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'Tilikum' tells dark story of a captive orca at SeaWorld by Chris Jones

In 2010, a captive whale named Tilikum killed his trainer, Dawn Brancheau, by grabbing the 40-year-old woman's ponytail and pulling her into the water. This was the third death of a human that involved this orca, first captured in Iceland and subsequently obliged to perform at marine parks in North...

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune at 02:10PM on June 29, 2018

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