Don Brancho Biography

On that day, the mitant male named Tilikum in the eyes of shocked spectators dragged his trainer into the water, the summer Don Brancho, and inflicted deaths to her. Mirror recalls the history of bloody drama. Tilikum was born in the year. He is known for being the largest representative of his species, contained in captivity. The male weighed 5.4 tons, its length was about seven meters.

The animal was caught off the coast of Iceland at about the age of 2. At first he ended up in the Canadian water park Sealand of the Pacific, where he performed with other killer whales.

It was there that the first fatal incident with his participation occurred. One of the trainers went down to the wards in the water, and they grabbed it and began to transfer it to their mouths. As a result, the woman drowned, Tilikum was sold to the American SeaWorld, and Sealand of the Pacific was soon closed. According to investigators, the summer visitor to the show remained in the water park after closing, hiding from the guard.

Later, his body was found floating on the surface of the water in the paralle for killer whales. The examination showed that death came from hypothermia and drowning, and bruises, abrasions and bites were found on the corpse. According to eyewitnesses, a few seconds before the tragedy, the trainer Don Brancho lay on his stomach “face to face” with a warehouse.

At some point, her hair gathered in the tail turned out to be in the mouth of the animal. As experts suggest, this could serve as a trigger for further events. Probably Tilikum decided that they were playing with him, or took fishing hair for another treat. When the trainer tried to pull her hair out of the mouth of Tilikum, he dragged her into the water in front of the shocked public.

The siren turned on. Employees of the water park rushed to the pool to drive an excited animal on the network, but it was too late. CCTV cameras recorded that Don had disappeared from sight in Tilikum was seen with her lifeless body in his mouth. Some spectators saw the braid dragged her trainer by the hand and body. Others reported that Don tried to get out, but Tilikum prevented her, hitting her chest.

He randomly moved along the pool, then popping up to the surface, then plunging into the water. And the more actively the staff of the water park tried to distract him, the more aggressively he became. The paramedic who arrived at the scene of the incident immediately realized that the woman was dead: she had a scalp and her neck was broken. Thus ended the bright career of Don Brancho in SeaWorld, where she worked for 15 years.

However, Tilikum continued to perform, despite the bloody biography. In the year, he was again admitted to the show, but this time without direct contact with people. Tilikum participated in the performances up to a year, until he picked up a pulmonary infection. In January, he was gone.