Despite an outcry from celebrities and animal rights activists, Tilikum — the killer whale responsible for the death of trainer Dawn Brancheau at SeaWorld Orlando last Wednesday — will “remain an active contributing member of the team, despite what happened…No animal is ever subject to any punishment and Tilikum is no exception,” SeaWorld owners [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Dawn Brancheau’
Tilikum, Killer Whale Involved In Trainer Death, Will Remain At SeaWorld
February 28th, 2010 |
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Killer Whale Kills Trainer Dawn Brancheau VIDEO
February 26th, 2010 |
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I’m not sure why anyone would want to see this, but Steve Huxter — a former trainer of Tilikum, the killer whale implicated in this week’s attack at SeaWorld Orlando — spoke with TODAY’s Ann Curry about a new video that shows the orca being fed just before dragging trainer Dawn Brancheau to her death [...]
SeaWorld Defends Killer Whale Linked To Three Human Deaths
February 25th, 2010 |
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Whale trainer Dawn Brancheau, 40, was killed in a tragic accident with an orca at the SeaWorld Shamu Stadium in Orlando on Wednesday. The killer whale snatched Brancheau from a poolside platform in its jaws and thrashed the woman around underwater, killing her in front of a horrified audience of families and young children. And [...]
Shamu Kills Trainer
February 25th, 2010 |
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Shamu, the stage/show name for killer whales at Orlando’s SeaWorld killed a trainer today. We started covering the story earlier today, but there have been more developments, read about them after the jump.
The killer whale involved in the killing today is named Tilikum, and this is the third time Tilikum has been involved in a [...]