Comments on: Killer Killer Whale "Tilikum" May Have Been Over-Stressed; Won't Be Euthanized

By: madeleine

madeleine — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 04:46:59 +0000

I feal the same way humans are horibble to oceans land and animals what’s wrong with you people what did they ever do to you let them go if you don’t litter and go whaleing and kill these things they wouldent need capivity the rome the oceans and live longer whaled in the wild can swim for miles whales in captivity can swim in circles come on who wants that this is ridiculous why don’t we take all the animals and put them on display for our entertainment oh sea world takes good care of there animals yeah right they shouldn’t even be there in the first place you only want them for the MONEY hugo died and they put the body of the whale in the miami sequarium dumpster look up hugo and lolita or lolita slave to entertainment or savelolita.co. thanks

By: madeleine

madeleine — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 04:32:16 +0000

Y’all are right killer whales dolphins and more are not made for our enjoyment. Look this is wrong how about u try 2 be taken from your HOME and feed what ever they feed you and made you do silly shows then you will die of depression y’all are going to leave that whale to die I would if I could pet him feed him and tell him I love him because I do I wanted to work with those animals sience I was 3 years old and I know a lot look up LOLITA the killer whale its sad the only preditor to the killer whale the things they are afraid of our US we take them from theier home family friends mothers fathers yeah sea world for y’all to conect is to leave them out and not show them love I know a lot about orcas and 1 thing is they don’t belong for our entertain ment and splashing and doing shows what animal will want to die in a TANK and never see their family or home their home is in the ocean were they belong guys lessen to the song parts ” KEEP IT TO HEART KEEP IT IN MIND” “WHEN IT COMES TO SAVEING THIS AMAZING PLACE THE ANSWER IS BLACK AND WHITE” ITS OUR WORLD AND ITS OUR CHANCE TO MAKE IT….. RIGHT!!!! Please show tilikum some love before he seed the last of his life hated…….. every creater great and small isn’t time to take them all under our wing that’s the sea world song right well compared to this it dosent seem that song fits just right now dose it???? NO!!!! Thanks please reply and tell me what you think about my comment if u have any questions about orcas I will let y’all know I will get more facts about tilikum for y’all thanks ps I love u tilikum hope u get loved soon

By: shel

shel — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:33:10 +0000

where does tilikum live now and what is going to happen with him? please someone update me to the latest

By: Lydia

Lydia — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:17:51 +0000

Oh and Brittany; he didn’t think her pony tail was a fish. He thought it was a rope to this toy that we have here at Sea World Orlando. It’s this big barrel that usually has fish on it and he takes the rope attatched to it and plays with it until he gets the fish off. It’s an enrichment activity usually used to praise him after and between shows.

By: Lydia

Lydia — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:14:16 +0000

The orca whales Sea World has you have to understand they not only use to entertain but they also use to educate the public about the whales and they use them as an icon for their conservation fund. And for the record Tilikum was not captured he was ill and they took him in and nursed him back to health. By the time he was healthy again he was too used to human interaction to be released so they kept him in captivity.
@Brittany The trainers don’t hurt the whales they treat them kindly. You think if they hurt the whales they’d be getting in the water with them? They get in the water with Tiama and Kalina and Katina and Kayla and Trua and Malia and none of them have even attempted to harm anyone.

By: Brittany

Brittany — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:16:26 +0000

@AngelaKatherine Yes, I understand, but this is the third… Why did he attack the others?

By: Brittany

Brittany — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:14:28 +0000

And I think Whales and Dolphins have a EXCELLENT MEMORY. They remember who hurt them, and what happen. I’m sure it replayed in his mind and that’s what triggered.

By: Brittany

Brittany — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:11:00 +0000

Jesus Christ, you realize this is the Third Death… You know of his [past] Why would you want to keep trying and trying until another one die again and again? Think oh we’ll eventually get it right one day. Yeah after more and more people are dead. The whale is unhappy, god only knows if he has been abused physically. They should just let him go. I don’t think it was a mistake at all… Even though they think her ponytaill was a fish, but I didn’t know she was the third and he has a terrible past. Thanks for hte information. This is so sad. I would just let him go and swim in the Ocean, and Find happiness in there, and make friends of his own kind, not humans.

By: annomius

annomius — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:26:01 +0000

Hi my name is jhon jhon smith and i want to ask a question why do people hate and kill killer whales because they dont realy want to eat human they just do it because they annoy them. by… annomius

By: Angela Katherine

Angela Katherine — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:28:35 +0000

It all got started the following way: The killer whale pulled the young lady by her pony tail to then attack her. Wild animals generally like to pull hanging down objects, because these envoke their hunting instincts. Once the hunting instincts were envoked the animal decided to attack the lady. Most cats will play with anything that hangs down the way the lady´s pony tail did. I am indeed surprised that nobody – neither the zoo owners nor staff were informed about this fact. I happen to know these things because I really liked biology at highschool and also because my cat behaves like that – she pulls everything that hangs down and she then playfully attacks. Fortunately, she is just a small cat and not a tiger or a killer whale! (Thus she does not hurt anybody).. Anyway the basic rules of the game are the same: Something hangs down and moves a tad, so if you are wild animal you decide to pull this something and attack the person who is attached to it.

Personally I think staff should be warned about such risks and not permitted to wear pony tails when working with wild animals.

I also wish to express my true and honest grief over the loss of a young lady who loved animals very much, who was a family person and who was surely generally a very nice person. I have huge respect for people who live their passion and so the loss of this young lady is a huge loss for our world in which so many people have sold their soul.