Occupational Safety and Health Administration, «Muere Tilikum, la orca más grande en cautiverio y famosa por matar a su entrenadora en SeaWorld.», «Trainer: Tilikum past darker than SeaWorld said, Former trainer: I was told whale had limited involvement in deaths, but he played bigger role than we were led to think», «Future of whale that killed trainer still unknown - Yahoo! She tried to pull it free but at 126lbs, Dawn, 40, was no match for the 12,500lb, 22ft-long whale, who only yanked harder. According to witnesses, one whale grabbed her in its mouth and dragged her around the pool underwater. "I just heard her scream my name," trainer Karen McGee recalled. When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. A raíz del último incidente a principios de 2010, el animal fue retirado del espectáculo durante un año aproximadamente, hasta el 30 de marzo de 2011 cuando volvió de nuevo a actuar. In the decade that has followed there has been a great deal of change for SeaWorld. In a Twitter post on Friday, the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals shared a photo of the whale with the message: "R.I.P. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. And in 1999 Daniel Dukes, 27, was found splayed naked on Tilikum's back covered in bite marks and puncture wounds. Spectator Victoria Biniak told WKMG-TV how the animal, “took off really fast in the tank and he came back, shot up in the air, grabbed the trainer by the waist and started thrashing her around, and one of her shoes flew off. According to CBS, SeaWorld now runs a programme called 'Orca Encounter', which looks at the killer whales' role in the ocean ecosystem, behaviours the animals exhibit in the wild, the importance of conservation to their habitat and animal welfare practices at SeaWorld. Según varios biólogos marinos y licenciados en ciencias ambientales, esto es debido a los numerosos traumas que su captura y posterior experiencia en cautividad le han provocado, ya que ha convivido con hembras que le acosaban y atacaban, ha permanecido hasta 14 horas diarias en tanques pequeños y sin luz y ha realizado diariamente espectáculos a cambio de comida.[5]​[6]​[7]​. He'd been involved in the 1991 death of a 20-year-old trainer at Sealand in Victoria, Canada before being sold to SeaWorld. The Orlando-based water park operator responded to the film by calling it false, misleading and "emotionally manipulative" propaganda. explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. Hence, we provide a complete library of shocking death videos. His clothes were found in a neat pile by the side of the pool and an autopsy discovered he'd suffered cuts and puncture wounds to his head, body and left leg with his testicles ripped open. Judge Ken Welsch, who called the video “chilling,” held SeaWorld liable for permitting hazardous interactions between humans and the huge, dangerously stressed animals. The park closed soon after and Tilikum was sold to SeaWorld Orlando where he sired 21 calves, making him the industry's most prolific breeder.