Just seconds after this image was captured, SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau was snatched into the jaws of the orca pictured here and ‘ripped apart.’ She was then thrashed about over the course of 45 minutes while the horrified crowd helplessly looked on.
And he’d done it two times before. Once at Sea World.
The autopsy report said that Brancheau died from drowning and blunt force trauma.
Her spinal cord was severed, and she had sustained fractures to her jawbone, ribs, and a cervical vertebra.
Her scalp was completely torn off from her head, and her left elbow and left knee had been dislocated.
The orca, Tilikum, was involved in three of the four fatal orca attacks in captivity.
Full article about the tragic event: https://historicflix.com/the-story-of-seaworld-trainer-dawn-brancheau-and-captive-orca-tilikum/
It’s not great that it happened but **orcas should not be kept in ponds** for our entertainment
Bet that was a pretty quiet ride home for families that day..
The orca’s name was Tilikum. What set him off was he did a trick, but Dawn didn’t give him his fish like normal. He was trained to respond to whistle commands, and during the show he didn’t hear the return to me whistle command, and continued to do a full lap of the pool waving his fin. T also mauled and killed a prior trainer, Keltie Byrne in a very similar fashion. It is absolutely insane Seaworld allowed anyone into the water with him.
After 10 mins, surely the crowd would want to leave?
Not sure if it’s true, but I read somewhere that the Orca got angry because it did a trick which the trainer did not see and that it was not rewarded with fish. That along with the psychological damage of being captive propably…
This is very sad. But really this is a wild animal think they tamed it. All for people attraction to see and pay money for. Very sad let these animals be free. Then the blame will be on the orca for doing this wrong. Orca was pissed off for being in captivity.
If anyone is interested in the backstory of sea world and Tilikum the documentary Blackfish is really good. Horrifying so prepare yourself if you watch.
What did wet learn from enslaving these massive creatures in tiny enclosures?
People need to stop going to Sea World. It’s amazing to see the animals but it’s not worth imprisoning them. I’d rather see them in a video in their natural habitat.
Fuck SEAWORLD.
Whats crazy is there no report of an orca ever attacking a human in the wild. This kind of stuff only happens in captivity where they are not fed properly, treated badly and often times put in a tank by themselves when they are very social animals
Tilikum was distressed for years in captivity. His mental state had severely declined. But his semen was extremely valuable so he was kept around. And his size made him irreplaceable in shows.
Too soon?
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Will never ever support sea world they’re disgusting and should be shut down.
The crowd didn’t leave?
This is a very intelligent creature they are holding captive. Its just getting revenge
Why is Blackfish not at the top comment. Fuck SeaWorld
Not to put salt in an open wound but:
They should give Orcas a new name that gives us a clue they are so dangerous so we know not to put them in a wee tank and poke them with stuff for fun
Turns out if you lock an orca in a the equivalent of a bathtub for their whole life they dont really like it.
The result of imprisoning wild intelligent animals for human entertainment.
Almost like the Orca did it on porpoise…
I listen to the last podcast on the left and without fail 2-3 weeks after a new episode I see so many posts on Reddit of something from their episode.
Yeah probably shouldn’t keep them in a cage
does anyone know how quickly she passed? I sure hope she wasn’t alive the full 45 minutes
And not a cell phone in sight. Just people enjoying the momnet
The orcas are wild predators, and it’s sad for them to be held captive in a giant plexiglass pond for the purpose of entertainment for fat lazy humans at a theme park.
Tough shit. RIP Tilikum & Harambe
They are extremely intelligent and probably just want to be set free. Imagine if someone held you captive to do tricks in front of a crowd for money.
Why would people stay for 45 minutes?!?!?!?!?!?
>The world has just changed so radically, and we’re all running to catch up. I don’t want to jump to any conclusions, but look… Dinosaurs and man, two species separated by 65 million years of evolution have just been suddenly thrown back into the mix together. How can we possibly have the slightest idea what to expect?
You just cannot force apex predators to act like a clown in a pool