Tillkum was a tragic story. He was kidnapped from his Mother in December 1981 and Died on January 6, 2017. He should have never been held hostage that way. None of those deaths would have happened had he been left to live his natural life in the wild. God Rest his soul.
Tilikum was bull he had the smallest tank thats wut killed.him in reality if an orka has the whole ocean then it has a 67.3% chance of living but wut are the odds he could have had so many babies and so many girlfriend's he had to be put in captivity and the fact there footage released him being starved to death after they got all the sperm to make hundreds of baby orkas like they wernt gonna be like tilikum if u but a bull in a cage with nowhere to walk how is a 10,000 pound orka gonna swim in the smallest tank at seaworld tula weights 5500 pounds but has a bigger and no one realized that the animals are being abused.
@@SgaLfty_ Their teeth get smashed over the years from being repeatedly banged against the side of the tank. They're given antibiotics every day because otherwise infection will enter through their broken teeth.
Male orcas typically live to 50-60 and females around 100. Seaworld lies to visitors and says 30 is the highest it gets, and that they live longer in captivity, which is 100% false.
So, release them to the fist ocean you see? What pod would you send them to? what would you do with the hybrids? How would you teach them how to be independent orcas? To hunt for themselves, to understand what is dangerous and places to avoid? To just say "umm...The ocean" is a very poor answer, I'm afraid.
@@petrariii1175 my son uses this account. Sorry. I think animals do go to heaven because Jesus returns to earth in the future from heaven on a horse. Thus, there are animals in heaven.
"Best medical care possible" yeah right. They've left him alone for years now. All of a sudden they can't breed him or use the whales for their shows anymore and now he's passed away. Please. 🙄
@@Olivia-g5m But her death served a purpose.It brought out the cruel behaviour of the management of SEAWORLD. SO FAR THE PREVIOUS 2 DEATHS HAD BEEN HUSHED UP BUT THIS CREATED A FURORE. SOME IDIOT VET HAS DEFENDED SEAWORLD BY SAYING THAT THEY ARE SAVING /CONSERVING THE SPECIES. WE NEED MORE VETS!LETS CONSERVE HER!!
Such a horrible way to die. Taken from his mother and pod as a youngster, held captive in tiny locations where the captive young whales couldn't move properly, sent off to sea world as a youngster with older females raking him with their teeth because he wasn't from their pod. Like anything else in the animal world it's families within families. He must have been terrified and then in order to survive became aggressive just like any other animal that is horribly abused would react. What did these 'EDUCATED" ha, vets and money hungry jerks expect? RIP Tilikum!
ITS NOT HIS FAULT. HE IS AN ANIMAL. WE ARE ANIMALS TOO. IMAGINE IF YOU WERE TRAPPED AT A PLACE YOU NEVER WANTED TO GO. WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE SEEING WALLS ALL DAY AND DO NOTHING? THESE PEOPLE ARE CRAZY
Emilio Backup yeah?? What did you expect if people locked him up in a way too small cage. It’s not his fault, humans shouldn’t lock such big animals that normally have the whole ocean to slim in in such small cages.
This makes me so mad! Poor tilikum was in captivity for almost all his life. In Black Fish it stated that he was attacked by other whales. If I was in a bath tub I would get frustrated too. It's really not fair.
It wasn't really attacking. The matriarch of the pod at SeaWorld Katina would rake him, which is scratching with their teeth. Its used to show dominance.
Was it fair for the 3 humans who were drowned and beaten and mutilated by Tilikum? Maybe they have children crying at home. Nobody mentions the children at family.
trickybilly Well,there was a homeless man who stayed after hours and jumped into the whale tank for no reason.It's k of natural for an orca to act this (my opinion).Many orcas were kidnapped from their pods and put into a bathtubs like place for the rest of their life.Tilikum was put in a tank all by himself because he has attacked trainers (other whales as well).He has a lonely and depressing life
trickybilly well if people wouldn’t have taken these animals from the wild then no one would’ve died. u never hear about orcas that killed people in the wild,it’s always the ones in captivity.
Tilikum was trying to send them a message when he killed these trainers, but they didn't listen. He was trying to say, "Let me go. Help me. I need to be free."
But SeaWorld was like, “No, we want money out of this!” Imagine caring more about making money than the welfare and well-being of all those poor whales and dolphins… 🤦🏻♂️
You can’t take orcas out the ocean since the 70’s whether this applies wild wide I don’t know I suspect. But you can bread them in captivity although sea world stoped this in 2016
Me and my family went to Orlando for my brother's make a wish foundation request. We went to Sea World and during the first five minutes we got separated, cell phones weren't really a thing yet so after twenty minutes of searching for them I decided to go and do stuff.I heard a kid say Shamu is starting soon, I went to the show. At the end of the show they put all the orcas away, the trainers retreated from the water and they announced Tilikum was coming, I got out of my seat, stepped up on the concrete ledge and when Tilikum came out of the funnel I reached over the glass and touched him with love and caring, he looked up with me and my heart sank to the floor from the level of dread and sorrow in his eye when he looked at me.
ffp08 i dont care what happened...he was an animal...they ruined his life. Period n as far as killing dawn...i think he was n love with her n wanted her to go with him not really try 2 harm her but thats my thoughts
Made up crap. You just want to make a scene so you can please the anti-cap community. Orcas can't show emotion with looks, they can only show it via vocalization.
It's sad how the trainers think they know how to properly care for an orca whale when in reality they are abusing him and killing him in captivity. They think they know everything and I think they're sick people. Dawn shouldn't of died. And Tilikum shouldn't of in captivity.
What? They weren't abusing him the Trainers loved him but knew it was wrong, but everyone needs money so they went with it, it was the higher-ups in SeaWorld who pushed it too far.
@@EstonianShark what we mean is not that the trainers abuse him im sure they loved him But that just having them captured is the abuse. These animals were sepersted from their families.have you ever watched the documentary called blackfish? If not...please watch it
@@cattystevenson7501 When I wrote my comment (You're 3 years late btw) I had just done a school project requiring me to do a presentation on Killer Whales in captivity and Blackfish was one of my primary sources. I still remember sitting in class and the teacher explaining what we're about to watch. And you can't say "what we mean" they guy I'm commenting on SAID that the trainers thought they knew what was right but were actually killing them I corrected this by saying the trainers created bonds with these fish and began to feel sorry for them but couldn't do much to help them as they were merely tiny cogs in the machine. Your reasoning is valid, I understand and honestly it's been years since I've thought of these whales. In 2016 I went to Sea World and saw Tilikum up close, not long after I watched Blackfish. What they're doing is wrong and what they've done is wrong and shouldn't be done ever again.
Angie Chin Keiko died trying to get back to people. He had to be moved because he was letting people ride him in the wild. he spent the last month's of his life following fishing boats and slowly starving. He never joined a pod. He was not happy or healthy in the ocean. Never should have been left in the wild like that. If he wanted to live with people they should have let him.
Its sad all around. The problem starts when babies (or any of them) are taken from the wild. They don't learn what they need to know to live wild and develop within a family pod in captivity. So it basically disables them from reintegrating with into their own natural environment since no one accepts them in, and they don't know how to survive out there. Hopefully the time when animals were taken like that is over :/ I heard captive breeding is no longer allowed either? Not sure if true. But its a step in the right direction if so.
SwitchingReins They are taken at a young age so thats all they know. Its sickening they arent able to live their life out how they should in the wild. They are very beautiful social animals with their own kind, but being in a place like seaworld where they are reprimanded if not doing a stupid trick right and end up taking their aggression out on each other because of the tight living quaters they are given! Its not about living with humans they should be left alone in the wild
I know many of them were born into seaworld and that is all they know but its so inhumane. People want an experience with whales go whale watching and view their true happiness. Most people are realizing they only are "connecting" with people for food...
@@talos2384 do you not see why that is though? They have killed people as a result to their stress and neglect in the park. They retaliate by becoming aggressive, because all they have is a tiny tank of water and are made to perform to stay alive. So it’s no wonder they’ve lashed out on people. As sad as it is, the people who brought them there are mainly to blame for that.
just me I don’t think that they deserved to die. I think that the people who worked with him genuinely loved him. He’s the reason many stayed, because they loved him. He was a poor animal who didn’t deserve the life he was given.
Kosta Danicic in peace, where he belongs , in the ocean free and with his own will. If anyone is to die they deserve to die where they can be at peace, a place at which traumatised him is no where for him to die.
They have, just some marine parks in Asia and Russia still capture some Whales while the last remaining whales in America are either being released(only the healthy and young ones) while the old and sick just wait to die, horrible but that's the way the cookie crumbles when people are money hungry like the main people in SeaWorld (CEOs)
What they need to do is stop breeding them , Tillikum sired many of the Orca at SeaWorlds today , it’s very Sad that he has passed , but we can take Solace in knowing that he is no longer being tortured
SeaWorld hasn't captured wild killer whales in 40 yrs, do some research instead of repeating what mainstream media brainwashes into your head. Tilikum also wasn't captured by SeaWorld, he was captured by Canadian fishermen and sold to Sealand in Canada. After a few years, SeaWorld bought him and his life def improved.
@@lushhclub819 the trainers have no say in the matter, if they filled a complaint seaward would just say “do your job or we’ll find someone who will!” your blaming innocent people. Seaworlds the one calling the shots.
Why do they say "Best known for killing a trainer" sure he killed her but that's what a "Killer whales" are known for. I'm very upset that a poor animal like him was remembered as a whale who just killed a trainer. R.I.P TILLI🐳🐳🐳🐳🐳🐳🐳🐳🐳🐳
please help killer whales are not known for killing humans in the wild there's no record of people getting attacked by a killer whale in the wild because they are happy and free so they greet humans but put a killer whale in captivity and see what happens
As a teen growing up in a life where animals like orcas being in captivity I find true hatred for the people who took them away from their families and shattered the hearts of thousands of animals. I watch this video and show many more people the true facts of the animal shown and many more. It is my hope and prayer that one day these animals will never be seen in a tank but only in the wild where they belong. Sitting in what seems to be a bath tub to those creature deserves a new life and the people who got killed by the animal knew what he was capable of and chose to do what they did. Tilikum was very depressed animal who was took away from his family put in a cage where he was bullied and attacked by whales he didn't know and being shipped in containers that he didn't understand and forced to do shows that are educational their just their for profits the animal wasn't cared for by sea world but by the trainers who knew nothing about the multiple attacks happening through out the sea world franchises. Tilikum is not to blame for this but sea world and the countless other companies who think its okay to house such wonderful creatures. Rest in peace Tilikum the cruel people in the world can not ever touch you again and you can have love from Christ who will treat you with the loving care you so desperately needed...
Because the death of those humans should be the indicator that sea world should be illegal and closed, as it's not only one whale who is suffering but hundreds, not only 3 human lives that depend on it but even more who died because the human race believes that playing with WILD animals is funny or entertaining. The animals did nothing wrong, they are wild and have their basic and natural instincts. As sad as it is, it is nothing surprising that a traumatized animal is one day gonna seek for revenge. Anyone acting so surprised as if it isn't obvious what happens when playing with wild animals.
I would probably agree with that but once they stop hunting because trainers feed them by hand its hard for them to get back into that style of hunting for food. example: having a fish for 5 years and then letting it go into the sea
It's not that they wouldn't know how to hunt, they have instincts, it's been shown before they know how to hunt. It's that they physically couldn't survive, that there's too much of a drastic change and they'd die of a disease. You can't let them free, they're not a dog or a cat.
That poor whale was treated so badly , he spent most of his life on his own in a tank that was to small for him . I would never say this about any of Gads beautiful creatures but I'm glad for Tilly that his gone , he now has freedom in the sky and I really hope he's with his mum . I'm sorry Tilly the human race treated you so badly , its no wonder you lost it 3 times who can blame you . RIP SWEET BABY .
Tilikum the Orca who never belonged in captivity and recently died... The poor whale was abducted from its pod at four months old and "raised" in captivity, never to experience the wild again. Imagine being taken from your family at four months, being raised in a prison, where you're fed by guards that make you dance around for treats. Imagine doing that for decades. How mentally stable would you be? Sorry, it just really strikes a nerve. Sea World should be a seaside sanctuary, not a giant fish bowl. Some humans can be so pretentious. Animals should be admired from afar.
I don’t understand why they never let those whales go. I don’t get the laws in this country that whale was only trying to communicate his frustration and look how he died. This really breaks my heart that we as human beings could be this cruel.
Tilikum, I'm so sorry people did this to you. I'm so sorry you had to go through this. No right person would ever blame you. You did nothing wrong. I'm glad you are free from all this pain. We will continue to fight for you and the other orcas.
please stop blaming the trainers who died and saying the deserved it. clearly none of you have seen the documentary. the trainers loved these animals but were sold lies from seaworld and the industry. the people who deserved to die were those who orchestrated their kidnappings and abuse.
Orcas in the wild could live up to 60 years is and tilikum died at aye 36 now that's just fucked up I've always wanted to go to seaworld as a kid because I wanted to know how it feels to so close to a strong and majestic wild creature I still do but not that much because this shit is just messed up
Isaac Rodriguez Honestly, the main solution to this to boycott seaworld. If we stop going to it, they will make less money. If they stop making money, they will shut down!
“Receiving the best medical care possible.” No. The best medical care possible for Tilikum would have been to not have taken him into captivity in the first place. He would probably still be alive, with his pod, with a straight dorsal fin, enjoying his life. #emptythetanks
Watched Blackfish this is all I can think about. Such greedy corporations, such a great disregard for another life. As humans we surely can’t be this blinded to think this is ok. Truly and deeply saddening.
I have seen him taken away from his mother in the blackfish documentary when he was 4 months old... its heartbreaking that he basically came to the world in captivity and died in captivity. Horrible 😢
In Norway we had a famous swan named "Havnesjefen" it means "Harbour Master" it was a nice swan until some sick humans threw sticks, rocks at him, which made Havnesjefen really aggressive towards humans, he was a "too dangerous" swan for humans to come across, which resulted in Havnesjefen being put down around August 2017, after his death, over 50 swans rushed to Os kommune (which is where Havnesjefen came from)
dubbeatdown I was thinking the same. They said trainer fell into orca's tank when she died. Now with all those attention, oh orca died all of the sudden.
I want to meet Tilikum. If he was still alive, I wouldn’t mind going to SeaWorld. Because all I will do at SeaWorld is go to see Tilikum, and just talk with him (if it were possible to actually see him up close because I think he was in the back stage). That would be my fun day at SeaWorld. I would tell him how I’m going to not give up in saving him. I’m going to keep trying. You can count on me. If I did end up saving him, then... well, I don’t really know what to say, it’s... that’ll be great.
I BLAME SEA WORLD....IVE BEEN WATCHING ALOT OF PETA VIDEOS ITS A CHANNEL ABOUT THE TRUTH HOW SEA WORLD TREATS OCRAS AND BEFORE TILIKUM DIED PETA TOLD SEA WORLD TO LET TILIKUM EXPERIENCE THE OCEAN ONE LAST TIME BUT THEY REFUSED...SO CRUEL
I just watched this and i feel so sad for the whales who died rather than the humans who got injured or died handling them.. we humans are the true monster in this so called earth
Tilikum will be remembered u guys made him feel like shit that is why he let go of himself tilikum was my favorite whale I don't care if he killed a trainer we all make mistakes even animals and I'm not saying I don't care that dawn died but u know what I mean we all make mistakes when I was ten years old I told my mom that one day will go to see tilikum at SeaWorld but that will never happen because he died only if u trainers would have interact with him more not just interacting with him for about 1 or 2 min and I'm not telling trainers how to do their job but I'm being honest by giving suggestions but anyway r.i.p my baby boy and I will always love u tilikum u will always have a place in my heart one again rest in peace tilikum but now u will be happy because u r on the streets of glory love u tilikum and goodbye 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
I HATE the name "killer whale". It's an Orca. Not a killer. They stole him from his family and mother when he was 2 years old. They stole him from the ocean and put him into a cage. What did they expect?! And now this poor thing had to die in captivity. This is so sad... I feel so sorry for him.
I seriously do NOT believe his death is a mystery/out of the ordinary. There will NEVER be a whale “show” at any zoo ever again. Thank God. Animal rights activist need to work with the zoo in Indianapolis, Indiana Zoo. The lions, tigers, bears, gorillas, etc., are catatonic; It’s a sad existence for these animals. Please please please investigate. I was there the 1st week in June and was shocked. Thank you, Lodie
Yes...they are mammals, aquatic mammals with an intelligence we can appreciate. They are self-aware. So he was taken away from his mother (matriarch) at the age of 2. That is equal to kidnapping a 2 year old from a human mother. They are highly social and emotional, so the experience had to be scary for him. He must of been sad, angry, and confused all at the same time. Those feelings do not just go away for a mammal with that level of intelligence. He knew what happened to him to some degree. He might not had all the answers, but it was not a pleasant experience for him. We do not study the Orca Pods of Iceland like we do in the Salish Sea and that unfortunate but he most likely came from a large family or Clan (community). He will be sorely missed. He died in that crappy man made environment, made him sick. He could of been in the contaminated waters of the Salish Sea and lived longer.
Just so everyone knows, whales are extremely smart, Orcas are NOT whales, they are dolphins, so my point is dolphins have language, families, different cultures and different techniques of hunting, they have the same IQ of about a 9 year old at full maturity. I guess one of things i wanna point out is sea world calls them whales, but they arent even whales, they have no clue about the animals and have no respect and its disgusting. Dolphins are in fact close to twice as smart as a whale.
Cremation. But when Tilikum was captured some calfs died and what they did was the cut them open, fill the dead whales with anything really heavy and would throw them overboard and let them sink.
Poor guy. He never even got a taste of freedom. How can humanity be so cruel. He was captured, abused by other whales and other humans, and forces to be tortured in a cage. I dont care if seaworld is "trying to be better". They should do everybody and orca a favor and just shut down for good.
Having a screen showing how they're actually supposed to be living and how they behave makes it even more sad than it already is! Set these beautiful creatures free! SeaWorld is nothing but money hungry corporation that tortures these beautiful animals and deprives them of the life they deserve!
Tilicom died because of that murderous compact pool and vigorous training given to her. The people who made her die in a such a pathetic way will remember it when they are dying too. Sea world is a curse to innocent captured sea creatures.
I hate how they act like these intelligent animals are nothing more than emotionless puppets for their amusement. Look at their floppy fins, which indicate high levels of stress and depression. Honestly, this is probably the best thing for Tilikom, seeing as he's been treated poorly for over 30 years, death really was his only true escape. 1 like equals more hope for Orcas and more protests against Seaworld.
Poor whale. 2 years of freedom followed by 33 years of torture. Man does the worst atrocities on the planet.
Tillkum was a tragic story. He was kidnapped from his Mother in December 1981 and Died on January 6, 2017. He should have never been held hostage that way. None of those deaths would have happened had he been left to live his natural life in the wild. God Rest his soul.
@losepoundsandinches What do Jews have to do with this video?
Dennis Horne Orcas are not whales
Tilikum was bull he had the smallest tank thats wut killed.him in reality if an orka has the whole ocean then it has a 67.3% chance of living but wut are the odds he could have had so many babies and so many girlfriend's he had to be put in captivity and the fact there footage released him being starved to death after they got all the sperm to make hundreds of baby orkas like they wernt gonna be like tilikum if u but a bull in a cage with nowhere to walk how is a 10,000 pound orka gonna swim in the smallest tank at seaworld tula weights 5500 pounds but has a bigger and no one realized that the animals are being abused.
@@SgaLfty_ Their teeth get smashed over the years from being repeatedly banged against the side of the tank. They're given antibiotics every day because otherwise infection will enter through their broken teeth.
Tili didn't deserve to die in captivity. He would've been alive another 30 years in the wild. This is sick.
Try 70. Wild Orca lifespan is about equal to a humans'. Tili was taken at 2 years old.
@@anaveragegamingchannel1843 2 REALLY....
Male orcas typically live to 50-60 and females around 100. Seaworld lies to visitors and says 30 is the highest it gets, and that they live longer in captivity, which is 100% false.
No more upgrading the shows! It's time to set the orcas free!!!!
Where are you going to free them to?
Stan5 Umm... The ocean.
So, release them to the fist ocean you see? What pod would you send them to? what would you do with the hybrids? How would you teach them how to be independent orcas? To hunt for themselves, to understand what is dangerous and places to avoid? To just say "umm...The ocean" is a very poor answer, I'm afraid.
Captive animals being released into the wild is a dumb move. They didn't grow up wild and couldn't live wild.
Jennifer Hemmingway
AMEN!
i hope he is swimming freely in heaven now
I hope he is having a whale of a time up there
MJ Liu ye
Animals don't go in heaven!
@@petrariii1175 my son uses this account. Sorry. I think animals do go to heaven because Jesus returns to earth in the future from heaven on a horse. Thus, there are animals in heaven.
@Nettie Reynolds Luke 16:19-31
"Best medical care possible" yeah right. They've left him alone for years now. All of a sudden they can't breed him or use the whales for their shows anymore and now he's passed away. Please. 🙄
He was imprisoned.
I'm also sorry for what happened to Dawn. What a tragedy 🙏🥺
@@Olivia-g5m But her death served a purpose.It brought out the cruel behaviour of the management of SEAWORLD.
SO FAR THE PREVIOUS 2 DEATHS HAD BEEN HUSHED UP BUT THIS CREATED A FURORE.
SOME IDIOT VET HAS DEFENDED SEAWORLD BY SAYING THAT THEY ARE SAVING /CONSERVING THE SPECIES.
WE NEED MORE VETS!LETS CONSERVE HER!!
Yeah, I believe he was killed because he is a liability and they probably got insurance money for him.
So wrong!
Such a horrible way to die. Taken from his mother and pod as a youngster, held captive in tiny locations where the captive young whales couldn't move properly, sent off to sea world as a youngster with older females raking him with their teeth because he wasn't from their pod. Like anything else in the animal world it's families within families. He must have been terrified and then in order to survive became aggressive just like any other animal that is horribly abused would react. What did these 'EDUCATED" ha, vets and money hungry jerks expect? RIP Tilikum!
sandie lindemeyer Exactly 30 years of slavery cause that's what it is.
its funny to see u guys act like u actually care :D
Yeah, we do. I'm really passionate about this. What about it?
sandie lindemeyer D;
Why not releasze him?
ITS NOT HIS FAULT. HE IS AN ANIMAL. WE ARE ANIMALS TOO. IMAGINE IF YOU WERE TRAPPED AT A PLACE YOU NEVER WANTED TO GO. WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE SEEING WALLS ALL DAY AND DO NOTHING? THESE PEOPLE ARE CRAZY
Yousif Al Azzawi It's so evil seaworld takes one of the smartest species of animals alive and force them to spend their lives in pools
Yousif Al Azzawi sounds like school
To be fair, tilicum killed three people:/
Emilio Backup yeah?? What did you expect if people locked him up in a way too small cage. It’s not his fault, humans shouldn’t lock such big animals that normally have the whole ocean to slim in in such small cages.
みんなこんにちは are you serious? go watch blackfish
This makes me so mad! Poor tilikum was in captivity for almost all his life. In Black Fish it stated that he was attacked by other whales. If I was in a bath tub I would get frustrated too. It's really not fair.
It wasn't really attacking. The matriarch of the pod at SeaWorld Katina would rake him, which is scratching with their teeth. Its used to show dominance.
Stan5 Tally didn't have anywhere to swim away, he had to just take it.
Was it fair for the 3 humans who were drowned and beaten and mutilated by Tilikum? Maybe they have children crying at home. Nobody mentions the children at family.
trickybilly
Well,there was a homeless man who stayed after hours and jumped into the whale tank for no reason.It's k of natural for an orca to act this (my opinion).Many orcas were kidnapped from their pods and put into a bathtubs like place for the rest of their life.Tilikum was put in a tank all by himself because he has attacked trainers (other whales as well).He has a lonely and depressing life
trickybilly well if people wouldn’t have taken these animals from the wild then no one would’ve died. u never hear about orcas that killed people in the wild,it’s always the ones in captivity.
Tilikum was trying to send them a message when he killed these trainers, but they didn't listen. He was trying to say, "Let me go. Help me. I need to be free."
Yup. His collapsed dorsal fin was an indicator of that.
No. He’s was lashing out because he spent years in captivity, and unfortunately innocent people where killed.
@@talos2384 ya, aka he didn’t like being in captivity so he lashed out against the people responsible for him being there
But SeaWorld was like, “No, we want money out of this!” Imagine caring more about making money than the welfare and well-being of all those poor whales and dolphins… 🤦🏻♂️
"captive whales can face health challenges"
THEN LET THEM GO???!
If we let them go, they would die in the wild, since most of the whales were born in captivity.
@@tydalwayve then they need to be put down. This gross spectacle needs to stop
@@nw6070 they can be transitioned to sanctuaries which rescue and when they're ready, freed. Better than what happens at SeaWorld.
I get the sentiment but this is still such a dumb short sighted thing to say. It's not like wild whales don't face health challenges as well.
You can’t take orcas out the ocean since the 70’s whether this applies wild wide I don’t know I suspect. But you can bread them in captivity although sea world stoped this in 2016
Me and my family went to Orlando for my brother's make a wish foundation request. We went to Sea World and during the first five minutes we got separated, cell phones weren't really a thing yet so after twenty minutes of searching for them I decided to go and do stuff.I heard a kid say Shamu is starting soon, I went to the show. At the end of the show they put all the orcas away, the trainers retreated from the water and they announced Tilikum was coming, I got out of my seat, stepped up on the concrete ledge and when Tilikum came out of the funnel I reached over the glass and touched him with love and caring, he looked up with me and my heart sank to the floor from the level of dread and sorrow in his eye when he looked at me.
ffp08 😞 RIP
RIP Tilikum you are now free or swim in heaven so no more abuse for you
ffp08 i dont care what happened...he was an animal...they ruined his life. Period n as far as killing dawn...i think he was n love with her n wanted her to go with him not really try 2 harm her but thats my thoughts
Aww poor Tilly
Made up crap. You just want to make a scene so you can please the anti-cap community. Orcas can't show emotion with looks, they can only show it via vocalization.
It's sad how the trainers think they know how to properly care for an orca whale when in reality they are abusing him and killing him in captivity. They think they know everything and I think they're sick people. Dawn shouldn't of died. And Tilikum shouldn't of in captivity.
What? They weren't abusing him the Trainers loved him but knew it was wrong, but everyone needs money so they went with it, it was the higher-ups in SeaWorld who pushed it too far.
My dad says that they take good care of the animals
Yes it was total abuse
He NEVER shouldve been captured
Leave these animals ALONE!!!
@@EstonianShark what we mean is not that the trainers abuse him im sure they loved him
But that just having them captured is the abuse.
These animals were sepersted from their families.have you ever watched the documentary called blackfish? If not...please watch it
@@cattystevenson7501 When I wrote my comment (You're 3 years late btw) I had just done a school project requiring me to do a presentation on Killer Whales in captivity and Blackfish was one of my primary sources. I still remember sitting in class and the teacher explaining what we're about to watch.
And you can't say "what we mean" they guy I'm commenting on SAID that the trainers thought they knew what was right but were actually killing them I corrected this by saying the trainers created bonds with these fish and began to feel sorry for them but couldn't do much to help them as they were merely tiny cogs in the machine.
Your reasoning is valid, I understand and honestly it's been years since I've thought of these whales. In 2016 I went to Sea World and saw Tilikum up close, not long after I watched Blackfish. What they're doing is wrong and what they've done is wrong and shouldn't be done ever again.
This makes me so sad. I wished for a future for tilikum like keiko. Even if he would only live a year out there, at least he would be free
Angie Chin Keiko died trying to get back to people. He had to be moved because he was letting people ride him in the wild. he spent the last month's of his life following fishing boats and slowly starving. He never joined a pod. He was not happy or healthy in the ocean. Never should have been left in the wild like that. If he wanted to live with people they should have let him.
Its sad all around. The problem starts when babies (or any of them) are taken from the wild. They don't learn what they need to know to live wild and develop within a family pod in captivity. So it basically disables them from reintegrating with into their own natural environment since no one accepts them in, and they don't know how to survive out there. Hopefully the time when animals were taken like that is over :/ I heard captive breeding is no longer allowed either? Not sure if true. But its a step in the right direction if so.
Angie Chi
SwitchingReins They are taken at a young age so thats all they know. Its sickening they arent able to live their life out how they should in the wild. They are very beautiful social animals with their own kind, but being in a place like seaworld where they are reprimanded if not doing a stupid trick right and end up taking their aggression out on each other because of the tight living quaters they are given! Its not about living with humans they should be left alone in the wild
I know many of them were born into seaworld and that is all they know but its so inhumane. People want an experience with whales go whale watching and view their true happiness. Most people are realizing they only are "connecting" with people for food...
Read his story. So sad so heartbreak. RIP big guy. Swim free in the heaven
NukeCorruption 😢😢
Orcas in the wild can live 60+ years,
Yet in seaward, the average age of death is 13 years.
Need I say anymore.
Sea world should not even be allowed to exist anymore, I feel so sad and sorry for the orcas that have to spend the rest of their lives behind glass.
Me to its very sad and not right we should burn them down
You not gonna talk how their reasonable for the deaths of several people?!
@@talos2384 do you not see why that is though? They have killed people as a result to their stress and neglect in the park. They retaliate by becoming aggressive, because all they have is a tiny tank of water and are made to perform to stay alive. So it’s no wonder they’ve lashed out on people. As sad as it is, the people who brought them there are mainly to blame for that.
No :( I know he killed a lot of people but he's an animal. He has feelings just like us, this sucks 😭
_-Siren-_ yes true
Yes
But their dead
just me I don’t think that they deserved to die. I think that the people who worked with him genuinely loved him. He’s the reason many stayed, because they loved him. He was a poor animal who didn’t deserve the life he was given.
Wish he was sent free
+Ashley Heery he would die.
We was set free by God 😿
Set*
Kosta Danicic in peace, where he belongs , in the ocean free and with his own will. If anyone is to die they deserve to die where they can be at peace, a place at which traumatised him is no where for him to die.
Ashley Heery and get attacked by other animals and die damn thats how life goes 🤷🏽♂️
Sea world should stop capturing killer whales😔
They have, just some marine parks in Asia and Russia still capture some Whales while the last remaining whales in America are either being released(only the healthy and young ones) while the old and sick just wait to die, horrible but that's the way the cookie crumbles when people are money hungry like the main people in SeaWorld (CEOs)
What they need to do is stop breeding them , Tillikum sired many of the Orca at SeaWorlds today , it’s very Sad that he has passed , but we can take Solace in knowing that he is no longer being tortured
They have stopped breeding them.
Estonian Shark thank God
SeaWorld hasn't captured wild killer whales in 40 yrs, do some research instead of repeating what mainstream media brainwashes into your head. Tilikum also wasn't captured by SeaWorld, he was captured by Canadian fishermen and sold to Sealand in Canada. After a few years, SeaWorld bought him and his life def improved.
Even though he never swam in the open ocean, I’m happy he’s now swimming like an angel freely
He did. They captured him in the icelandic ocean when he was 2 years old and stole him from his mother and family...
If I can be blunt, and honest? Someone had to die to open the eyes of others. Am I wrong?
LoneStarRider yeah. my thought too..pretty sad isnt it?
but a humans life is worth exponentially more than an animals life tbh
@@g0023-t7e opinion
The people dying are the people causing the problem....No trainers...No Shows
@@lushhclub819 the trainers have no say in the matter, if they filled a complaint seaward would just say “do your job or we’ll find someone who will!” your blaming innocent people. Seaworlds the one calling the shots.
FREE THE WHALES!!!!!!!!!
Where are they going to go?
I would probably agree with that but once the stop hunting because trainers feed them it hard for them to get back into that style of hunting
Not that simple dumbass
Sadly they been in captivity for so long they couldn’t survive THATS why people shouldn’t capture them in the first place
Orcas aren't soppose to be kept in pools that small they also have sensitive skin so they burn and need to go deeper.
Why do they say "Best known for killing a trainer" sure he killed her but that's what a "Killer whales" are known for. I'm very upset that a poor animal like him was remembered as a whale who just killed a trainer. R.I.P TILLI🐳🐳🐳🐳🐳🐳🐳🐳🐳🐳
please help killer whales are not known for killing humans in the wild there's no record of people getting attacked by a killer whale in the wild because they are happy and free so they greet humans but put a killer whale in captivity and see what happens
That's not what 'killer whales' are known for.
There have only been 4 deaths caused by killer whales, 3 of which by Tilikum.
please help an orca have never killed a human in the wild
please help legit all death by killer whales where in captivity lmao
He will be remembered as the killer of 3 men. If Tillikum would held you underwater would not you try to escape ?
His fin was bent that means they are unhappy and don’t have a good life according to the BRIGHT SIDE
Well I hope anybody who feels for Tilikum doesn't set foot at any Seaworld location. I know I will NEVER go to Seaworld
Rest In Peace, Tilly. I’m glad your suffering has finally ended, and you’re finally free.
As a teen growing up in a life where animals like orcas being in captivity I find true hatred for the people who took them away from their families and shattered the hearts of thousands of animals. I watch this video and show many more people the true facts of the animal shown and many more. It is my hope and prayer that one day these animals will never be seen in a tank but only in the wild where they belong. Sitting in what seems to be a bath tub to those creature deserves a new life and the people who got killed by the animal knew what he was capable of and chose to do what they did. Tilikum was very depressed animal who was took away from his family put in a cage where he was bullied and attacked by whales he didn't know and being shipped in containers that he didn't understand and forced to do shows that are educational their just their for profits the animal wasn't cared for by sea world but by the trainers who knew nothing about the multiple attacks happening through out the sea world franchises. Tilikum is not to blame for this but sea world and the countless other companies who think its okay to house such wonderful creatures. Rest in peace Tilikum the cruel people in the world can not ever touch you again and you can have love from Christ who will treat you with the loving care you so desperately needed...
You know what's worse, he spent his WHOLE life for entertainment no child hood in the sea, growing up in the sea I don't know if I should cry....
I find it deeply concerning that people are more sad and compassionate towards Tilly dying, than the 3 innocent humans lives lost!
Because the death of those humans should be the indicator that sea world should be illegal and closed, as it's not only one whale who is suffering but hundreds, not only 3 human lives that depend on it but even more who died because the human race believes that playing with WILD animals is funny or entertaining. The animals did nothing wrong, they are wild and have their basic and natural instincts. As sad as it is, it is nothing surprising that a traumatized animal is one day gonna seek for revenge. Anyone acting so surprised as if it isn't obvious what happens when playing with wild animals.
Perhaps it is because all the people CHOSE to be where they were. Tilli did NOT choose to be where he was.
i am heartbroken.....💔
The thumbs down are for the poor thing like if u agree
I wished I would see the day he would be free really. It would've been glorious. I seriously cried. at least now he can rest. R.I.P tilly
I think they should shut Down and let the animals free
You can't, they would not survive
Stan5 its sad that all that are captive are going to die soon
I would probably agree with that but once they stop hunting because trainers feed them by hand its hard for them to get back into that style of hunting for food.
example: having a fish for 5 years and then letting it go into the sea
It's not that they wouldn't know how to hunt, they have instincts, it's been shown before they know how to hunt. It's that they physically couldn't survive, that there's too much of a drastic change and they'd die of a disease. You can't let them free, they're not a dog or a cat.
@@starfragment5969 Despite the 'best of care' Tilikum also died of disease, so what would be the difference?
I got to see tilikum in 2009 when I was little and it’s sad hearing about his death 😔
Why did you support tiilys murders
@@troymcdivitt7818 tf u sayin
Tilikum did not deserve this kind of treatment. No animal does. All of those orca need to be set free. RIP Tilikum.
To whoever hasn't seen the documentary Black Fish I highly suggest you watch it because it tells you more about tilikum and black orcas
That poor whale was treated so badly , he spent most of his life on his own in a tank that was to small for him . I would never say this about any of Gads beautiful creatures but I'm glad for Tilly that his gone , he now has freedom in the sky and I really hope he's with his mum . I'm sorry Tilly the human race treated you so badly , its no wonder you lost it 3 times who can blame you . RIP SWEET BABY .
It took then 4 years to make this “educational” show
Tilikum the Orca who never belonged in captivity and recently died... The poor whale was abducted from its pod at four months old and "raised" in captivity, never to experience the wild again.
Imagine being taken from your family at four months, being raised in a prison, where you're fed by guards that make you dance around for treats.
Imagine doing that for decades. How mentally stable would you be?
Sorry, it just really strikes a nerve. Sea World should be a seaside sanctuary, not a giant fish bowl.
Some humans can be so pretentious. Animals should be admired from afar.
A seaside sanctuary isn't as great as it seems... Is it wrong when we separate kittens and puppies from their mothers and siblings to adopt them out?
Stan5 how u compare a puppy to a whale .
Fly with Angels beautiful Tilikum.
I am truly sorry you were never returned to your home.
People need to speak up especially for Tillikum!!!!! Orca’s live more years in the wild than in captivity.
"YEAR LONG ILNESS" YOU MEAN THE DEPRESSION, FRUSTRATION AND AGGRESSION BUILD UP OF 25 YEARS LIVING IN A BATHTUB?!
I don’t understand why they never let those whales go. I don’t get the laws in this country that whale was only trying to communicate his frustration and look how he died. This really breaks my heart that we as human beings could be this cruel.
Cindy Samuel.Dont you remember the HOLOCAUST?THE GERMANS ARE ALSO HUMANS,AREN'T THEY .
YET THEY INDULGED IN SUCH DEPRAVITY !
Tilikum, I'm so sorry people did this to you. I'm so sorry you had to go through this. No right person would ever blame you. You did nothing wrong. I'm glad you are free from all this pain. We will continue to fight for you and the other orcas.
please stop blaming the trainers who died and saying the deserved it. clearly none of you have seen the documentary. the trainers loved these animals but were sold lies from seaworld and the industry. the people who deserved to die were those who orchestrated their kidnappings and abuse.
RIP Tilikum. You never gived up. I was so proud of you (when you killed him). You are in a better place.
did u just assume its gender
The OpticHanAlone You were proud of a whale for killing someone? (Also it's a she not a him)
+Oopy it is a him, look it up. and yea i agree with you, how can you be proud of an animal killing someone
That poor orca suffered years of abuse and isolation. Is it any wonder it lashed out. Those people were evil to keep using him in shows.
Orcas in the wild could live up to 60 years is and tilikum died at aye 36 now that's just fucked up I've always wanted to go to seaworld as a kid because I wanted to know how it feels to so close to a strong and majestic wild creature I still do but not that much because this shit is just messed up
Isaac Rodriguez Honestly, the main solution to this to boycott seaworld. If we stop going to it, they will make less money. If they stop making money, they will shut down!
Isaac Rodriguez shamu dies at age 9 😡
“Receiving the best medical care possible.”
No. The best medical care possible for Tilikum would have been to not have taken him into captivity in the first place. He would probably still be alive, with his pod, with a straight dorsal fin, enjoying his life. #emptythetanks
RIP Tilikum
Watched Blackfish this is all I can think about. Such greedy corporations, such a great disregard for another life. As humans we surely can’t be this blinded to think this is ok. Truly and deeply saddening.
1 like = ban seaworld
@bunni :D ok i made that comment when i was eleven but it is known that seaworld abuses their orcas.
I have seen him taken away from his mother in the blackfish documentary when he was 4 months old... its heartbreaking that he basically came to the world in captivity and died in captivity. Horrible 😢
Rest in ocean you beautiful creature ❤️
RIP Dawn and Tilly...and the other 2 ppl who died working with this particular beautiful orca.....much love..
R.I.P.
In Norway we had a famous swan named "Havnesjefen" it means "Harbour Master" it was a nice swan until some sick humans threw sticks, rocks at him, which made Havnesjefen really aggressive towards humans, he was a "too dangerous" swan for humans to come across, which resulted in Havnesjefen being put down around August 2017, after his death, over 50 swans rushed to Os kommune (which is where Havnesjefen came from)
I believe nothing what sea world saids
dubbeatdown I was thinking the same. They said trainer fell into orca's tank when she died. Now with all those attention, oh orca died all of the sudden.
That’s really offensive and stereotypical Jews are not all like that! :/
Yey you believe whatever a fired employee said when he was offered a few thousand bucks?
I want to meet Tilikum. If he was still alive, I wouldn’t mind going to SeaWorld. Because all I will do at SeaWorld is go to see Tilikum, and just talk with him (if it were possible to actually see him up close because I think he was in the back stage). That would be my fun day at SeaWorld. I would tell him how I’m going to not give up in saving him. I’m going to keep trying. You can count on me. If I did end up saving him, then... well, I don’t really know what to say, it’s... that’ll be great.
Unfortunately Tilikum passed away 4 years ago while in captivity. That's a good thought though. 🐳
Thank you :)
People suck. Anything they put their hands on is ruined or injured! INCLUDING MY ROOM
Perhaps if you don’t want to be brutally murdered by an orca, don’t lock one in a cage and make it do tricks
I LOVE U TILIKUM RIP IN HEAVEN
Watch the movie called blackfish please people.
I BLAME SEA WORLD....IVE BEEN WATCHING ALOT OF PETA VIDEOS ITS A CHANNEL ABOUT THE TRUTH HOW SEA WORLD TREATS OCRAS AND BEFORE TILIKUM DIED PETA TOLD SEA WORLD TO LET TILIKUM EXPERIENCE THE OCEAN ONE LAST TIME BUT THEY REFUSED...SO CRUEL
PETA is one of the worst animal conservationist in the world! They do far more harm to animals than good. please don’t support them.
I just watched this and i feel so sad for the whales who died rather than the humans who got injured or died handling them.. we humans are the true monster in this so called earth
Erica Mae Maniapaz.My thoughts exactly.
Tilikum will be remembered u guys made him feel like shit that is why he let go of himself tilikum was my favorite whale I don't care if he killed a trainer we all make mistakes even animals and I'm not saying I don't care that dawn died but u know what I mean we all make mistakes when I was ten years old I told my mom that one day will go to see tilikum at SeaWorld but that will never happen because he died only if u trainers would have interact with him more not just interacting with him for about 1 or 2 min and I'm not telling trainers how to do their job but I'm being honest by giving suggestions but anyway r.i.p my baby boy and I will always love u tilikum u will always have a place in my heart one again rest in peace tilikum but now u will be happy because u r on the streets of glory love u tilikum and goodbye 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Many people still believe that human animals are always more intelligent and brilliant than most in everything they do, don't they ?
Tillikum😭😭😭
I HATE the name "killer whale". It's an Orca. Not a killer.
They stole him from his family and mother when he was 2 years old. They stole him from the ocean and put him into a cage.
What did they expect?!
And now this poor thing had to die in captivity. This is so sad... I feel so sorry for him.
He killed dawn! Poor girl! I feel sorry dawn not tilikum
Salina Sappora he actually killed to other people
Salina Sappora when you are captured your whole life in an isolated bathtub you get crazy
Well if he hadn’t been in that prison in the first place Dawn would still be alive.
I do not blame dawn or tilikum. I blame the manager and whoever thinked of this idea.
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It’s not his fault he’s angry and upset he doesn’t want to be trapped
Tilikum killed three people and was still allowed to perform. How stupid can people get?
In the documentary blackish it says that orca live longer In the wild than in sea world.
Honestly glad he took a human out before he left.
'Poor girl' vile human who choose to touture a animal for a career
Where is the full video? Everyone wanna watch it
I wonder if he could have even survived being released after all those years as prisoner.
Least he’s free from his prison. I hope he is having fun swimming and playing with all his whale friends up there ❤️
I seriously do NOT believe his death is a mystery/out of the ordinary. There will NEVER be a whale “show” at any zoo ever again. Thank God. Animal rights activist need to work with the zoo in Indianapolis, Indiana Zoo. The lions, tigers, bears, gorillas, etc., are catatonic; It’s a sad existence for these animals. Please please please investigate. I was there the 1st week in June and was shocked. Thank you, Lodie
Let’s not support venues that use and abuse animals for profit. It is wrong and needs to be stopped.
Yes...they are mammals, aquatic mammals with an intelligence we can appreciate. They are self-aware. So he was taken away from his mother (matriarch) at the age of 2. That is equal to kidnapping a 2 year old from a human mother. They are highly social and emotional, so the experience had to be scary for him. He must of been sad, angry, and confused all at the same time. Those feelings do not just go away for a mammal with that level of intelligence. He knew what happened to him to some degree. He might not had all the answers, but it was not a pleasant experience for him. We do not study the Orca Pods of Iceland like we do in the Salish Sea and that unfortunate but he most likely came from a large family or Clan (community). He will be sorely missed. He died in that crappy man made environment, made him sick. He could of been in the contaminated waters of the Salish Sea and lived longer.
Someday we will look back at these theme parks and just shake our head that they actually existed.
I’m actually glad he died because now he’s free
Just so everyone knows, whales are extremely smart, Orcas are NOT whales, they are dolphins, so my point is dolphins have language, families, different cultures and different techniques of hunting, they have the same IQ of about a 9 year old at full maturity. I guess one of things i wanna point out is sea world calls them whales, but they arent even whales, they have no clue about the animals and have no respect and its disgusting. Dolphins are in fact close to twice as smart as a whale.
Seaworld: We provide the best health services
Me: So how did these majestic creatures survive for a few centuries.
Can somebody please tell me whats wrong with SeaWorld having killer whales?
Hes fine, he's swimming in God's ocean, God reassuring him and telling him hes safe and better here. Jesus and God giving him the life he never had.
Is Willy still alive
No, he passed away in 2003😢
how do they dispose of the body of large animals like Tillikum? Do they just bury it?
Cremation. But when Tilikum was captured some calfs died and what they did was the cut them open, fill the dead whales with anything really heavy and would throw them overboard and let them sink.
You captured him at two years old you killed him pure and simple
Poor guy. He never even got a taste of freedom. How can humanity be so cruel. He was captured, abused by other whales and other humans, and forces to be tortured in a cage. I dont care if seaworld is "trying to be better". They should do everybody and orca a favor and just shut down for good.
Having a screen showing how they're actually supposed to be living and how they behave makes it even more sad than it already is!
Set these beautiful creatures free! SeaWorld is nothing but money hungry corporation that tortures these beautiful animals and deprives them of the life they deserve!
"He mutilated the poor girl" well, if he wasn't in a cage he wouldn't have the chance to mutilate anyone
Really dreadful story. Poor Tilikum, kidnapped as a baby raised in captivity, I don't blame him for killing someone.
How did it die?
Tillikum killed dawn due to stress, pain, and fear! Seaworld needs to treat their animals better!
Tilicom died because of that murderous compact pool and vigorous training given to her.
The people who made her die in a such a pathetic way will remember it when they are dying too.
Sea world is a curse to innocent captured sea creatures.
So sad. SeaWorld should have never captured such a majestic & intelligent animal.
They need to shut SeaWorld down,and try to help them with their illness,then,release them.
I hate how they act like these intelligent animals are nothing more than emotionless puppets for their amusement. Look at their floppy fins, which indicate high levels of stress and depression. Honestly, this is probably the best thing for Tilikom, seeing as he's been treated poorly for over 30 years, death really was his only true escape. 1 like equals more hope for Orcas and more protests against Seaworld.