Thaindian News

By Madhuri Dey
Orlando, Feb 27, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Just days after a trainer at the Orlando branch of SeaWorld was mauled to her death by one of the whales she trained, the internet is being searched avidly by users looking for the video of the incident, as had been taped by one of the visitors at that time. The video has been uploaded in many of the websites; however, the complete version is not available, that is, the moments of the gruesome death of the trainer has been edited from the video, due to the graphic nature.

The video taken by the visitor at the park captures the trainer in just the moments before she was mauled to death by the whale. It shows Dawn Brancheau, playing with the whale, Tillikum, just moments before she was dragged into the pool by her hair. Apparently, her hair had brushed against the nose of the killer whale as she had been playing with it, and it had dragged her by the ponytail, taking her into the water and holding her down till she drowned, before thrashing her about violently.

According to the officials who had been present on the spot, nobody could jump in and save the trainer owing to the aggressive nature of the whale. In fact, this is not the first time that the whale has been known to kill someone; this is the third time that such an incident has occurred at SeaWorld. The first time that Tillikum had killed a person was in 1991. The authorities at the Orlando branch of SeaWorld commented that they would not be taking the whale out of show, although for the time being shows at the park are suspended.