Seaworld Trainer killed by whale

• Fab1b

  

  http://www.news4jax.com/news/22660462/detail.html
  

  "Telly (the whale) took off really fast in the tank and he came back, shot up in the air, grabbed the trainer by the waist and started thrashing (her) around," Biniak said.

• devil1197

  Hence the name Killer Whale.
• Laley23

  

  FREE WILLY!!!!
  
  Seriously this is too bad, but it is the risk you run when you try to keep dangerous animals in captivity and try to interact humans with them. Im shocked it doesnt happen more often (at zoos, circuses, etc.)
• Fab1b

  

  I am shocked it doesn't happen more either!
• ytownfootball

  

  PETA anyone?
• devil1197

  Those people are pretty good at what they do, but you're still dealing with some dangerous animals.
• Fab1b

  

  Maybe that whale worked undercover for the Sea Shepards?
• ts1227

  

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• CinciX12

  

  Hahaha. Haha. Hahaha.
• Fab1b

  

  Now they are saying the trainer slipped or fell into the tank and drowned:
  http://www.news4jax.com/news/22660616/detail.html
  

  ORLANDO, Fla. -- A killer whale killed a SeaWorld Orlando trainer who slipped or fell in its tank Wednesday, drowning her in front of a horrified audience.
  
  Dan Brown, president of the Orlando park, said the trainer was one of the park's most experienced.
  
  He would not answer questions about whether it happened during a performance, but an audience member said a show was just starting.
  
  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, and one of her shoes flew off," Victoria Biniak told WKMG-TV.
  
  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.
  
  "This appears to be an accidental death, a tragic death," said Solomons.

  so why the heck would some one say the whale lept out of the water, grabbed the trainer by the waist and thrashed her around if that actually didn't happen, interesting....
• Laley23

  

  Just got word that the head trainer is from Toledo, and she is 40 (same age as the woman killed). My ex gf knows her and it looks like she was the one killed. Although they arent announcing which trainer it was yet.
• Laley23

  

  I doubt the chick drowned. How would she not be able to swim???
  
  Plus, dont those whales sense fear in their trainers and help them? At least they do in Free Willy!
• ytownfootball

  

  SeaWorld spokesman = slipped
  
  witness = grabbed by waist
  
  liability...
• Fab1b

  

  Oh I don't think the trainer drowned without the help of the whale, I am sure at some point the whale grabbed her and pulled her under just want account of what went down really happened?
• Laley23

  

  Yeah, the Whale did something wrong for sure.
• devil1197

  I doubt one of their most experience trainers simply drowned after falling into the tank.
  
  The whale messed her up, just a tragic incident that happens in life.
• Fab1b

  

  Laley23 wrote: Yeah, the Whale did something wrong for sure.

  I don't think the whale did anything wrong, it's a wild animal
• Laley23

  

  Fab1b wrote:

  Laley23 wrote: Yeah, the Whale did something wrong for sure.

  I don't think the whale did anything wrong, it's a wild animal

  I didnt mean wrong in that sense. Just out of the ordinary. Wrong in the sense that the whale played a part in the death.
  
  No way a trainer drowns in a tank (hell I doubt she even SLIPS) without the help of the whale.
• Fab1b

  

  I know what you meant
• bucks36

  

  "this appears to be an accidental death"
  
  Really?!?
• Laley23

  

  bucks36 wrote: "this appears to be an accidental death"
  
  Really?!?

  They get away with it because they cant interview the whale!
• Fab1b

  

  Maybe the dolphins saw what happened?
• DESCENTdmc

  and now some info from a nerd who watches to much nat geo
  
  killer whales aren't whales, their from the dolphin family, they got the name from being whale killers
• gorocks99

  

  DESCENTdmc wrote: and now some info from a nerd who watches to much nat geo
  
  killer whales aren't whales, their from the dolphin family, they got the name from being whale killers

  
• sherm03

  

  That whale is a thug.
  
  
  
  
  Sorry, someone had to say it.