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Dawn Therese Brancheau (née LoVerde, April 16, 1969 – February 24, 2010) was an American animal trainer at SeaWorld. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] She worked with orcas at SeaWorld Orlando for fifteen years, including a leading role in revamping the Shamu show, [ 3 ] [ 5 ] and was SeaWorld's poster girl .
On February 24, 2010, 40-year-old trainer Dawn Brancheau, who had 15 years of experience at the park, died in another incident involving Tilikum. SeaWorld's head of animal training said that during a rubdown after the show, Tilikum pulled Brancheau into the water by her ponytail, and she drowned.
In 2010, the death of SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau made global headlines after the 40-year-old was horrifically killed in front of an audience at SeaWorld Orlando.
Blackfish is a controversial documentary, as it tells the story of Tilikum, an orca at the SeaWorld theme park in Orlando, Florida who killed its trainer, Dawn Brancheau. The film investigates the treatment of orcas in captivity through news and archival footage, interviews of former trainers and marine mammal experts, and questioning the ...
Milan Boers, flickr The killer whale that killed a trainer at SeaWorld Orlando one year ago is back in the spotlight today, scheduled to perform for the first time since the
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An attack on a strap-toothed whale. Orcas (or killer whales) are large, powerful aquatic apex predators. There have been incidents where orcas were perceived to attack humans in the wild, but such attacks are less common than those by captive orcas. [1] In captivity, there have been several non-fatal and four fatal attacks on humans since the ...
Dawn Brancheau, SeaWorld trainer, killed during a killer whale show and suffered a blunt trauma on February 24, 2010. Toshiharu Ikeda, Japanese film director and screenwriter, committed suicide in December 2010. [91] Marie-France Pisier, French actress, found dead in her swimming pool April 2011. [92]