SeaWorld Orlando: Killer Whale Drowns Trainer

Yesterday afternoon, a tragedy occurred at Seaworld Orlando: a killer whale (the biggest of them) drowned his trainer, a woman of forty years old, that loved working with animal, especially with killer whales.

All this happened after a "BELIEVE" show (the killer whales' show) had to be interrupted because the whales didn't want to participate. This can happen, and has happened also before (I've assisted on at least two shows that have had to stop earlier).

But the tragedy happened in the backstage. Indeed, Dawn Brancheau, (that was one of the most experienced trainers, so she knew what she was doing) apparently fell in the tank where Tillikum (that's the name of the whale) attacked and consequently drowned her, all under the eyes of a Brazilian family, that was taking pictures of Shamu's tank (that tank is separate from the show, and is an underwater viewing area).

 That has been really a tragedy, and we are really near Dawn's family.

But now, in my opinion, they should release the killer whale, because she would be a danger for all the other trainers as well. And there's more, indeed even though I love all killer whale's shows, I think they should be no more, because if you think about it, these enormous animals are confined in a very small place, if you compare their size to the tanks.

For more info, visit CFNews13.com or The Orlando Sentinel. Photo courtesy of themeparks.about.com