Killer Whale Goes Postal, Kills Trainer During SeaWorld Show

[jetdawgg]

ORLANDO, Fla. — An employee at SeaWorld Orlando has died after being attacked by a killer whale. Orange County Fire Rescue spokesman John Mulhall says paramedics were called Wednesday afternoon to the Shamu Stadium at the theme park resort where they found a worker who could not be revived.

Park guest Victoria Biniak told WKMG-TV that the trainer had just finished explaining to the audience the show they were about to see.

Biniak told the station the whale suddenly came up from the water, grabbed the trainer around the waist and "thrashed her all around" to the point the trainer's shoe fell off.

The guests were evacuated and the park was closed.

There have been several previous attacks on whale trainers at SeaWorld parks.

In Nov. 2006, trainer Kenneth Peters, 39, was bitten and held underwater several times by a 7,000-pound killer whale during a show at SeaWorld's San Diego park. He escaped with a broken foot. The 17-foot-long orca who attacked him was the dominant female of SeaWorld San Diego's seven killer whales. She had attacked Peters two other times, in 1993 and 1999.

In 2004, another whale at the company's San Antonio park tried to hit one of the trainers and attempted to bite him. he also escaped.

In December, a whale drowned a trainer at a Spanish zoo.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_475408.html

[Gunner 0313]

Do we have video yet ?

[tdrt]

It just amazes me when people are surprised when they get attacked by wild animals. Ya, I get it that they're in captivity and are trained to do tricks, blah, blah, blah, but they are still wild by nature. Maybe she looked like a penguin.

[Gunner 0313]

I'm guessing there was a strong odor of fish.

[tdrt]

I'm guessing there was a strong odor of fish.

oh that's bad -- but still LMAO

[polizei]

AHAHAHAAH Gunner I laughed. That was great. RIP though trainer.

[MOUNTAINWILLIAM]

Well DUH!!! Did anyone ever notice that KILLER is the first part of this mammals name, as in KILLER WHALE.

[TinDragon]

Biniak told the station the whale suddenly came up from the water, grabbed the trainer around the waist and "thrashed her all around" to the point the trainer's shoe fell off.

...so her shoe was acting as some sort of life support?
Wouldn't you normally expect them to say something like "her neck snapped" not "her shoe fell off"?

[Supersquishy]

Whats with Animal attacks and shoes? Remember Binky the Polar Bear that attacked the photographer?

[WKranz]

It's to bad she died, but sounds like she didn't do an adequate job of training it. You can take a thug out of the hood, but you can't take the hood out of a thug

[Silentwarrior17]

Maybe the Polar Bears feet just hurt from walking around all day and he need something with a cushy insole to correct the arch in his foot...LOL

[montana]

i wonder what killer whale tastes like<-----<<< justes

[commdog7]

It's just like the trainers who get eaten by lions or bears. They are wild animals. It is in their nature to kill, not entertain and do tricks for people.

You might be able to train them, but you can't always tame them.

[Sally]

Apparently, they confiscated all the footage that was taken that day. None on youtube that I found. They wanted us to know "she drowned".

[FistFu68]

Supposedly from what I heard this particular Whale has Killed or hurt very badly trainers before being sent too San Deigo?