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Tilikum’s cause of death is still unclear, but his veterinarians and caretakers were treating him for a bacterial lung infection before he died.
California Gov. Jerry Brown passed the law months after SeaWorld pledged to stop breeding orcas and making them perform.
SeaWorld believes “Blackfish” Tilikum has survived better in captivity than in the wild.
A killer whale threw a seal 80 feet in the air off the coast of Victoria, B.C., with a swipe of its tail. The incident was captured on video by a film crew.
Hydrophones have been installed near the mouth of B.C.’s Fraser River in an effort to help researchers understand how shipping noise affects at-risk southern resident killer whales.
Bob Barker, former host of CBS’s “The Price is Right,” wants an upcoming ban on the breeding and acquisition of orcas in Ontario to include the country’s lone killer whale at Marineland.
