Killer whale kills trainer?
I just saw on the breaking AP news that a killer whale trainer at the Orlando Sea World has died today; apparently at the fins of one of her trained whales! The article has two conflicting stories – the police are saying that the trainer fell into the tank and died. The incident happened at the beginning of a show, and was witnessed by an audience. Audience members claim that the whale jumped out of the water and grabbed the trainer and started thrashing about.
This is a terrible tragedy! I wonder what triggered this behavior. The news article continues to talk about how other trained whales have attacked their trainers. And yet these whales continue to perform. How smart is that, I wonder, to let a proven hostile animal continue to perform?