Killer Whale Kills SeaWorld Trainer
This is so unfortunate, especially because despite their name, they’re generally not a threat to humans.
A trainer at the SeaWorld in Orlando, FL was killed by an Orca Whale today.
Thankfully, the incident was not during a performance.
Our thoughts are with the friends and family of those involved.
UPDATE: The Los Angeles Times is providing more details about the incident, including eye witness accounts from park guests. Apparently, the accident DID happen in from of an audience.
According to the source, an unidentified female employee was grabbed by one of the whale’s at the start of a show.
Theme park guest Victoria Biniak said the whale came up from the water and grabbed the woman and began “thrashing her around pretty good.”
She described the scene as terribly “violent” as the whale “took off really fast in the tank, and then he came back, shot up in the air, grabbed the trainer by the waist and started thrashing around, and one of her shoes flew off.”
That was when the audience was immediately evacuated and the rest of the show was cancelled.
The poor woman! Such a terrible tragedy!
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February 24th, 2010 at 10:04 pm
whales belong in the ocean. not in a tank for people to look at. so stupid. they’re called KILLER WHALES.
February 24th, 2010 at 10:46 pm
What!? No gory video to exploit!? what is the web coming to!?
February 24th, 2010 at 11:39 pm
First and foremost, I am terribly sorry for the loss of the trainer. This was not her fault….
Places like SeaWorld are torture chambers for large marine mammals like whales and dolphins. Frankly, I’m surprised this does not happen most often. These creatures are not meant to be kept in tiny pools to jump around for our amusement.
SeaWorld, and places like this, should be shut down and the whales should be rehabilitated and set free.
February 25th, 2010 at 12:06 am
Look up KILLER WHALES on Wikipedia Mario!
February 25th, 2010 at 12:45 am
They’re called KILLER WHALES people! Where’s the Tiger show? …Oh yeah…
Free Willie! All of them.
February 25th, 2010 at 1:44 am
maybe whales shouldn’t be held captive…