Tilikum The Killer Whale Who Was The Subject Of Blackfish Dies

January 6, 2017 | Marconi🍕

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(from apnews.com + barstoolsports.com)

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 helped sway popular opinion against keeping killer whales in captivity. (MORE HERE)

Really 2017? What, too soon?

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