Tilikum (c: December 1981 - January 6, 2017), dubbed Tilly , is a captive orca. He was arrested in Iceland in 1983 in HafnarfjÃÆ'¶rÃÆ' Â ° ur, near ReykjavÃÆ'k. About a year later, he was transferred to Sealand of the Pacific in Victoria, British Columbia. He was later transferred in 1992 to SeaWorld Orlando, Florida. Tilikum is highly featured in the documentary film CNN Films 2013 Blackfish .
Tilikum became famous for his involvement in the deaths of three people: a trainer at Sealand of Pacific now, a man who entered unlicensed at SeaWorld Orlando, and a Orlando SeaWorld trainer.
He has 21 calves, ten of which are still alive.
Video Tilikum (orca)
Description
Tibillum is a big bison orca; the largest in captivity. He measures 22.5 feet (6.9 m) in length and weighs about 12,500 pounds (5,700 kg). His pectoral fins are 7 feet (2.1 m) long, the light is curved below, and the 6.5 foot (2.4 m) dorsal fins actually collapse to his left side.
Maps Tilikum (orca)
Name
In the Chinook Jargon in the Pacific Northwest, his name means "friends, relations, tribes, nations, ordinary people".
Life
Origin
Totopum was captured when he was two years old, along with two other young orcas, by the net purse seine in November 1983, in BerufjÃÆ'¶rÃÆ'Â ° ur, Iceland. After nearly a year in a tank at a zoo in ReykjavÃÆ'k, he was transferred to Sealand of the Pacific, in Oak Bay, a suburb of Victoria on Vancouver Island, Canada. In Sealand, he lives with two older female orcas named Haida II and Nootka IV. Tilikum is under social structure, and Haida II and Nootka IV are aggressive towards it, including forcing it into a smaller medical pool where the trainer is holding him for protection.
Fatalities
While orca attacks on humans are rare, in 2013 four humans have died from interactions with orca, Tilikum is involved in three incidents that cause human death and all such incidents occur with captive orcas.
First death
On February 20, 1991, Keltie Byrne, a 21-year-old marine biology student and competitive swimmer, slipped into a pond containing Tilikum, Haida II and Nootka IV while working as a part-time Sealand from Pacific coaches. The three orcs were drowning him, dragging him around the pond and preventing him from appearing. At one point, he reached the side and tried to climb out, but as the visitors were horrified watching from the sidelines, the orcs drew him screaming back into the pool. The other coaches respond to his scream, throw the wedding ring, but the orcas keep him away from it. He appears three times screaming before drowning, and that's a few hours before his body can recover from the pool.
Tilikum was transferred to SeaWorld Orlando, Florida on January 9, 1992. Sealand of the Pacific closed shortly thereafter.
Second death
On July 6, 1999, a 27-year-old man, Daniel P. Dukes, was found dead on Tilikum's back. Dukes had visited SeaWorld the previous day, stayed after the park closed, and avoided the security to get into the orca tank without clothes. An autopsy finds many of the cuts, bruises, and abrasions that cover the body caused by Ty- lum. Autopsy concluded that the cause of death Dukes drowned. The medical examiner reports that there is no drug or alcohol found in the Dukes system.
Third death
On February 24, 2010, Tilikum killed Dawn Brancheau, a 40-year-old coach. Brancheau was killed after the show Dine with Shamu . The veteran trainer rubbed Tilikum as part of a post-show routine when orca caught it with a ponytail and pulled it into the water. Autopsy brancheau shows death by drowning and blunt trauma.
Return to do
Tilikum re-appear on March 30, 2011. High-pressure water hoses are used for massage, not hand, and removable guardrails are used on the platform. She is paired with her granddaughter Trua and is often seen performing beside her during the end of the new One One show. He is sometimes kept with his daughter Malia, or both Trua and Malia at the same time. In December 2011, he was a hiatus of events following an undisclosed illness. He returned to perform at SeaWorld Orlando in April 2012.
Offspring
Tilikum has 21 children in captivity, 11 of which live in November 2013.
While at Sealand of the Pacific, Tilikum became his eldest son when he was about eight or nine years old. His first son, Kyuquot, was born in Haida II on 24 December 1991. Just a few months before the birth of Kyuquot, Tilikum was involved in the first incident involving death. Seaworld asks for an emergency transfer of Tilikum to their facility. Tilikum was transferred to SeaWorld Orlando, Florida, on January 9, 1992. Sealand of the Pacific closed shortly thereafter.
Upon his arrival at SeaWorld, Tilikum became the father of females with many different females. Her first child born in Orlando was Katina. Katina gave birth to Taku on September 9, 1993. Taku died on October 17, 2007.
Among the other Tibetan calves are: Nyar (born 1993, died 1996), Unna (1996-2015), Sumar (1998-2010), Tuar (1999), Tekoa (2000), Browne (2001), Kohana (2002) , Ikaika (2002), Skyla (2004), Malia (2007), Sakari (2010) and Wright (2010).
In 1999, Tilikum began training for artificial insemination (AI). In early 2000, Kasatka living in SeaWorld San Diego was artificially inseminated using his sperm. She gave birth to the son of Tilikum, Nakai, on September 1, 2001. On May 3, 2002, another woman in San Diego, named Takara, gave birth to the calves of Tilicum through artificial insemination. Tilikum also, the first successful orca grandfather in captivity with the birth Trua (2005), Nalani (2006), AdÃÆ'¡n (2010) and Victoria (2012-2013).
Controversy
On December 7, 2010, TMZ reported that the president of SeaWorld, Terry Prather, received letters from members of PETA and MÃÆ'¶tley CrÃÆ'¼e, Tommy Lee, who referred to SeaWorld's announcement of restrictions on human contact with Ty- lum. In the letter, Lee calls Tilikum "SeaWorld's Chief Sperm Bank" and insists that the relevant process is a sustainable human contact. The letter appealed to SeaWorld to remove Tilikum from its tanks, stating, "I hope there will be no tragic death for SeaWorld to realize that it will not make these clever animals frustrated by getting them trapped inside the tank." On December 8th, 2010, VP of Communications SeaWorld responded to Lee's letter via E! News, which states the facts of PETA is not only inaccurate, but the SeaWorld trainers are also "not now, nor have they put water with Til- lum for this purpose".
Tibbles and other Orcas captivity are the main subject of the Blackfish documentary, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2013. The next online film and petition caused several popular music groups to cancel shows at the SeaWorld and Busch Gardens event " Bands, Brew & BBQ "in 2014.
Decreased health and mortality
SeaWorld announced in March 2016 that the health of Til- lum deteriorated, and it was thought that he had a lung infection due to bacterial pneumonia, a common cause of death in whales and wild and wild dolphins. In May 2016, Tibetan health reported improved. On January 6, 2017, SeaWorld announced that Tilikum had died in the morning. The cause of death is a bacterial infection.
See also
- Tilikum v. Sea World
- Incident at the SeaWorld park
- List of individual cetaceans
References
External links
- Orcahome
- Whale Research Center
- Tilikum on IMDb
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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