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  2. Blackfish (film) - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. John Hargrove (orca trainer) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. 'Blackfish' director on orca film's impact 10 years later ...

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    Simmons worked as Tilikum's team leader during the orca's first few years at SeaWorld Orlando and claims the documentary "has done immense harm to species preservation" by spreading disinformation.

  5. Tilikum v. Sea World - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. SeaWorld killer whale Tilikum of 'Blackfish' movie fame dies

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    The killer whale featured in the documentary 'Blackfish' that made the case against keeping orcas in captivity died on Friday, SeaWorld officials said.

  7. Killer whale Tilikum in deteriorating health at SeaWorld - AOL

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    SeaWorld officials report that the infamous whale Tilikum, that dragged a trained underwater to her death in 2010, is in deteriorating health.

  8. Tilikum (orca) - Wikipedia

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    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]

  9. SeaWorld - Wikipedia

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    SeaWorld's main attraction is its killer whales, several of which are housed in 5.8-million-US-gallon (22,000 m 3) tanks (equivalent to nine Olympic sized swimming pools) [43] that are each known as Shamu Stadium. Shamu was the name of the first killer whale brought to SeaWorld San Diego in the 1960s from the Seattle Marine Aquarium.