DEATH AT SEAWORLD: By New York Times Best Selling Author David Kirby

The Total Tutor Neil Haley will interview David Kirby author of DEATH AT SEAWORLD: Shamu and the Dark Side of Killer Whales in Captivity.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Evidence of Harm and Animal Factory comes DEATH AT SEAWORLD (St. Martin’s Press)a groundbreaking scientific examination that exposes the dark side of SeaWorld, America’s most beloved marine mammal park.  From the tragic death of trainer Dawn Brancheau in 2010, to other, less-publicized violent incidents, journalist David Kirby puts these brutal animal-on-human attacks in context and explores the controversial and even lethal ramifications of keeping killer whales in captivity.

DAVID KIRBY is the author of Evidence of Harm, which was a New York Times bestseller, winner of the 2005 Investigative Reporters and Editors award for best book, and a finalist for the New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism, and Animal Factory, an acclaimed investigation into the environmental impact of factory farms. His work has been featured on Anderson Cooper 360, O Magazine, NPR.org, and many other outlets.  He lives in Brooklyn, New York and is available for interviews this summer.  You can learn more about DEATH AT SEAWORLD on Facebook: www.facebook.com/DeathAtSeaworld