No, the TikTok video showing a trainer named Jessica Radcliffe dying in the mouth of an orca killer whale is not real. It appears to be AI. However, there was a real marine trainer who died after an ...

Tilikum was a male orca who almost lived his whole life in captivity. He was only two years old when authorities captured him in the waters off the coast of Iceland in 1983. At first, he lived in a ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — The former head trainer at SeaWorld spoke out Friday and said mistakes by trainer Dawn Brancheau led to her death. "It looks like to me she made a mistake," Thad Lacinik told WFTV. RAW ...

Dawn Brancheau, 40, lost her life in 2010 after Tilikum dragged her by ponytail The orca's troubled life in captivity was documented in 2013 Netflix hit, Blackfish READ MORE: 'Astonishing' moment an ...

Tilikum was once the star attraction at SeaWorld Orlando - but behind the performances lay a dark and tragic history. Captured as a calf and held in captivity for decades, he was involved in the ...

There was a hubbub recently when Tilikum, a resident of Orlando’s SeaWorld theme park, attacked and killed one of his trainers, 40-year-old Dawn Brancheau. People were surprised that a killer whale ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tilikum, an orca that killed a trainer at SeaWorld Orlando in 2010 and was profiled in a documentary that helped sway popular opinion against keeping killer whales in captivity at ...

SeaWorld is fighting OSHA citations that may put its famous shows in jeopardy. Sept. 22, 2011 — -- SeaWorld Orlando and federal officials are sparring in a Florida courtroom this week over ...

SANFORD - In hearings that could ultimately determine the future of SeaWorld's famous Shamu shows, federal lawyers said Monday that the theme park's animal trainers cannot safely work in close contact ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tilikum the orca has died after more than two decades at SeaWorld Orlando, where he gained notoriety for killing a trainer in 2010 and was later profiled in a documentary that ...