Family Of SeaWorld Trainer Killed By Orca Speak Out Almost 12 Years On Nestia

Trainer Deaths At Seaworld. Tilikum, The Captive Orca From ‘Blackfish’ Who Killed His Trainer The four trainer deaths at SeaWorld facilities over the decades underscore the inherent risks of working closely with powerful predators like killer whales in captivity She was a 40-year-old trainer at SeaWorld's Orlando park when she was attacked and killed by an orca named Tilikum.

Animal trainer Dawn Brancheau worked happily at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida, for many years The four trainer deaths at SeaWorld facilities over the decades underscore the inherent risks of working closely with powerful predators like killer whales in captivity

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While SeaWorld made incremental safety improvements after each incident, it took sustained public pressure and government oversight to force more substantial changes in. Dawn Therese Brancheau (née LoVerde, April 16, 1969 - February 24, 2010) was an American animal trainer at SeaWorld The orca—which was in captivity for 33 years—died at SeaWorld Orlando and is.

Tilikum, orca that killed trainer, dies at SeaWorld Orlando. Footage caught by a tourist visiting SeaWorld shows the final moments of a trainer who was killed after being dragged underwater by an Orca SeaWorld's head of animal training said that during a rubdown after the show, Tilikum possibly pulled the trainer into the water where she remained until it was too late.

Cryptozoology Killer Whale nearly kills experienced trainer at SeaWorld The Best Attacks Of Wild. But on February 24, 2010, she was killed in a rare, and unprovoked, attack by one of the orcas she'd loved so much. See the harrowing footage of her final moments below: