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Dawn Therese Brancheau (née LoVerde, April 16, 1969 – February 24, 2010) was an American animal trainer at SeaWorld. [3][4] She worked with orcas at SeaWorld Orlando for fifteen years, including a leading role in revamping the Shamu show, [3][5] and was SeaWorld's poster girl. [4][6][7] She was killed by an orca, Tilikum, [8] who was also ...
Tilikum (c. December 1981[1] – 6 January 2017), nicknamed Tilly, [2] was a captive male orca who spent most of his life at SeaWorld Orlando in Florida. He was captured in Iceland in 1983; about a year later, he was transferred to Sealand of the Pacific near Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. [3] He was subsequently transferred in 1992 to ...
Box office. $2.3 million [3] 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.
On December 24, 2009, 29-year-old Alexis Martínez died during a rehearsal for a Christmas Day show at Loro Parque in Spain. The 14-year-old male orca Keto, who was born at SeaWorld Orlando Florida, rammed Martínez in the chest, rendering him unconscious. Martínez drowned before fellow trainers could rescue him.
Ed Schipul from Houston, TX, US. Other versions. This file has been extracted from another file. : Dawn Brancheau - Riders on the Storm.jpg. Camera location. 28° 24′ 29.74″ N, 81° 27′ 42.4″ W. View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap. 28.408260; -81.461777.
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Gabriela Cowperthwaite. Gabriela Cowperthwaite (born 1971) [1] is an American filmmaker. She has directed documentaries and feature films, [2] and she also produces, edits, writes, and directs for television and documentary films. Her films often deal with social, cultural, and environmental issues relating to real life events.
Updated August 28, 2020 at 1:19 PM. A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports ...