Tilikum was SeaWorld’s most famous orca — a massive captive whale who had already been linked to deadly incidents before the world truly knew his name. In 2010, after what seemed like a normal show in ...

When the 2013 documentary Blackfish was released, millions of people were made aware of the issue of the condition of orcas and other sea animals held in captivity for the sake of entertainment, like ...

Horrified visitors who had stuck around after a noontime show watched the animal charge through the pool with the trainer in its jaws. Workers used nets as an alarm sounded, but it was too late. Dawn ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The claim was allegedly influenced by a real event from 2010 in which an orca trainer was killed on the job. However, there is no ...

Killer whales are not known for attacking people. The attacks and subsequent deaths that orcas have caused have taken place when killer whales have been taken into captivity and kept in small tanks, ...