On February 24th, 2010, SeaWorld Orlando hosted another “Dine with Shamu” performance, where guests ate lunch while watching trainers interact closely with orcas. Among them was veteran trainer Dawn ...

Though it doesn’t open in Orlando until sometime in August (stay tuned for more coverage when the film comes out), the initial NY/LA release of Magnolia Pictures and CNN films’ Blackfish is coming ...

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 ...

MIAMI - A killer whale that dragged a trainer to her death eluded SeaWorld workers who furiously unfurled nets while it swam pool-to-pool during the attack last week, according to witness statements ...

A SeaWorld trainer that was killed by a whale in the midst of a public show at the park was attacked because of the swing of her ponytail, an expert at the park in Orlando said today. The victim, Dawn ...

Dawn Brancheau died tragically on Feb. 24, at age 40, after Tilikum, the killer whale she was working with, pulled her to the bottom of the pool. The moment you met Dawn, you knew that your life had ...

The recent death of animal trainer Dawn Brancheau at Orlando’s SeaWorld has raised the debate as to whether killer whales, commonly referred to as the orca, should be kept in captivity. Proponents of ...

A trainer at the SeaWorld park in Orlando, Florida, has died after being attacked by a killer whale after she innocently swung her ponytail which attracted his attention. What we have found out is ...

The veteran trainer who drowned after being dragged into the water by a killer whale had previously talked with WESH 2 News about her passion.Dawn Brancheau gave WESH 2 viewers an exclusive window ...

On April 13, runners and walkers are invited to SeaWorld Orlando for the ninth annual 5K to honor the memory of Dawn Brancheau, the trainer who was killed at the park in 2010. Brancheau, 40, drowned ...

Dawn Therese Brancheau, nee Lo Verde, 40, of St. Cloud, FL, formerly of Cedar Lake, IN, passed away Feb. 24, 2010, doing what she loved. Beloved wife of Scott; cherished daughter of Marion and the ...