Tilikum, an orca that killed a trainer at SeaWorld Orlando in 2010 and was profiled in a documentary that helped sway popular opinion against keeping killer whales in captivity at SeaWorld parks, has ...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tilikum the orca has died after more than two decades at SeaWorld Orlando, where he gained notoriety for killing a trainer in 2010 and was later profiled in a documentary that ...
Tilikum drowned his trainer in front of a live audience in 2010. It was not the first time he had killed a human. Two earlier deaths had already been linked to the same orca while in captivity.
Tilikum, one of SeaWorld's best-known orcas, featured in the documentary "Blackfish," has died, the theme park announced today. The killer whale died early this morning "surrounded by the trainers, ...
Tilikum, the most famous and infamous killer whale in the United States, died Friday after a long illness, SeaWorld announced. The many-tonned orca—believed to be 36 years old—likely succumbed to a ...
WASHINGTON — Reaction to the horror at SeaWorld, a nightmare seldom seen outside Peter Benchley's imagination, has run the exhausted gamut. "Kill. The. Fish." was one talk-radio host's suggestion.
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Tilikum the orca has died after more than two decades at SeaWorld Orlando, where he gained notoriety for killing a trainer in 2010 and later was profiled in a documentary that helped ...
(ORLANDO, Fla.) — Tilikum, one of SeaWorld’s best-known orcas featured in the documentary Blackfish, has died, the theme park announced Friday. The killer whale passed away early Friday morning ...