The fatal encounter on February 24, 2010, helped turn public opinion against a controversial theme park show.

Tilikum was a male orca who almost lived his whole life in captivity. He was only two years old when authorities captured him in the waters off the coast of Iceland in 1983. At first, he lived in a ...

Tilikum drowned his trainer in front of a live audience in 2010. It was not the first time he had killed a human. Two earlier deaths had already been linked to the same orca while in captivity.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tilikum, an orca that killed a trainer at SeaWorld Orlando in 2010 and was profiled in a documentary that helped sway popular opinion against keeping killer whales in captivity at ...

Tilikum, an orca that killed a trainer at SeaWorld Orlando in 2010 and was profiled in a documentary that helped sway popular opinion against keeping killer whales in captivity at SeaWorld parks, has ...

Screenshot of Tilikum Bridge from TriMet video footage around 8:40 am on August 29th, 2025. Watch the video below. It happened around 8:40 am on Friday, August 29th. The first reports I received were ...

About a week ago, in the early hours of Jan. 6, Tilikum — Seaworld’s best-known orca and the star of Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s 2013 documentary “Blackfish” — died at age 36. Captured wild in Icelandic ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Securing a Major League Baseball team could help Portland’s Tilikum Crossing survive the next big Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake, one earthquake expert says. Completed in ...

The owner of 3 Doors Down Cafe and Lounge, located near Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard and Southeast 37th Avenue, announced they’ll be closing in the next couple of ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tilikum the orca has died after more than two decades at SeaWorld Orlando, where he gained notoriety for killing a trainer in 2010 and was later profiled in a documentary that ...