Tilikum (c. December 1981[1] – 6 January 2017), nicknamed Tilly, [2] was a captive male orca who spent most of his life at SeaWorld Orlando in Florida. He was captured in Iceland in 1983; about a year later, he was transferred to Sealand of …

Jan 6, 2023 · After dragging the trainer underwater Tilikum eventually released her but it was too late. An autopsy confirmed that Brancheau had died from drowning and blunt force trauma.

Apr 19, 2024 · When it comes to tales of killer whales harming humans, Tilikum's story is the most notorious. Tilikum, also known as Tilly, was a male orca whale (Orcinus orca) captured off the coast of Iceland in 1983, when he was about 2 years old.

Jun 13, 2023 · In February 2010, Tilikum killed his trainer Dawn Brancheau during a performance at SeaWorld Orlando. The incident became the focus of the 2013 documentary Blackfish and …

As his expert 40-year-old trainer Dawn Brancheau leaned over the edge of his tank during what is called a “relationship session,” the 11-ton star orca Tilikum took her in his mouth, dragged her into the pool, shook her, fractured much of her body, drowned her, savaged her, and killed her.

Tilikum’s life has been one of tragic abuse ever since he was torn from his family pod in 1981 at the age of two. As they hauled him from the water and brought him onboard, his pod were visibly...

Mar 27, 2024 · Tilikum, a transient orca, was captured off the coast of Iceland in 1983, at approximately two years old. He lived at Sealand of the Pacific, an aquarium in Canada, with two female orcas named Haida II and Nootka IV after spending almost a year in the tank at Hafnarfjördur Marine Zoo.

Jan 6, 2017 · Tilikum, the killer whale involved in the deaths of three people, including SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau in 2010, has died, SeaWorld reported Friday.

On February 24, 2010, Tilikum pulled SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau into his pool and killed her. That tragic event made world news, but few people realized the orca had...

Jan 7, 2017 · The trauma-filled life of SeaWorld's most famous orca, Tilikum, is over, but the killer whale's story has affected all animals in captivity.