DawnWatch: Captive Orca deliberately kills trainer but Sea World reports it as "accident"

The first trainer that was killed by Tilikum was in Vancouver, where Tilikum originally came from. Part of the agreement when Seaworld Orlando recieved Tilikum was "breeding only", as in "no human contact". What Seaworld Orlando did was violate their agreement by allowing Tilikum to be used for "shallow water entertainment", when the initial agreement was "breeding only." This rather important bit of information is currently being censored for the corporate media.

Here and there we can put together the background that shows there was forewarning of potential tragedy by using Tilikum for entertainment with direct contact with trainers. No human contact means just that, and "shallow water entertainmant" is still defined as contact. An animal that strong is not safe for human contact, even if in shallow water near the edge of her tank. There are ways to feed and care for animals if breeding the goal that avoid human contact and risking human lives. Clearly the establishment at Seaworld cares neither for the welfare of the animals nor the human trainers that they employ.

Background on Tilikum;

"The Struggle of Nootka and Tilikum"

By JASON HRIBAL

2/26/10

"It was the first time that a trainer had ever been killed by a group of captive killer whales. There had been previous attempts, a great many actually. But the trainers involved, whether through rescue by other employees or a stroke of luck on their part, had always managed to survive. This attack, however, proved to be different and fatal. It occurred on February 21, 1991 at Sealand of the Pacific.

That day’s final performance had just ended at the Victoria, British Columbia based aquarium and the audience was pleased. They got to watch three killer whales, Nootka, Haida, and Tilikum, perform tricks, including one trick wherein a young female trainer rode on the back of one of these great sea mammals. It seemed to be wonderful fun—that is, until that particular female trainer fell into the water. As she attempted to climb out, an orca latched on to her. “The whale got her foot,” an audience member recalled to reporters, “and pulled her in.” We do not know which orca it was that started it, but all three, Nootka, Haida, and Tilikum, took their turns dunking the screaming woman underwater. “She went up and down three times,” another visitor continued. The Sealand employees “almost got her once with the hook pole, but they couldn’t because the whales were moving so fast.” One trainer tossed out a floatation ring, but the whales would not let her grab it. In fact, the closer that such devices got to the young woman, the further out the whales pulled her into the pool. It took park officials two hours to recover her drowned body.

Responding to the death, Sealand dismissed any claims that the whales had hurt the woman on purpose. “It was just a tragic accident,” the park manager lamented. “I just can’t explain it.” A few of the trainers speculated that Nootka, Haida, and Tilikum might have been playing “a game” that simply went wrong, and their coworker was mistakenly killed in the process. There was, however, precedent for a different interpretation.


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http://thomaspainescorner.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/the-struggle-of-nootka-and-tilikum/




When Seaworld realized that they could make more money by including another whale (Tilikum) in the performances, they violated their agreement of "breeding only" and engaged in homicidal negligence, and now another trainer is dead as a result.






Overall it is not a good idea to entrap such large animals in small spaces. Since this recent tragedy, am seriously feeling that Seaworld is generally causing more harm than good, and should be shut down.

None of God's magnificent creations were meant to be confined for the purpose of entertaining humans!!