Dawn Brancheau, 40, lost her life in 2010 after Tilikum dragged her by ponytail The orca's troubled life in captivity was documented in 2013 Netflix hit, Blackfish READ MORE: 'Astonishing' moment an ...

The former killer whale trainer has released a book about SeaWorld. — -- The whale trainer behind a book critical of SeaWorld says his former employer is conducting a "smear campaign" by ...

OSHA cited SeaWorld Orlando and fined them $16,550 after a trainer was injured during a September 2024 training exercise with a killer whale due to inadequate safety protections. SeaWorld has not yet ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — The former head trainer at SeaWorld spoke out Friday and said mistakes by trainer Dawn Brancheau led to her death. "It looks like to me she made a mistake," Thad Lacinik told WFTV. RAW ...

"SeaWorld recognized the inherent risk of allowing trainers to interact with potentially dangerous animals," Cindy Coe, the OSHA administrator in charge of the southeastern U.S., said in a prepared ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — 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 ...

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Hundreds of people were at SeaWorld Saturday to watch the killer whales perform for the first time ( see it) since Tilikum, the largest orca in captivity, dragged a trainer to her ...