Animal trainer killed by Killer Whale

termogard · (#1 (**permalink**))

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CNN) -- A killer whale killed a trainer Wednesday afternoon at SeaWorld's Shamu Stadium in Orlando, Florida, a public information officer for the Orange County Sheriff's Office said.

The 40-year-old woman, identified by sheriff's spokesman Jim Solomons as Dawn Brancheau, was in the whale holding area about 2 p.m. when "she apparently slipped or fell into the tank and was fatally injured by one of the whales," he said.

But a witness told CNN affiliate WKMG-TV that the whale approached the glass side of the 35-foot-deep tank at Shamu Stadium, jumped up and grabbed the trainer by the waist, shaking her so violently that her shoe came off.

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manganimefan227 · (#2 (**permalink**))

Rest in Peace . . .

StormingWynn · (#3 (**permalink**))

Umm, maybe because it's a wild animal and they need to be where they belong, the WILD! I'd feel sorry for the person who died, but I feel more sorry for the "killer whale" because it has had to spend its entire life imprisoned by us humans and it hasn't enjoyed a life that it deserves.

RickOShay · (#4 (**permalink**))

Umm... so what is the point of this topic???

Jaydelart · (#5 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by StormingWynn

Umm, maybe because it's a wild animal and they need to be where they belong, the WILD! I'd feel sorry for the person who died, but I feel more sorry for the "killer whale" because it has had to spend its entire life imprisoned by us humans and it hasn't enjoyed a life that it deserves.

I agree with this statement.

Rest in Peace, Dawn Brancheau.

termogard · (#6 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by RickOShay

Umm... so what is the point of this topic???

Mr Megabrain, I'd like to see your opinion about Killer Whales. Plain and simple

termogard · (#7 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by StormingWynn

but I feel more sorry for the "killer whale" because it has had to spend its entire life imprisoned by us humans

....and every imprisoned animal may become a rebell someday.......

Undertherose25 · (#8 (**permalink**))

It's a wild animal

Plus this particular Killer Whale had anger problems anyway, he killed another trainer back in 1991 and killed another guy that hid after Sea World closed to swim with them. They usually kept him locked up from other Killer Whales because he hurt them too.

RickOShay · (#9 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by termogard

Mr Megabrain, I'd like to see your opinion about Killer Whales. Plain and simple

Then, maybe you should say that because there are about a million possible topics to come from this... plain and simple.

peterv20 · (#10 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by Undertherose25

It's a wild animal

Plus this particular Killer Whale had anger problems anyway, he killed another trainer back in 1991 and killed another guy that hid after Sea World closed to swim with them. They usually kept him locked up from other Killer Whales because he hurt them too.

this is very true.i hope i'm wrong,i think some of these animal trainers often make the mistake that they really "make a connection"with their animals and get too close.