Onlookers could only stand by in horror as Tilikum, the largest bull orca in captivity ... "took off really fast in the tank and he came back, shot up in the air, grabbed the trainer by the ...

Two iconic orcas have died, but that is where all similarities end. Tilikum was a sad caricature of a whale, living 90 percent of his life—which was longer than most in captivity, but merely average ...

He died more than a year later, probably from pneumonia. Now there is Tilikum. Tilikum, the longtime captive orca who drowned veteran Sea World trainer Dawn Brancheau on February 24, is at a ...

Results will likely take weeks. RELATED VIDEO: Tilikum, the SeaWorld Whale that Inspired Blackfish, Has Died in Captivity Amaya was one of the last orca whales to be born in a SeaWorld park.

there's been no mention of phasing out killer-whale shows at SeaWorld's Orlando or San Antonio locations. (Tilikum currently lives at the Orlando SeaWorld park.) Tilikum isn't the only deadly ...

At SeaWorld Orlando, trainer Dawn Brancheau was killed in 2010 when the 12,000-pound orca Tilikum pulled her underwater in front of a horrified crowd. Tilikum, who died earlier this year ...

SeaWorld whale trainer Dawn Brancheau, 40, died Wednesday from "multiple traumatic injuries and drowning" after a whale called Tilikum grabbed ... said Thursday. An orca can travel easily 100 ...

Just when it seemed that things were getting under control as Keto resurfaced for a breath, he dived back down towards ... She laid her face close to Tilikum's - an orca she spent many hours ...