In a recent feature, "Blood In The Water," I told the story of the tragic death of Alexis Martinez at a marine park in the Canary Islands, drowned by a killer whale called Keto on December 24, 2009.
Posted July 19, 2011 | 17:31:37 (EST)
Dawn Brancheau was the first SeaWorld trainer killed by a killer whale. But she wasn't the first trainer killed by a SeaWorld killer whale.
Exactly two months before she died, on February 24, 2010, a SeaWorld killer whale on loan to Loro Parque in the Canary Islands killed trainer Alexis...
Posted January 24, 2011 | 15:12:32 (EST)
Since the death of SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau almost one year ago, the world has been learning a lot about more about the reality of life in marine parks for killer whales.
Now two former trainers have just released a powerful report that captures the...
Posted December 10, 2010 | 14:56:10 (EST)
At first it was a classic PETA/Celeb/SeaWorld dust-up that allowed a rock star to get some (non-tattoo) ink, PETA to stir the pot, and writers at TMZ to have a laugh by writing headlines like: "Tommy Lee Explodes Over Whale Sperm" (get it?) and "SeaWorld --...
Posted September 12, 2011 | 11:26:08 (EST)