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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 ]
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.
Tilikum: Male 100% Icelandic Captured 1981 (est.) Birth 1983, Nov 9 - Captured Berufjörður, Iceland [20] 2017, Jan 6 35 Bacterial pneumonia SeaWorld, Orlando: Tula [21] Male Northern Resident Orca Captured 1968, July 18 [21] Queen Charlotte Strait, near Malcolm Island 1968, Oct 23 3 (est.) Brain hemorrhage, ruptured blood vessel, fungal ...
Tilikum was a 22-foot-long, 12,000-pound orca who was in captivity for 33 years. ... In fact, the care and study of animals in our parks is what allows SeaWorld to do the real work of advancing ...
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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 .
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Keiko (c. 1976 – 12 December 2003) was a male orca captured in the Atlantic Ocean near Iceland in 1979. He was best known for his portrayal of Willy in the 1993 film Free Willy . In 1996, Warner Bros. and the International Marine Mammal Project collaborated to return Keiko to the wild.