Trainer killed at Sea World

[luke]

Taken from the podcast board but thought I'd post it here in case people don't go up there.

Very sad and shocking story from Sea World, a trainer was dragged under by one of the Shamus and never came up

Thoughts are with her family and also with those who witnessed it

http://www.wqad.com/news/nationworld/os-seaworld-orlando-shamu-injury-20100224,0,7095229.story

 

[orlandothebeagle]

That is very sad, I suppose it is easy to forgot how huge and dangerous they really are. I wonder if they know the risks? I suppose they do and still choose to do it

 

[Cyrano]

Very sad

 

[irisheyes123]

this is so sad thoughts are with the family at this time

 

[robinb]

Oh my goodness! Not just killed, but attacked! I recall some accidental deaths by trainers in the past but this is the first time I remember hearing about a trainer that was intentionally killed by one of the whales.

ETA: Now I see that a whale named Ky attacked a trainer but the trainer was able to calm him down.

 

[Pinky166]

Oh no, this is so sad.

My thoughts go out to her family.

 

[mandymouse]

How sad My thoughts are with her family

 

[jjk]

very sad

 

[PoppyAnna]

Very sad. The description of the attack is horrific, and apparently this whale has attacked before

 

[disneyholic family]

how horrifying!

sounds very much like the description of how whales attack and kill seals...
leaping up out of the water to snatch them, then shaking them violently that way...

horrible horrible...how completely horrific for her family...and i can't imagine what people in the audience who witnessed it are feeling....i can't imagine witnessing something like that...

 

[Head_in_the_clouds]

I've posted a reply on the Seaworld board thread. This is the third time Tilikum ( the biggest whale in capitivity and the one who splashes everyone when they chant "Shamu") has been involved in the death of a human including the awful death of Keltie Burn, a trainer at Sealand Pacific. SeaWorld should have seen this coming, it makes me mad and I feel so sad for the trainer.

 

[PaulaSB12]

Taken from the podcast board but thought I'd post it here in case people don't go up there.

Very sad and shocking story from Sea World, a trainer was dragged under by one of the Shamus and never came up

Thoughts are with her family and also with those who witnessed it

http://www.wqad.com/news/nationworld/os-seaworld-orlando-shamu-injury-20100224,0,7095229.story

I am sorry to say this but this has been coming for a long time. I know we can't release these animals but STOP BREEDING THEM AND let them die out they don't diserve this treatment at our hands they are magnificant animals able to travel thousands of miles and dive over 500 feet and for our vanity we put them in a goldfish bowl halfing their life span and in some cases driving them insane with boredem.

 

[orlandothebeagle]

I am sorry to say this but this has been coming for a long time. I know we can't release these animals but STOP BREEDING THEM AND let them die out they don't diserve this treatment at our hands they are magnificant animals able to travel thousands of miles and dive over 500 feet and for our vanity we put them in a goldfish bowl halfing their life span and in some cases driving them insane with boredem.

Dont say sorry, also, they are called killer whales for a reason, I mean have you seen them playing with there food,(sea lions etc)they are like cats with mice. I know its sad but whats going to happen to the whale, the trainers know the risks. It is so so sad.
Ive been to sea world, they do great work but some of it makes me uncomfy.

 

[rpbert1]

This is very sad,

 

[orlandothebeagle]

how horrifying!

sounds very much like the description of how whales attack and kill seals...
leaping up out of the water to snatch them, then shaking them violently that way...

horrible horrible...how completely horrific for her family...and i can't imagine what people in the audience who witnessed it are feeling....i can't imagine witnessing something like that...

I missed your post first time, re seals, thats exactly what I thought, these animals must be demented

 

[jharrowell]

Here's the BBC's take on it:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8535618.stm

they are saying the official line is the trainer slipped and fell but that feels like corporate spin to me.

This is so sad...

 

[Natasha&Matt]

This is really sad

My thoughts go out to the Trainers family & friends and also to all those that witnessed this awful thing.

 

[disneyholic family]

I missed your post first time, re seals, thats exactly what I thought, these animals must be demented

i don't think it's demented when a whale kills a seal....
that's the circle of life and all that...
whales are predators of seals and they kill them.....
whales are animals....animals act like animals..

i can't blame the animal for acting like an animal...
we're the ones to blame for putting them into conditions that they shouldn't be in...
they shouldn't be living in captivity...

but bottom line, that poor women was killed in a horrifically violent manner....
and by an animal that she no doubt loved dearly...
how very very very sad....and awful for her family to know that she died in that way...and for those who witnessed it....

Here's the BBC's take on it:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8535618.stm

they are saying the official line is the trainer slipped and fell but that feels like corporate spin to me.

This is so sad...

i heard the slipped and fell line on the news last night...definitely sounds like corporate spin, given the eyewitness reports....

very very sad....

 

[Ware Bears]

So very, very sad.

 

[disneyholic family]

http://www.wqad.com/news/nationworld/os-seaworld-orlando-shamu-injury-20100224,0,7095229.story

this article has a picture of the trainer in better days..

according to this article, the whale will not be put down for this...

i didn't realize there's a "dine with shamu" meal...people there saw this happen...