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killer whale attacks trainer in front of a horrified audience

65 durable postsStarted 2010-02-24Latest 2010-03-02
#80767Post 1 of 65

[SIZE=+2][B]Whale kills SeaWorld trainer as guests watch[/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=-1] The Associated Press Wednesday, February 24, 2010; 4:16 PM

[IMG]http://photos.signonsandiego.com/gallery1.5/albums/shamu_believe/shamu.jpg[/IMG] [/SIZE]

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A trainer at SeaWorld Orlando died Wednesday after a killer whale attacked her in front of a horrified audience. Orange County Fire Rescue spokesman John Mulhall said paramedics were called to the Shamu Stadium at the theme park resort where they found a worker who could not be revived. Park guest Victoria Biniak told WKMG-TV that the trainer had just finished explaining to the audience the show they were about to see. Biniak told the station the whale suddenly came up from the water, grabbed the trainer around the waist and "thrashed her all around" to the point the trainer's shoe fell off. "He was thrashing her around pretty good," Biniak said. "It was violent." The guests were asked to leave and the park was closed. There have been several previous attacks on whale trainers at SeaWorld parks. In Nov. 2006, trainer Kenneth Peters, 39, was bitten and held underwater several times by a 7,000-pound killer whale during a show at SeaWorld's San Diego park. He escaped with a broken foot. The 17-foot-long orca who attacked him was the dominant female of SeaWorld San Diego's seven killer whales. She had attacked Peters two other times, in 1993 and 1999. In 2004, another whale at the company's San Antonio park tried to hit one of the trainers and attempted to bite him. He also escaped. In December, a whale drowned a trainer at a Spanish zoo. At the Orlando SeaWorld, the body of a naked man was found scratched, bruised and draped over a 5-ton orca named Tilikum in July 1999. Daniel Dukes, 27, reportedly made his way past security at SeaWorld, remaining in the park after it had closed. Wearing only his underwear, Dukes either jumped, fell or was pulled into the frigid water of Tilikum's huge tank. An autopsy ruled that he died of hypothermia in the 50-degree water. Dukes' parents filed a lawsuit against the park later that year but later withdrew it.

#1339180Post 2 of 65

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Serves them right for keeping them like slaves IMO.

#1339184Post 3 of 65

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Damn, reminded me of this old clip [url]http://www.break.com/usercontent/2007/3/14/killer-whale-attacks-girl-248215[/url]

#1339203Post 4 of 65

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[QUOTE=srbbnd;837824]Serves them right for keeping them like slaves IMO.[/QUOTE] Yep!! They are intelligent, dangerous predators. It's a wonder these sorts of things don't happen more often.

#1339204Post 5 of 65

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i love it when nature strikes back like this.

#1339205Post 6 of 65

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^:lol: dude

[QUOTE=DIDI;837855]Yep!! They are intelligent, dangerous predators. It's a wonder these sorts of things don't happen more often.[/QUOTE]

completely

#1339218Post 7 of 65

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They`d better not do anything to the whale :(

#1339265Post 8 of 65

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[quote=jenks;837856]i love it when nature strikes back like this.[/quote] +1

#1339268Post 9 of 65

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[QUOTE=DancingQueen;837870]They`d better not do anything to the whale :([/QUOTE] I agree !! :evil:

#1339269Post 10 of 65

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[QUOTE=DancingQueen;837870]They`d better not do anything to the whale :([/QUOTE]

+1

Though i'm sure they'll kill it. Can't send it to prison eh as the thing's been in prison all it's life.

#1339286Post 11 of 65

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[QUOTE=Jenks;837856]i love it when nature strikes back like this.[/QUOTE]

you love it when someone gets killed?

#1339287Post 12 of 65

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I mean why didn't it occur to the trainers sooner to shoot the whale in the head?? What a shame,,, a beautiful woman is dead for no good reason.

#1339303Post 13 of 65

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[QUOTE=Jenks;837856]i love it when nature strikes back like this.[/QUOTE]

like earthquakes and floods

#1339305Post 14 of 65

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[QUOTE=bobjuice;837927]+1

Though i'm sure they'll kill it. Can't send it to prison eh as the thing's been in prison all it's life.[/QUOTE]

They'd better not! It's there own fault for forcing a wild animal to jump through hoops. It is a wild animal!

#1339311Post 15 of 65

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[QUOTE=fyrestarter;837949]you love it when someone gets killed?[/QUOTE]

If someone gets killed who was involved with keeping a whale in slavery so humans can charge an entrance fee for spectators to watch the whale be forced to do tricks for our amusement, then yes, i've got no problem with that whale eating that person.

#1339312Post 16 of 65

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[QUOTE=runningman;837950]I mean why didn't it occur to the trainers sooner to shoot the whale in the head?? What a shame,,, a beautiful woman is dead for no good reason.[/QUOTE]

actually, there is a good reason. she got busy with a whale that is described as 'killer'.

death by nom-noming is in the job description brah.

#1339313Post 17 of 65

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[QUOTE=Jenks;837980]If someone gets killed who was involved with keeping a whale in slavery so humans can charge an entrance fee for spectators to watch the whale be forced to do tricks for our amusement, then yes, i've got no problem with that whale eating that person.[/QUOTE]

exactly, same as the circus when elephants charge or lions attack etc.. well, you cage them and beat them daily wtf are they supposed to do.. THEY'RE WILD ANIMALS! human arrogance/ignorance annoys the fuck out of me.. you don't OWN everything on this planet, and this planet and these animals will be here a hell of a lot longer than the human race IMO

#1339314Post 18 of 65

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[QUOTE=runningman;837950]I mean why didn't it occur to the trainers sooner to shoot the whale in the head??[/QUOTE]

what are you talking about?

i have to side with jenks on this... what the hell do you expect when you take a wild creature and keep it in capivity? it's horrible that woman died, but that is the risk she decided to take. they aren't called killer whales for nothing.

#1339315Post 19 of 65

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it's like when a shark bites someone that was swimming in the intercoastal, they look for [B]A[/B] shark and kill it.. yeah, that makes sense

#1339316Post 20 of 65

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"He's huge, he's impressive; people just see him and they go 'Wow!'

[B]He's a money stream as well[/B]." <<<<< He's a fucking KILLER whale, idiot

#1339319Post 21 of 65

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I dont get it.. When will ppl learn KILLER whale... They r huge, and yes they will Kill.

#1339337Post 22 of 65

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sea world does a lot of conservation work as well.

2006: on-Profit Foundation Makes Worldwide Donations Totaling $770,000 [I] ST. LOUIS, May 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund, a non-profit foundation dedicated to wildlife conservation, research, education and animal rescue, today announced grants totaling $770,000. More than four dozen conservation and research organizations will benefit from the 2006 grants, which bring total funding distributed by the non-profit foundation to more than $2 million since its inception in 2003.[/I]

#1339339Post 23 of 65

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Now for the killer bees

#1339341Post 24 of 65

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maybe they do do a lot of good things, they're not as bad as a rinky dink circus, and i'm hoping they have the sense to realise that this is just something that is going to happen on occasion and not just destroy the animal. Yes he allegedly has killed before, maybe that was a hint to start a transition to put him back into the wild

I mean, Orcas swim 75-100 MILES PER DAY in the wild, keeping them in a tank is disgusting

[B]THIS[/B]

[IMG]http://www.britishcolumbiawhalewatching.com/assets/images/orcas.jpg[/IMG]

[B]NOT THIS[/B]

[IMG]http://www.adventurist.net/trips/san_diego_04-2002/sea_world/photos/shamu.jpg[/IMG]

#1339342Post 25 of 65

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[QUOTE=Steve Graham;837983]exactly, same as the circus when elephants charge or lions attack etc.. well, you cage them and beat them daily wtf are they supposed to do.. THEY'RE WILD ANIMALS! human arrogance/ignorance annoys the fuck out of me.. you don't OWN everything on this planet, and this planet and these animals will be here a hell of a lot longer than the human race IMO[/QUOTE]

Its sad indeed that the trainer is dead but I couldn't agree more with this ^^

#1339352Post 26 of 65

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[QUOTE=Steve Graham;838011] I mean, Orcas swim 75-100 MILES PER DAY in the wild, keeping them in a tank is disgusting [/QUOTE]

I'm with ya man, plus they communicate via sonar...so they have to essentially listen to themselves their whole lives at SeaWorld...

#1339354Post 27 of 65

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[quote=jenks;837856]i love it when nature strikes back like this.[/quote]

+100

#1339355Post 28 of 65

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I'm not by any means saying they should close these places down, I know they put money into research and things of a positive nature and rehabbing injured animals etc... and I love the fact, selfishly, that I can see some of these amazing animals close up that I would never get to see in my lifetime, but in a perfect world I'd much rather they were just left alone in their natural habitat

#1339361Post 29 of 65

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you wanna see them? go see them in THEIR habitat, not ours. had a discussion about this with a friend not long ago. the last time i went to the zoo, which was years ago, it was about 90 degrees outside, and i'm standing there looking at a polar bear sit in a pool of water outdoors trying to stay cool while a zoo keeper throws some kind of fish pieces or meat pieces from a bucket at him so he'll do something for the kids. i left after that, haven't been back since.

i get the research side of zoology, and it's definitely necessary, but putting on a show making wild animals do tricks for spectators is ridiculous. this is the third person the whale has attacked in captivity. take the fking hint people.

#1339363Post 30 of 65

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[QUOTE=Jenks;838031][B]you wanna see them? go see them in THEIR habitat[/B], not ours. had a discussion about this with a friend not long ago. the last time i went to the zoo, which was years ago, it was about 90 degrees outside, and i'm standing there looking at a polar bear sit in a pool of water outdoors trying to stay cool while a zoo keeper throws some kind of fish pieces or meat pieces from a bucket at him so he'll do something for the kids. i left after that, haven't been back since.

i get the research side of zoology, and it's definitely necessary, but putting on a show making wild animals do tricks for spectators is ridiculous. this is the third person the whale has attacked in captivity. take the fking hint people.[/QUOTE]

agreed 100%

#1339391Post 31 of 65

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wheres the vid?

#1339396Post 32 of 65

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I can't stand Animal shows of whatever kind and also do not go to Zoos. It's just ridicilous to imprison animals and people pay to watch them in cages or parks. Of course it is sad when people get hurt or killed by animals but it's almost always the initial fault of humans when shit hits the fan.

#1339403Post 33 of 65

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[QUOTE=Steve Graham;837983]exactly, same as the circus when elephants charge or lions attack etc.. well, you cage them and beat them daily wtf are they supposed to do.. THEY'RE WILD ANIMALS! human arrogance/ignorance annoys the fuck out of me.. you don't OWN everything on this planet, and this planet and these animals will be here a hell of a lot longer than the human race IMO[/QUOTE]

Well said!!! Its unfortunate more of the human race doesn't think this way. This mentality is what is ruining the earth :(

[QUOTE=Jenks;838031]you wanna see them? go see them in THEIR habitat, not ours. had a discussion about this with a friend not long ago. the last time i went to the zoo, which was years ago, it was about 90 degrees outside, and i'm standing there looking at a polar bear sit in a pool of water outdoors trying to stay cool while a zoo keeper throws some kind of fish pieces or meat pieces from a bucket at him so he'll do something for the kids. i left after that, haven't been back since.

i get the research side of zoology, and it's definitely necessary, but putting on a show making wild animals do tricks for spectators is ridiculous. this is the third person the whale has attacked in captivity. take the fking hint people.[/QUOTE]

This is [b]EXACTLY [/b]why I don't go to the circus, zoo's or Sea World type facilities. I don't agree with how they treat the animals. They need to be free. And yes having them in a zoo keeps them from poachers, etc. But instead of entrapping them, we need to fight harder to protect them in their habitat. We are slowly destroying everything that is beautiful about the earth and it sickens me.

#1339410Post 34 of 65

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Was at Sea World Orlando last summer and the whale that did this is f**ing massive trust me, must have been an awful death.

Can't say I agree with some of the viewpoints in this thread to be honest. They may be in captivity but they are still treated well IMO.

#1339411Post 35 of 65

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[QUOTE=GregWhelan;838085] They may be in captivity but they are still treated well IMO.[/QUOTE]

well as long as you treat slaves well, ya know, it's all good! they probably don't want to be free anyway. :what

#1339418Post 36 of 65

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[url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1313104/[/url]

#1339431Post 37 of 65

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[QUOTE=Jenks;837980]If someone gets killed who was involved with keeping a whale in slavery so humans can charge an entrance fee for spectators to watch the whale be forced to do tricks for our amusement, then yes, i've got no problem with that whale eating that person.[/QUOTE]

do you eat meat? it might not be amusement but you could go without killing animals or your meat. you could also go without enslaving cows for milk and chickens for eggs, etc.

[QUOTE=Jenks;838031]you wanna see them? go see them in THEIR habitat, not ours. had a discussion about this with a friend not long ago. the last time i went to the zoo, which was years ago, it was about 90 degrees outside, and i'm standing there looking at a polar bear sit in a pool of water outdoors trying to stay cool while a zoo keeper throws some kind of fish pieces or meat pieces from a bucket at him so he'll do something for the kids. i left after that, haven't been back since.

i get the research side of zoology, and it's definitely necessary, but putting on a show making wild animals do tricks for spectators is ridiculous. this is the third person the whale has attacked in captivity. take the fking hint people.[/QUOTE]

right... cause everyone can go see these animals in their habitat...

#1339434Post 38 of 65

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I´m on the whale side for sure..

And always is great when a bull kill a mother fucker bullfighter in Spain.. i know is part of the culture but i don´t care.. Killing animals for fun is disgusting and of course wrong..

btw i eat meat.. but don´t think is comparable with having a whale like a slave on a tank.. Besides they treat the whale well (which i think they do) prolly the animal wants to be free on his habitat, not making funny acts for people.. Only the arrogance of human been can think otherwise

#1339437Post 39 of 65

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lets leave the cities and go farming somewhere in the wild, no internet, no digs sets, no tv, Theres a price to all this technology watch HOME,

#1339451Post 40 of 65

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