Friday, February 26, 2010

Sea World tragedy sparks Twitter protest

A small but growing number of Twitter users have begun petitioning for the release of Tilikum, the killer whale at Sea World in Florida responsible for killing a trainer earlier this week.

The whale has been in captivity since being captured off the coast of Iceland in 1983 at the age of two.

Sea World has announced it will not release the whale, but some folks are not happy with that decision.



@atlparty_girl Read in an article that they dnt know if the killer whale in FL should "be put to death like a dangerous dog" as if the whale chose 2 be

@johnlines RT @ecmsl: Willing to bet that Americans know more about the Killer Whale story than they do about Healthcare Summit.

@annefischer RT @SeaWorld_Parks: Chuck Tompkins, Head of Animal Training, talks about SeaWorld killer whale trainer Dawn Brancheau. http://bit.ly/cLV8J2

@gawkernews Killer Whale Dragging Trainer to Death: the Upside [Killer Whale]: According to an analysis of the PR after... http://bit.ly/a7NBAw #gawker

@aymentv altho its sad that she died, Im not rly happy abt the bad rap the killer whale is gettin 4 doing wat it does best - the clue is in the name!

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