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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 ...
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]
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 ...
The killer whale featured in the documentary 'Blackfish' that made the case against keeping orcas in captivity died on Friday, SeaWorld officials said. SeaWorld killer whale Tilikum of 'Blackfish ...
In March 2016, following the 2010 death of orca trainer Dawn Brancheau, and subsequent public backlash from the 2013 documentary Blackfish, SeaWorld announced they would be ending their orca breeding program, and phasing out their orca shows, instead opting to introduce "new, inspiring, natural orca encounters rather than theatrical shows ...
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.