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SeaWorld killer whale bit off trainer's left arm and scalp, fractured bones
The killer whale Tilikum caused the death of trainer Dawn Brancheau at SeaWorld in Orlando on Feb. 24, but not by simply pulling her underwater and drowning her, as initially believed.
This week the released autopsy reveals the extent of the trainer's horrifying multiple fractures to her back, ribs, legs, arms and face, reports People. The six-page autopsy also reveals that the 12,000-pound male orca bit off her left arm and part of her scalp.
The report adds that the trainer's spinal cord was injured and her body was covered in cuts and bruises.
A report from the Orange County Florida Sheriff's Department initially stated Tilikum had pulled Brancheau, a veteran trainer for 16 years, "into the pool and was the cause of her fatal injuries."
This is horrible and so, so sad.
Should these sea creatures be kept in captivity or be set free?
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I feel sorry for the family of the Trainer, but the Killer Whale is a Wild Animal. It's the same as the the Tiger that bit Sigfreid and Roy.
Since he hasn't been trained to be left in the wild, The Whale should be put in a pen of appropriate size, fed, and left alone.
First, the extent of the injuries should have been made public sooner.
Second, they're called KILLER whales for a reason. Only corporate America would take a deadly animal and try to make it cute and cuddly.
So the Whale likes white meat who doesn't.... taste like chicken.....
Send the Whale to Japan,they serve it up for dinner they like that stuff.....