Animal trainer killed by Killer Whale
 

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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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Rest in Peace . . .

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.

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

I agree with this statement.

Rest in Peace, Dawn Brancheau.

the point
 

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

prison
 

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

It's a wild animal :rolleyes:

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.

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

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.