6:56 Minute Video Before Whale Kill. Trainer was IN THE WATER with Whale [SeaWorld]

WESH TV ^ | 02/25/10

[BunnySlippers]

I found this video VERY interesting. It now becomes apparent that despite what SeaWorld says the trainer DID get into the water with the Orca. They have denied this happened. And they claim it is against policy. She is smiling widely.

The video ends seconds before he grabs her.

Some news sources have a still of the trainer in the water with the killer whale ... but now the video.

I know many will not agree with me, but I think it is barbaric to treat animals like this.

http://www.wesh.com/video/22671481/index.html

[HiTech RedNeck]

How can you tell this was the same occasion.

[Mobties]

Looks to me like a clear cut of an abysmally failed IQ test.

I'm sure the trainer was a nice person, same as that Australian handler of venomous snakes and crocodiles.

[BunnySlippers]

Well, the source says it is. And other sources have a still photo of the trainer in the water with the whale. This is something SeaWorld says is against policy.

[Senator Goldwater]

"This is something SeaWorld says is against policy."

They have to, because they are about to enter the murky waters of Lawyer World.

[BunnySlippers]

I so totally, totally agree with you.

[Frantzie]

Sea World was decent when the Busch family owned Budweiser. I am not sure if Am Bev still owns it after they bought Bud. This stuff is crap. The animals should be free.

Reminds me of our captivity in ObamaLand.

[Frantzie]

The real sharks are about to get released when the legal bar gets involved.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Cats and dogs have been known to migrate hundreds of miles too.

[MAexile]

Also at WMUR’s site. (Local NH news)

Apparently the name of the show was “Dine with Shamu”.

[BunnySlippers]

Here we go, another source that shows the same frame with her in the water with the whale that killed her.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/02/25/2010-02-25_video_shows_seaworld_trainer_dawn_brancheau_in_water_with_killer_whale_moments_b.html

[hosepipe]

Was it a male killer whale and was she on her period.. (just before or just after).. ???

[txhurl]

InBev.

[BunnySlippers]

[BunnySlippers]

It is a male ... very expensive as it has sired 17 whales. That is why the will not let it go.

[BunnySlippers]

Orcas travel 100 miles DAILY not in captivity.

[blackbart.223]

The problem is we we view animals from a different perspective than they view us. Too many Disney movies.

[kcvl]

SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau was in the water up to her shoulders frolicking with a huge killer whale seconds before the orca playfully grabbed her ponytail and dragged her under, according to a tourist's video of the tragedy.

[BunnySlippers]

See # 15.