Anheuser-Busch In Bev sells amusement parks for $2.7bn

Brits and Americans alike have a soft spot for SeaWorld. Cherie Blair hugs the famous killer whale Shamu at the water park in Orlando, Florida Photograph: Handout/Reuters

Nyami, an old world Guinea baboon, gets a warm bottle of milk at the Busch Gardens park in Tampa, Florida Photograph: JIM TUTEN/AP

Killer whale Kasatka, left, and her calf at SeaWorld San Diego in California Photograph: MIKE AUGILERA/AP

US animal expert Jack Hanna grabs the tusk of a black rhino at the Busch Gardens park in Tampa Photograph: CHRIS O'MEARA/AP

Handout picture of the rare underwater birth of a hippopotamus at the Busch Gardens park in Tampa Photograph: Handout/Press Association

In this promotional image, people ride the Loch Ness Monster rollercoaster at Busch Gardens theme park in Williamsburg, Virginia Photograph: Scott K Brown/AP