Seaworld Orlando Tragedy!!

[Spit]

Check the news sites. Been there a few times to see Shamu.

One of the whales has killed a female trainer today. Must have been horrible to have been in the audience. Some kids will not get over that for a while.

RIP

Sky says that the trainer was found in the tank but the US sites I have seen says she was shaken to death with the audience there. Oh well who to believe.

 

[Mobius 1]

a link for people who cant be bothered to google.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Wo...eaWorld_Trainer_Found_Dead_In_Tank_In_Florida

 

[Sirrel Squirrel]

Just read this too, very sad

 

[Gaygle]

I honestly thought this was going to be a joke...

Now i feel bad!

 

[scorza]

Sad for the trainer but I don't agree with keeping animals like killer whales in captivity and used for our entertainment. I just hope they don't do anything rash like destroy the creature

For the record I've never seen Free Willy

 

[L0rdMike]

I have seen quite a few vids of Orcas going crazy on trainers and people, someone was bound to die sooner or later.

 

[deuse]

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/feb/24/241540/worker-dies-seaworld-orlando/news-metro/


One from tampa..

So who is telling the truth?

"The whale "took off really fast in the tank, and then he came back, shot up in the air, grabbed the trainer by the waist and started thrashing around"

"Jim Solomons of the Orlando County Sheriff's Office, said the trainer slipped or fell into the whale's tank, which seemed to contradict Biniak's description"



RIP to the guy

 

[SDK^]

Ouch.
I saw the show in November and the trainers do get very involved with the Whales in the water.

 

[Maniacfest]

Very sad story. Like the OP said, some of the kids will have a few nightmares in the near future. Poor woman.

 

[cheets64]

Been twice, 2nd time we went a show was starting and the trainers were not happy and they had to stall the start, think their was a young pup that was in the tanks at the back playing up.

The KW are massive and they could kill a human in a second, its the risk you take every time you work with such a powerful creature.

 

[Domi]

3rd death in that particular whales pool.

In 1991 he killed a 24 year old trainer with 2 other whales "playing" and 1999 a man was found dead in his pool who had sneaked in.

 

[Daaaveee]

Tragic, seen the shows numerous times and always wondered if/when it would happen! They arn't called killer whales for nothing.

 

[Domi]

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/whales/debate/trainers.html

that is a good read dated 1992 and note its core points are about the whale that has just killed again.

 

[Cosimo]

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/feb/24/241540/worker-dies-seaworld-orlando/news-metro/


One from tampa..

So who is telling the truth?

"The whale "took off really fast in the tank, and then he came back, shot up in the air, grabbed the trainer by the waist and started thrashing around"

"Jim Solomons of the Orlando County Sheriff's Office, said the trainer slipped or fell into the whale's tank, which seemed to contradict Biniak's description"



RIP to the guy

Here is the witness talking on CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/24/killer.whale.trainer.death/index.html

Whatever happened it is a sad news item.

RIP

 

[robgmun]

Bound to happen when you work with wild animals, just the risk of the job

 

[starfighter]

sad, but thats what you get for locking an animal that normal swims 1000s of miles in a small tank.

 

[Guerrilla]

Sad news RIP

 

[craptakular]

THE CLUE IS IN THE NAME: KILLER WHALE!!!11!!!!!

 

[SHEDDER1uk]

You mes with nature it will bite you in the ass.

 

[Ahleckz]

Shouldn't be keeping animals like this in such bad surroundings for our entertainment.
Won't be losing any sleep over the death.