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Hi, shamu. hi, everybody. were the johnsons from detroit, michigan. we sure had a great time when we visited seaworld. its one of our favorite places. >> yeah, i like when shamu gets everybody wet. >> when the whales get up close to the glass, whammo, youre a goner. >> orange county sheriff deputies have identified the 27-year-old man found dead in a killer whales tank at seaworld. the victim is daniel p. dukes from south carolina. he was found draped over the back of tilikum, the largest orca w...

Been, doing it and knowing your children are not likely to get out either. so the mixed blessing of having a child, but knowing that child is also going to be a prisoner and that happening over and over again. i just cant imagine how she did not shut down entirely and give up. >> in total, elizabeth gave birth to seven of her fathers children. 6 are, live. michael died after birth. the body was incinerated in the furnace. felix is 5 and stephan is 18 and kirstin was 19 were condemned to captivit...

Therefore slippery to some footwear. thank you. ♪ >> in the wild when theres tension they have thousands of square miles to exit the scene and they can get away. you dont have that in captivity. could you imagine being a small concrete enclosure for your life when youre used to swimming 100 miles a day? >> sometimes this aggression became very severe, and in fact whales have died in captivity because of this aggression. >> i think it was 1988, one rammed corky. it fractured her jaw, which cut ...

He arrived, i think in 1992. i was at whale and dolphin stadium when he arrived. hes twice as large as the next animal in the facility. >> right at about 12,000 pounds. thats -- thats incredible. he looks fantastic. >> when tilikum arrived at sea world he was attacked viciously repeatedly by katina and others. in the wild, its a very matriarchal society. males whales are kept in the perimeter. in captivity, animals are squeezed into very close proximity. tilikum, the poor guy is so large he coul...

Hi, shamu. hi, everybody. were the johnsons from detroit, michigan. we sure had a great time when we visited seaworld. its one of our favorite places. >> yeah, i like when shamu gets everybody wet. >> when the whales get up close to the glass, whammo, youre a goner. >> orange county sheriff deputies have identified the 27-year-old man found dead in a killer whales tank at seaworld. the victim is daniel p. dukes from south carolina. he was found draped over the back of tilikum, the largest orca w...

A lot of violence, a lot of killing in captivity that you dont ever see in the wild. >> for the health and safety of the animals, please do not put your hands in the water. >> theres always this backdrop. this underpinning of tension between animals. whale-on-whale aggression was just part of your -- you know, the daily existence. >> we ask that you use the stairs and aisle ways as you exit. please do not step on the seats. these areas may become wet, and therefore slippery to some footwear. tha...

>> sometimes this aggression became very severe, and in fact whales have died in captivity because of this aggression. >> i think it was 1988, one rammed corky. it fractured her jaw, which cut an artery in her head, and then she bled out. thats got to be a hard way to go down. i saw there was just a lot of things that werent right. and there was a lot of misinformation and something was amiss. and i sort of compartmentalized that part of it and did the best i could with the knowledge that i had....

Captivity makes them crazy. >> all whales in captivity have a bad life. theyre all psychologically traumatized. so theyre ticking time bombs. its not just tilikum. >> we have to separate what happened to dawn, and as tragic as it is, no one wants to see it ever happen again. can seaworld create an environment where it never happens again? yes, i absolutely believe they can. what if there were no seaworlds? i cant imagine a society with the value we put in marine mammals if those parks didnt exis...

>> reporter: the coroner saying a drowning due to or consequence of a forced submersion of orca or killer whales. she was the first trainer ever killed. >> oh, my goodness. it was awful. it was awful for everybody. people in general couldnt believe what had happened right here in our own backyard. >> reporter: not long after, sealand shut down. tilikum was sold to seaworld in orlando. residents would hear from him again. >> a 27-year-old man found dead in a killer whales tank. >> reporter: how t...

Acted out and grabbed dawn maliciously, they want to prove the theorum that captivity makes animals crazy and that is just false. >> all whales in captivity have a bad life. theyre all emotionally destroyed. theyre all psychologically traumatized. so they are ticking time bombs. its not just tilikum. >> we have to separate what happened to dawn -- and as tragic as it is, no one wants to see it happen again -- can seaworld create an environment where it never happens again? yes, i absolutely beli...