Whale Goes Postal at SeaWorld

[sistactry]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Twiney</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Full time now wi stop tek the animal them outa them natural habitat and expect them fi continue to endure the torture we put them tru... </div></div>

u see it,

[Wendy]

Re: Whale Goes Postal at SeaWorld

BTW this whale is a serial Killa Him kill tree odda people before this trainer. Wanda if dem ago impose di death penalty if di case goh to trial

[sistactry]

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a wha u a say Wendy, fe chrooth, him a serial killah~~

no man, we haffe bun a fyah pan him~~

trial too good fe him, him need a bunning

<span style="font-style: italic"> ketch dem an ligth dem</span>

[Wendy]

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LOL ..Yeah it was on the news..
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<span style="font-style: italic">Tilikum</span>, whose name means &quot;friend&quot; in the Native American language Chinook, has killed before - always unwittingly.

In 1991, a marine biology student and part-time trainer fell into his tank in Canada and was dragged under by Tilikum. The whale and two females blocked her from getting out of the pool and tossed her back and forth in the air between them like a toy.

In 1999, there was a case so bizarre it made headlines around the world: A man sneaked into Tilikum's pool at SeaWorld and his naked corpse was found the next day splayed on the whale's back.


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[sistactry]

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raatid, de dead man was splayed on the Whales back???

but him no easy, him waan glory to??? him brite, no man, him fe def dead

[CeaBee]

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SeaWorld to keep orca
Handling procedures to be reviewed after trainer's death


ORLANDO, Fla. - Despite calls to free or destroy the animal, SeaWorld said Thursday it will keep the killer whale that drowned its trainer, but will suspend all orca shows while it decides whether to change the way handlers work with the behemoths.

Also, VIP visitors who occasionally were invited to pet the killer whales will no longer be allowed to do so.

&quot;We're going to make any changes we have to to make sure this doesn't happen again,&quot; Chuck Tompkins, chief of animal training at SeaWorld parks, said a day after a 12,000-pound killer whale named Tilikum dragged a trainer into its pool and thrashed the woman to death as audience members watched in horror.
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Talk-radio callers, bloggers and animal activists said Tilikum — which was involved in the deaths of two other people over the past two decades — should be released into the ocean or put to death like a dangerous dog.

Tompkins said that Tilikum would not survive in the wild because it has been captive for so long, and that destroying the animal is not an option either, because it is an important part of the breeding program at SeaWorld and a companion to the seven other whales there.

Dawn Brancheau, a 40-year-old veteran trainer who adored whales, was rubbing Tilikum from a poolside platform when the 22-foot creature grabbed the woman's ponytail in its jaws and pulled her in. Witnesses said the whale played with Brancheau like a toy.

&quot;He kept pushing her and poking her with his nose,&quot; said Paula Gillespie of Delaware, who saw the attack from an underwater observation point. &quot;It looked like she was just totally caught off guard and looked like she was struggling.&quot;

She added: &quot;I just felt horrible because she's someone's daughter, mother. I couldn't stop crying.&quot;

The killer whale shows have been put on hold at SeaWorld's three parks in Orlando, San Antonio and San Diego. Tompkins said they will not resume until trainers understand what happened to Brancheau. He also said trainers will review safety procedures and change them as needed.

He would not give details on what might be changed, but he said he does not expect visitors to the theme park to see much difference in the killer whale shows, in which trainers swim with the animals, ride on their backs and jump off of them.

Close encounters
There is virtually no contact between visitors and the orcas at SeaWorld shows, said Fred Jacobs, a spokesman for the SeaWorld parks. But in the past, VIP guests occasionally were allowed to come down to the edge of the pool and touch the whales. That will no longer be permitted, Jacobs said.

Because of Tilikum's size and history of aggressive behavior, visitors were not allowed to get close to the whale, and trainers were not permitted to climb into the water with the animal. They were only allowed to work with him from a partially submerged deck.


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Attack stirs controversy
Feb. 25: SeaWorld parks in Florida and San Diego canceled their killer whale shows Thursday. NBC's Kerry Sanders reports.

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Tompkins defended SeaWorld's use a whale that had already been blamed in the deaths of two other people.

&quot;We didn't ignore those incidents,&quot; Tompkins said. &quot;We work with him very, very carefully. We did not get in the water with this animal like we do with other killer whales because we recognized his potential.&quot;

Brancheau's older sister, Diane Gross, said the trainer would not have wanted anything done to the whale. &quot;She loved the whales like her children. She loved all of them,&quot; said Gross, of Schererville, Ind. &quot;They all had personalities, good days and bad days.&quot;

In a profile in the Orlando Sentinel in 2006, Brancheau acknowledged the dangers, saying: &quot;You can't put yourself in the water unless you trust them and they trust you.&quot;

One of SeaWorld's most popular shows — about a child who wants to grow up to be a killer whale trainer — could have been inspired by Brancheau herself.

A trip to SeaWorld at age 9 instilled a desire in her to work with marine animals. She attended the University of South Carolina and majored in psychology, but got a job at a New Jersey park after graduation, working with dolphins and sea lions. She was hired at SeaWorld in Orlando in 1994.

Previous deaths
Tilikum was one of three orcas blamed for killing a trainer in 1991 after the woman lost her balance and fell into a pool at a Sealand theme park near Victoria, British Columbia.

In 1999, the body of a naked man was found draped over Tilikum at SeaWorld in Orlando. Officials said the man had stayed in the park after closing and apparently fell into the whale tank. An autopsy found he died of hypothermia. Officials also said it appeared Tilikum bit the man.

A few months after the 1991 death in Canada, SeaWorld asked the National Marine Fisheries Service for permission to &quot;import and temporarily house&quot; Tilikum in Orlando, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.


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[kia027]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">&quot;We're going to make any changes we have to to make sure this doesn't happen again,&quot; </div></div>

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Tompkins said that Tilikum would not survive in the wild because it has been captive for so long, and that destroying the animal is not an option either, because it is an important part of the breeding program at SeaWorld and a companion to the seven other whales there.</div></div>

and what is the upper limit on people to die before they decide Tilikum is a danger to people even if they are trainers \o/

[halfwaytree]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: CeaBee</div><div class="ubbcode-body">...
Talk-radio callers, bloggers and animal activists said Tilikum — which was involved in the deaths of two other people over the past two decades — should be released into the ocean <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #FF0000">or put to death like a dangerous dog</span></span>. ...</div></div>

[kia027]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Curmudgeon_Milo</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: CeaBee</div><div class="ubbcode-body">...
Talk-radio callers, bloggers and animal activists said Tilikum — which was involved in the deaths of two other people over the past two decades — should be released into the ocean <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #FF0000">or put to death like a dangerous dog</span></span>. ...</div></div>

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you know!

[Tuff Gong]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BlackStar</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'"><span style="font-size: 11pt">Nick Cannon: 'Ever seen a black whale trainer?'</span> </span>
&quot;People need to stop messing with animals with the word KILLER,&quot; Nick Cannon is saying on Twitter this morning. And, he tweets, &quot;Has anyone ever seen a black whale trainer?&quot;

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Interesting topic for a thread in Faith &amp; Unreasonable: Are certain cultures less/more inclined to respect the unknown, danger, etc.? </span></span> </div></div>

LOL@

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">terupinfan : 8h ago
Why did Nick Cannon say, &quot;Ever seen a black whale trainer?&quot; He is a black whale trainer. Have you seen the size of Mariah lately?</div></div>

[britisha]

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The uglier side to all this is the money grabbahs decide fi resum di show wid di same KILLAH WHALE....which could be interpreted as a lack of respect for the LIVES lost, all in the name of PROFITS.

<span style="font-weight: bold">if there is one time to call for a boycott, this is it, to show these stinkahs dat there is more to life than dollars and cents</span>...

Where is PETA now?

[nattydreadgirl]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Meesamewan</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The uglier side to all this is the money grabbahs decide fi resum di show wid di same KILLAH WHALE....which could be interpreted as a lack of respect for the LIVES lost, all in the name of PROFITS.

<span style="font-weight: bold">if there is one time to call for a boycott, this is it, to show these stinkahs dat there is more to life than dollars and cents</span>...

<span style="font-weight: bold">Where is PETA now?</span> </div></div>

Still watching Michael Vick.....

[Tuff Gong]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: nattydreadgirl</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Still watching Michael Vick..... </div></div>

Peta has come out against it and have been a constant critic of the sea creature parks.
PETA as much as I have have issues with them was not about Micheal Vick, was established long before Michael Vick and criticize many other folks not named Micheal Vick.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'">Tell us when did you start criticizing the Animal Exhibits?</span>

[britisha]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tuff Gong</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: nattydreadgirl</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Still watching Michael Vick..... </div></div>

Peta has come out against it and have been a constant critic of the sea creature parks.
PETA as much as I have have issues with them was not about Micheal Vick, was established long before Michael Vick and criticize many other folks not named Micheal Vick.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'">Tell us when did you start criticizing the Animal Exhibits?</span> </div></div>

Yes, PETA *DID* say something about cruelty to the whale, but now they need to be even more INSISTENT in pursuing their charge, and don't just let it be another case that fell by the wayside.

[Marilyn]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Twiney</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Full time now wi stop tek the animal them outa them natural habitat and expect them fi continue to endure the torture we put them tru... </div></div>Like Dolphin Coves they are putting all over Jamaica.