But Tilikum’s difficult life, which included his involvement in three human deaths, helped bring about an end to SeaWorld’s orca tricks and breeding. Tilikum, whose life inspired the anti ...

"You can tell by the dorsal fin that it wasn't happy and is doing everything it can to be released." Video shows SeaWorld ...

Dawn Brancheau was one of SeaWorld's most experienced trainers before she was mauled to death by Tilikum the killer whale in front of a packed audience. The 40-year-old trainer was set to put on a ...

Tilikum, the 12,000-pound male orca at SeaWorld Orlando who was featured in the documentary Blackfish in 2013, was probably born in 1980, give or take a year. Ever since he killed his trainer, Dawn ...

Black & White Gold digs deep into the dirty waters surrounding the killer whale trade and captures a daring rescue mission ...

An orca held in captivity had a killer surprise for the crowd at SeaWorld San Antonio ... the subject of the 2013 document "Blackfish," which focused on the unethical treatment of one of its captive ...

The worst came in 2010, when Dawn Brancheau, who had many years of experience, was dragged by an orca called Tilikum into the water and died in front of Orlando park guests. Image source ...

In 2010, Tilikum, an orca held by SeaWorld Orlando, killed Dawn Brancheau, his trainer for the previous six years. Since that tragic event, the campaign to end the captive display of cetaceans has ...

America's most famous living killer whale has shouldered a fraught history, emerging as a symbol of both orcas' elegance and their capacity for violence This advertisement has not loaded yet ...

there has been no mention of phasing out killer-whale shows at SeaWorld's Orlando or San Antonio locations. Tilikum currently lives at the Orlando SeaWorld location.

The 2013 US film was about a performing killer whale at the marine park called Tilikum, and depicted keeping orcas in captivity as cruel and dangerous. The negative publicity led to a drop in ...