Killer in the Pool

Tim Zimmerman, Associate Producer and Co-Writer of Blackfish | Tim Zimmerman, Associate Producer and Co-Writer of Blackfish

16-Feb-16 14:30

In 2010, Tilikum, a SeaWorld killer whale, killed his trainer Dawn Brancheau. In his 34 years, he’s been involved in 3 deaths. Tim Zimmerman, author of The Killer in the Pool published in Outside Online and associate producer of the documentary Blackfish, weighs in on all the ways in which we have forced a highly intelligent animal to psychosis.

Links in this episode taken from:

Free Willy (Warner Bros, 1993)
BYOD on TheLipTV (2013)
Blackfish (2013)

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Tags: killer whale, tilikum, sea world, animal captivity, orca, animal behaviour

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