Wild animals should be left in the wild (part 2)
Whale grabbed ponytail, pulled trainer into tank, SeaWorld says
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Whale shows at SeaWorld were canceled Thursday, and officials were re-evaluating safety procedures a day after a 12,000 pound killer whale grabbed a trainer's ponytail, dragged her under water and killed her in front of shocked onlookers at Shamu Stadium.
Dawn Brancheau, 40, was "pulled underwater for an extended period of time,"
Comment: Part 1 is here
Autopsy: Trainer likely died from drowning, trauma
ReplyDelete"Officials say trainers had to coax an aggressive whale into a smaller pool and use a platform to lift it out of the water before they could free a colleague from its jaws. "