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Alexis Martínez (27 February 1980 – 24 December 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]
On December 24, 2009, two months before Brancheau's death, another SeaWorld-owned orca, Keto, killed trainer Alexis Martínez at Loro Parque in the Canary Islands. [33] Four SeaWorld orcas had been transferred to the park in February 2006, and SeaWorld staff trained a group of Loro Parque trainers in San Antonio and Orlando. [33]
On February 24, 2010, Tilikum killed Dawn Brancheau, a 40-year-old SeaWorld trainer. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] Brancheau was killed following a Dine with Shamu show. The veteran trainer was rubbing Tilikum as part of a post-show routine when the orca grabbed her and pulled her into the water.
In 2010, the death of SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau made global headlines after the 40-year-old was horrifically killed in front of an audience at SeaWorld Orlando.
Milan Boers, flickr The killer whale that killed a trainer at SeaWorld Orlando one year ago is back in the spotlight today, scheduled to perform for the first time since the
On March 4, 1987, 20-year-old SeaWorld San Diego trainer, Jonathan Smith, was grabbed by one of the park’s six-ton killer whales. The orca dragged the trainer to the very bottom of the tank, hurting him, then carried him bleeding all the way back to the surface, and then spat him out.
A New Hampshire family who witnessed a SeaWorld Orlando trainer being drowned by a killer whale is suing the
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.