The american actress Pamela Anderson, asked SeaWorld directors to shutdown these aqua parks, after one of park’s employees in Orlando, Florida, was killed by an whale , in February
Trainer Dawn Brancheau, 40 years old, was killed by the Tilikum whale during a show in the Seaworld Complex in Orlando.
Actorul american Matt Damon şi prezentatorul de televiziune Bob Barker au cerut, la puţin timp după această tragedie, ca aceste parcuri acvatice să fie închise.
Pamela Anderson, a supporter of human rights, joined the two above and said that whales should not be kept in captivity.
Former “Baywatch” star said on Larry King Live ” I think there shouldn’t be any Seaworld anymore! It’s terrible! Whales should not be kept in captivity. It’s awful what happened and there shouldn’t be any Seaworld parks open.” she said.
The trainer first slipped into the delphinium and after that she was attacked by a whale. ” Apparently she slipped or fall. She was then attacked by the animal. It was an accidental death, very tragic” said Jim Solomons, one of the case investigators.
Even so, witnesses quoted by TV channels said that the Tilikum whale attacked the woman when she was not in the water, and caught her between her jaws.
Tilikum, which means Friend in Chinook indian language is a 30 years old male and one of the stars of the Seaworld Shamu Stadium, that organizes shows with dolphins, seagulls and whales.
Tilikum, is housed in Orlando since 1992, and he was involved in two serious accidents so far. In 1991, when she was taking care of the canadian aqua park Sealand of the Pacific, Tilikum along with two other whales killed a young trainer, in front of terrified audience. In 1999, in Florida, a man who apparently entered at night in the park to swim, was found dead, the bruises on his body indicated that Tilikum hit the man against the pool’s walls, according to The Human Society.
