I don’t know what to think about this. I get forced to father 17 whales and live in a tank all my life I’d probably be grumpy too.
Update: According to reports SeaWorld Orlando has suspended killer whale shows due to the death.
Update: Telly, or Tilikum, the whale involved in today’s fatal attack, is a 12,300 lb bull orca, he is almost 30 years old. He also has had a history of human deaths. In 1991, the whale accidentally killed Keltie Byrne, a 20-year-old trainer and University of Victoria student, who fell into his tank at Sealand of the Pacific where he then lived. Tilikum was relocated to SeaWorld Orlando shortly after. In 1999, a 27-year-old park visitor was found dead in the whale’s tank. It was believed the man may have snuck into the whale’s pool after hours and later drowned.
Tilikum was captured off Iceland in 1983. He has fathered 17 calves in captivity, 10 of them are still alive.
Read more: National Post
