Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Killer Whale Story San Diego, CA 2015 Killer Whales: Education & Conservation San Diego, CA 2015 Killer Whales: Up Close San Diego, CA & San Antonio, TX 2015–2020 (Ended in 2016 in San Diego) Killer Whales Presentation & All Day Orca Play San Diego, CA January 9, 2017 – May 26, 2017 Ocean Discovery Orlando, FL 2016 – 2019
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.
Tilikum (c. December 1981 [1] – 6 January 2017), nicknamed Tilly, [2] was a captive male orca who spent most of his life at SeaWorld Orlando in Florida.He was captured in Iceland in 1983; about a year later, he was transferred to Sealand of the Pacific near Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. [3]
SeaWorld has faced sagging attendance and years of criticism over its treatment of the marine mammals as well as pressure from animal rights activists. SeaWorld says it will stop breeding killer ...
The theme park SeaWorld Orlando plans to phase out its signature killer-whale attraction at the start of the new year. SeaWorld Orlando plans to end centerpiece killer-whale show at start of 2020 ...
In 2016, SeaWorld announced it was ending its orca breeding program and planned to phase out its theatrical orca shows. That same year, SeaWorld opted not to appeal a court ruling preventing ...
[59] [60] By February 27, SeaWorld Orlando whale shows resumed with trainers practicing increased caution and not joining the whales in the water. [61] SeaWorld announced they have invited experts from outside marine parks and aquariums to review SeaWorld's handling of killer whales and also Tilikum specifically. [62]
In November 2015, SeaWorld announced plans to end killer-whale shows at its theme park in San Diego. [61] In March 2016, SeaWorld announced it would end its orca breeding program and begin to phase out all live performances using orcas. [62] In a statement regarding the decision, the company said, "Society is changing and we're changing with it ...