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Whale that killed its trainer won't be isolated
Associated Press ^ | Feb. 25, 2010 | MIKE SCHNEIDER

Posted on 02/25/2010 11:26:14 AM PST by Free ThinkerNY

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To: Free ThinkerNY

How about offering a free “Swim with the Orca!” day at Sea World for all registered members of PETA?


21 posted on 02/25/2010 11:38:48 AM PST by jonascord (We've got the Constitution to protect us. Why should we worry?)
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To: Tao Yin

Perhaps they ought to return this Orca to the wild. It obviously is not reliably people-friendly.


22 posted on 02/25/2010 11:40:44 AM PST by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
I contend she was getting much too chummy for her own good.

Prayers for her.

23 posted on 02/25/2010 11:41:28 AM PST by theDentist (fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: Beowulf9
"What IS a killer whale? It kills people or mammals? I mean, all fish kill other fish, so in that description they’d all be killers. Not being sarcastic, really what IS a killer whale"

Because of their ferocity, and the fact they are strictly meat eaters. They can kill anything they chose to, even whales that are much larger than themselves. They often hunt in groups and there is no other sea creature that doesn't fear them. They're also known to kill and then not eat their kill.

From an internet Orca site:
"To the native Haida tribes of coastal British Columbia the animal is called skana, which translates to "killer demon; supernatural power." To the Aleut of Kodiak Island, Alaska it is polossatik, "the feared one."

24 posted on 02/25/2010 11:41:33 AM PST by jiminycricket000
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To: Joe 6-pack

There’s a mother-in-law joke there somewhere.


25 posted on 02/25/2010 11:41:37 AM PST by Mr. Lucky
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To: Joe 6-pack
"Ranking behind sperm whales, they are the world’s second largest carnivorous animal."


26 posted on 02/25/2010 11:42:18 AM PST by OldDeckHand
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To: jonascord

LOVE it!!!

The Orca should either be released or turned over to Star-Kist.


27 posted on 02/25/2010 11:42:47 AM PST by ZULU (Hey Obama, how DO you pronounce "corpsman"?????)
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To: jonascord

Hey! I’m a member of PETA (People for the Eating of Tasty Animals)!!!


28 posted on 02/25/2010 11:43:21 AM PST by SoldierDad (Proud Papa of two new Army Brats! Congrats to my Soldier son and his wife.)
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To: OldDeckHand

That’s not a carnivore. That’s a vagitarian.


29 posted on 02/25/2010 11:43:42 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Those who don’t remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Why any trainer would get near that whale is beyond me.


30 posted on 02/25/2010 11:43:54 AM PST by Persevero (Satan tries to separate what God puts together and join together what God separates.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

There should be manslaughter charges against SeaWorld.


31 posted on 02/25/2010 11:44:47 AM PST by bvw
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To: Joe 6-pack
"That’s not a carnivore. That’s a vagitarian."

Touché, sir.

32 posted on 02/25/2010 11:45:28 AM PST by OldDeckHand
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To: Free ThinkerNY
They kill wild bears for much less, so I think there is a double standard here. The only mitigating fact is that you can say that Tilly is contained and only trainers who are knowingly putting themselves in harms way are at risk.

Still, I hope someone grows some brains and decides against more 'business as usual.' I've not run across any other fatalities with the other 50+ killer whales in captivity, so having 3 associated with a single specimen really should be a clue. Just because most dogs are man's best friend doesn't mean you give a pit bull pardon after pardon after it attacks and kills someone. Seems to me human life is what is being devalued here.

33 posted on 02/25/2010 11:46:10 AM PST by Liberty1970 (http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/lydiablievernicht)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Put it down or get out of the pool!

They are called "Killer Whales" for a reason!

34 posted on 02/25/2010 11:46:50 AM PST by PALIN SMITH (Show them our respectable contempt!)
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To: skr
the animal has no fear of man and could attack humans in canoes,kayaks, fisherman,scuba diving , on docks , ....
the worst idea.
35 posted on 02/25/2010 11:49:34 AM PST by ncalburt (San Fran Nan , Your Harvey Milk was gunned down by a fellow Dem-RAT)
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To: tatsinfla

The local cops are also in the tank for Sea World, saying that the trainer either slipped or fell into the pool, ignoring the eyewitness report.


36 posted on 02/25/2010 11:52:29 AM PST by thethirddegree
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To: Free ThinkerNY

“two others whales in 1991.”

Good job AP.


37 posted on 02/25/2010 11:54:14 AM PST by MissTickly
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To: Free ThinkerNY

The whale’s lawyer, Mark Geragos, is en route to Florida and will issue a statement on behalf of Tillie shortly after his arrival.


38 posted on 02/25/2010 11:54:40 AM PST by GreenHornet
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To: Free ThinkerNY

A killer whale with a rap sheet. WOW

Remember the oil spill in Alaska? The animal groupies cleaned up the seals and then had a party and released one into the sound. Three jumps and it was eaten by a killer whale.


39 posted on 02/25/2010 11:55:57 AM PST by 70th Division (I love my country but fear my government!)
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To: ncalburt

Maybe it could be trained to limit it’s diet to Sea Shepards? Hard on the outside, soft and Red on the inside? I personally would be willing to offer Paul Watson as a sushi entre...


40 posted on 02/25/2010 11:56:12 AM PST by jonascord (We've got the Constitution to protect us. Why should we worry?)
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