One of SeaWorld’s most famous and controversial killer whales is ill, male orca Tilikum who killed veteran trainier Dawn Brancheau in February 2010. He has been allowed to participate in performances since the incident, mostly to splash audience members with his enormous tail, but no trainer has been allowed to swim in the water with him. Tilikum has a history of violent behavior, with a 20-year-old trainer dying while working with him in 1991, a 27-year-old homeless man dying from jumping into the pool with him in 1997, and then Brancheau being killed in 2010. Read Florida Today and My Fox Orlando.
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A lot more on Tilikum
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/316569