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Terrifying Video Shows Killer Whale Attacking SeaWorld Trainer
KTLA NewsSAN DIEGO -- A video revealing an incident between a killer whale and its trainer at SeaWorld was released Tuesday during the SeaWorld v US Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis trial. It happened in November 2006. Trainer Kenneth Peters, 39, was bitten and...Tags: KTLA, Disasters and Accidents, Dawn Brancheau, Health and Safety at Work, Career and Workplace
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Some ex-trainers say SeaWorld downplays risks of working with killer whales
The February 2010 death of SeaWorld Orlando trainer Dawn Brancheau, who was pulled underwater and killed by the 12,000-pound killer whale Tilikum, triggered the most exhaustive safety review in SeaWorld history and changes that are still being implemented...Tags: Dawn Brancheau, John Jett, Career and Workplace, Health and Safety at Work, History
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Judge to rule on Shamu slave suit
SAN DIEGO -- A judge took under submission Monday a federal lawsuit alleging five performing killer whales at SeaWorld parks in San Diego and Florida are being held as slaves in violation of the 13th Amendment.
PETA, the People for the Ethical...Tags: Slavery, Laws, Trials, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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Judge Dismisses Suit Accusing SeaWorld of Enslaving Whales
KTLA NewsSAN DIEGO, Calif. (KTLA) -- A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit by the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals accusing SeaWorld of enslaving captive killer whales. Attorneys for the PETA had asked the judge to free five orcas from SeaWorld. The...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, KTLA, Slavery, Orlando, Trials
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SeaWorld fights for future of killer-whale shows
Nineteen months after an animal trainer was killed by one of its killer whales, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment heads to court next week to fight for the future of its iconic Shamu shows.
SeaWorld is challenging the results of a federal investigation...Tags: Dawn Brancheau, Career and Workplace, Health and Safety at Work, Natural Resources, Seminole County
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911 Calls Released in Killer Whale Attack at SeaWorld
Orlando SentinelORLANDO, FL -- Fire rescue officials in Orange County this morning released the 911 dispatch calls from the SeaWorld Orlando accident that claimed the life of killer whale trainer Dawn Brancheau. In the first call, a SeaWorld employee is heard telling...Tags: Industrial Accidents, Amusement and Theme Parks, Dawn Brancheau, Orange County (Florida), Shamu (killer whale)
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Killer-whale experts say: Reintroduce Tilikum to the wild
Regardless of what SeaWorld decides as Tilikum's long-term future, a conversation has started within the whale research and advocacy communities about what ought to be done with an orca linked to three human deaths. Killer whale experts know the giant...Tags: Rhode Island, Amusement and Theme Parks, Dawn Brancheau, Washington (U.S. state), Iceland
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SeaWorld trainer's family, friends gather in Chicago to mourn her death
Chicago TribuneCHICAGO -- A veteran SeaWorld Orlando trainer was remembered during her wake today as a kind woman who loved the dream job that killed her. A line starting inside the St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel on Chicago's southwest side went around the church...Tags: Indiana, Illinois, Dominican Republic, Dawn Brancheau, Evergreen Park
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SeaWorld to keep Tilikum -- he may even perform again
SeaWorld Orlando said Thursday that it intends to keep Tilikum, the 12,000-pound killer whale that has now been involved in three fatalities in 19 years, but it hasn't decided whether Tilikum will perform in front of audiences again.
The mammoth male...Tags: Science, Zoology, Dawn Brancheau, Natural Resources, Wildlife
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SeaWorld witnesses: Trainer was pulled from killer whale’s mouth
The chaotic moments surrounding Dawn Brancheau's death were detailed Monday in dozens of witness statements released by the Sheriff's Office, and they told authorities that Tilikum the killer whale kept Brancheau underwater for many minutes and did not...Tags: Amusement and Theme Parks, Dawn Brancheau, Shamu (killer whale), Employees, Career and Workplace
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Family, friends remember light that SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau provided
![CHICAGO — As the Rev. Thomas McCarthy finished his homily Monday for SeaWorld whale trainer Dawn Brancheau, at least a dozen candles flickered to represent the "light" she gave to her work, family, friends and faith.](http://media.trb.com/media/alternatethumbnails/story/2010-03/52506610-01132456.jpg "CHICAGO — As the Rev. Thomas McCarthy finished his homily Monday for SeaWorld whale trainer Dawn Brancheau, at least a dozen candles flickered to represent the "light\" she gave to her work, family, friends and faith.")
CHICAGO — As the Rev. Thomas McCarthy finished his homily Monday for SeaWorld whale trainer Dawn Brancheau, at least a dozen candles flickered to represent the "light" she gave to her work, family, friends and faith.
"We must honor her by giving...Tags: Chicago, Amusement and Theme Parks, Dawn Brancheau, Fort Wayne (Allen, Indiana), Social Issues
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SeaWorld policy raised concerns about 'dangling hair' for trainers
![SeaWorld has a policy forbidding its killer-whale trainers from having "dangling hair" that the animals could grab onto, according to records from a workplace-safety investigation at the company's San Diego theme park.](http://media.trb.com/media/alternatethumbnails/story/2010-03/52510931-01173540.jpg "SeaWorld has a policy forbidding its killer-whale trainers from having "dangling hair\" that the animals could grab onto, according to records from a workplace-safety investigation at the company's San Diego theme park.")
SeaWorld has a policy forbidding its killer-whale trainers from having "dangling hair" that the animals could grab onto, according to records from a workplace-safety investigation at the company's San Diego theme park.
Investigators with the California...Tags: Dawn Brancheau, Feet, San Diego (San Diego, California), Employees, Health and Safety at Work
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