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207: Dark Side Of Seaworld & The Long Deadly History Of Orca Trainer Incidents

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The First Human Death by a Killer Whale

Kelty, a 21 year old marine logy student who worked as a park time orchid trainer at seland february twentieth 19 91 started like any other normal day at the park. But before she could get back out, tilicomb grabbed her rubber boot and pulled her under water. The audience didn't realized what was going on at first, and kelty started screaming for help, but there was nothing anyone can do. After that incident, sealand closed down. They sold off all their whales to sea world, including tilicum. And only eight years later, tilicum was involved in another fatal incident. On july sixth, 19 99, at seven 25

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