The recent killer whale incident that cost the life of trainer, Dawn Brancheau is a tragedy. Any time you work closely with a captive wild animal, or have a close encounter of the wild kind in nature, a human is at risk. Granted, it is a calculated risk–but one that all animal trainers take. To [...]

Okay, last night a killer whale kept a trainer submerged during a training session. The orca apparrently grabbed the foot of the man and kept him under. Although you don’t hear too much about captive orca attacks, they do occur. This is another orca attack at Sea World Why do captive orcas attack? Everyone speculates [...]