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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 ...
February 27, 1980. Died. (2009-12-24) December 24, 2009. Loro Parque, Tenerife, Spain. Alexis Martínez (died December 24, 2009) was a Spanish animal trainer, notable as the victim of a fatal attack by an orca (killer whale). He was killed by a SeaWorld -owned orca, Keto, held at Loro Parque 's Orca Ocean in the Canary Islands. [1][2]
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 ...
Gerardo Mora/Getty Images The family of Dawn Brancheau, the SeaWorld Orlando trainer that was dragged to her death underwater by an orca in front of horrified onlookers a year ago February, is ...
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.
Shamu (SeaWorld show) The Shamu show at SeaWorld San Diego in 2009. Shamu was the stage name used for several performing orcas at SeaWorld. Shamu show beginning in 1960s. The original Shamu died in 1971, but the name was trademarked by SeaWorld, and has been given to different orcas over the years. [1]
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On February 24, 2010, 40-year-old trainer Dawn Brancheau, who had 15 years of experience at the park, died in another incident involving Tilikum. SeaWorld's head of animal training said that during a rubdown after the show, Tilikum pulled Brancheau into the water by her ponytail, and she drowned.