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Blackfish is a 2013 American documentary film directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite.It concerns Tilikum, an orca held by SeaWorld and the controversy over captive orcas.The film premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2013, and was picked up by Magnolia Pictures and CNN Films for wider release.
John Hargrove is a former senior killer whale trainer for SeaWorld and supervisor of killer whale training at Marineland of Antibes in France. Hargrove appeared in the 2013 documentary Blackfish, wrote a book about his experiences in Beneath The Surface, and has campaigned in support of legislation in California and New York to end the practice of keeping killer whales in captivity.
Tilikum was a bull killer whale (Orcinus orca) bought by the SeaWorld marine park in Orlando, Florida in 1992 to be part of the park's orca exhibit. [2] He was the largest orca in captivity. The other whales named as plaintiffs in the suit are Katina, who is also kept in Orlando, and Corky, Kasatka, and Ulises who are kept in SeaWorld San Diego ...
SeaWorld officials report that the infamous whale Tilikum, that dragged a trained underwater to her death in 2010, is in deteriorating health.
Look for 10 new attractions at SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment to debut this spring, including a new killer whale show called "One Ocean" at SeaWorld Orlando, SeaWorld San Diego and SeaWorld San
Killer in the Pool. New Word City. ISBN 978-1-61230-163-1. Podcasts. On September 6th and 13th, 2024 the popular true crime podcast, The Last Podcast On The Left covered Tilikum's history and incidents in two episodes titled Episode 588- Horrors Of SeaWorld I- The Perfect Killer and Episode 589- Horrors of SeaWorld II- Free Tilly.
An 18-year-old killer whale named Unna is the third whale to die at the SeaWorld park in San Antonio in the past six months.
In the G.I. Joe episode "Iceberg Goes South", Cobra scientist Doctor Mindbender uses DNA to transform the character, Iceberg, into a killer whale, [9] whom the Joes must then safely capture and restore to being human. At the end of the episode, Dr. Mindbender, having escaped the Joes, finds himself being chased by a real killer whale.