Tilikum ;n;

Tilikum, a 33 year old bull orca who resides at Sea World Orlando, is notorious for causing three brutal deaths among a part-time trainer, an intruder to the park, and a senior, experienced trainer.

He is bullied by the other orcas at the park, mainly the matriarch Katina. He is kept away from the other whales, aside from his grandson Trua, who's father is dead and mother was separated from him at an early age and moved to Sea World San Antonio. Tilikum is often seen alone though, lifelessly floating.

Tilikum was the main focus in a recently released documentary about the treatment and events in cetacean captivity. The film has allowed many people to be exposed to what goes on behind the show and how everything began, yet is often criticized by sea world supporters and claimed to be false. Sea World itself made documents in regards to the documentary, pointing out misleading content or footage mistreatment. However, the makers of Blackfish and many other researchers debunked the "69 Things Wrong With Blackfish", and even accused Sea World of doing what they were calling Blackfish out for (manipulating emotion of viewers, misusing research and twisting it to their advantage, using misleading footage in videos produced by them where one orca would actually be another).

It shouldn't take a documentary to realize how wrong cetacean captivity is, though. Tilikum is one of 51 orcas still remaining in captivity, (less than a week ago it was 52, but a bull a year younger than Tilikum passed away on August 2nd). All of them have different, shocking stories.

Don't buy a ticket. One ticket pays for the entire industry to continue.