Two days after a killer whale grabbed the pony tail of his trainer and dragged her into the tank, causing her to drown, SeaWorld officials affirmed the giant orca would not be punished, but that all trainers would be kept out of the tanks until a review can be completed.
The killer whale that drowned a veteran trainer was just curious about her ponytail and dragged her into the water to investigate a new toy, the former head of animal training at SeaWorld Orlando said Friday.
Tilikum is the only killer whale in the SeaWorld chain that the park has special handling rules for, Atchison said. The 22-foot, 12,000-pound male was involved in two earlier deaths at SeaWorld and a park in British Columbia.
Let's see if I got this straight, or not. A killer whale already responsible for 2 deaths, and now a third, and has special handling rules, will not be punished (whatever that consists of), and Seaworld "stands by it."
ReplyDeleteI don't even know what else to say it's so ludicrous.