HEART
2. BARENAKED LADIES