@Trajanc:
What infuriates me most are imbeciles like yourself who think it's a good idea to spew nonsense before doing any sort of fact-checking, thereby spreading false information. Had you done a minute's worth of research you would have known that it was a Sea World executive making an official statement and not "some guy's opinion".
Do us all a favor: do some research or just don't have an opinion. Thanks.
As for this topic, SeaWorld has tried desperately to cover this up with thinly-veiled PR spins in an attempt to sway public opinion.
"Tilikum was interested in her hair!" That's their official statement.
-Okay, then. Eye-witnesses claim and video footage (not released to the public) tell us the same thing: he grabbed her arm. But okay, let's say he grabbed her ponytail because he was just interested in it. Why, then, did Tilly proceed to brutally mutilate Dawn? Because that's what happened. The autopsy report confirms Dawn's left arm was torn off, her spinal cord was severed, she had fractures to her jawbone, ribs, cervical vertebra, and lastly her scalp had been torn off as well.
All that, according to SeaWorld, was Dawn's fault for exposing her ponytail to Tilikum.
So was it because he was interested in her hair or was it because he had been held in a comparatively tiny tank all his life, abused, raked and injured by other whales, and forced to perform without being given adequate food on the day of Dawn's death? Or inn other words, because he was frustrated and aggravated?
Really, SeaWorld? You expect someone to be dumb enough to go with the former?
In my opinion, everyone responsible and involved in the capture and confinement of Whales for the purpose of entertainment, as well as the lawyers and attorneys who are heartless enough to defend SeaWorld, should all be thrown in prison. But that's just me.
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