Killer Whale kills trainer

[sporadic]

Think of the kids in the audience witnessing this...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100224/ap_on_re_us/us_seaworld_death

[94CougarGrad]

I saw the story on the news. Just terrible. The poor woman who died, yes, but also the poor folks who saw it happen.

[Fredia]

and the whale has killed before. sometimes you have to wonder at the wisdom of keeping these creatures in captivity

[sporadic]

and the whale has killed before. sometimes you have to wonder at the wisdom of keeping these creatures in captivity

I thought the exact same thing, and was ranting about the fact the Whale in question should have been made into sushi long ago.   Then one of my co-workers said that the people who sold the whale to the park disclosed that it had killed before and it should not be used in shows or be around any trainers...somethign to that effect.  Have not had time to search the interwebs to determine the validity yet, though.  If that is the case I would bet the victim's family has the inside track to being the next owner of Sea-World.

[geezerdonk]

I guess they are called killer whales for a reason. I expect that the people who work with them understand that there is risk involved and accept it.

[Limey]

and the whale has killed before. sometimes you have to wonder at the wisdom of keeping these creatures in captivity

It's not the captivity part.  It's the training of them for entertainment purposes that's the error.

BTW, if have some half-price Siegfried and Roy tickets, if anyone wants them.

[Matt]

It's not the captivity part.  It's the training of them for entertainment purposes that's the error.

I think they should abandon the Killer Whale training and start using the little known Snuggle Whales. It seems much more safe.

[EasTexAstro]

I think they should abandon the Killer Whale training and start using the little known Snuggle Whales. It seems much more safe.

Sea horses....

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

I think they should abandon the Killer Whale training and start using the little known Snuggle Whales. It seems much more safe.

They should tell the damn orcas not to be so literal.

[TheWizard]

I thought the exact same thing, and was ranting about the fact the Whale in question should have been made into sushi long ago.   Then one of my co-workers said that the people who sold the whale to the park disclosed that it had killed before and it should not be used in shows or be around any trainers...something to that effect.  Have not had time to search the interwebs to determine the validity yet, though.  If that is the case I would bet the victim's family has the inside track to being the next owner of Sea-World.

This thread is really old, but from what I understood is that no trainers got in the water with it because of its history. But it grabbed the trainer from a side platform.

I'm sure that the trainer signed some sort of contract saying working with ginormous animals called killer whales was dangerous, and she could get killed. And I'm sure she was aware of that one's particular history. So, I wonder if the family will sue.

[strosrays]

They should tell the damn orcas not to be so literal.

The one who followed Richard Harris around for half a movie was pretty bad-ass.  I haven't got near one since.