As a former trainer, I am disgusted by the way Sea World treats its whales, its trainers, and its customers. You have to understand that we trainers were kept in the dark about a lot of what happened to the people that were killed. They blame us for our deaths; saying that "it was a timing error on the trainer's part" or "they slipped and hit their head and died" or something along those lines. But as you look back and start thinking, you find holes in these stories they keep telling you and begin to ask questions. Though I never knew Dawn personally, I've heard that she was close to Tilikum, and very skilled at what she did. I find it hard to believe that she died from making a careless mistake, and it's horrible that anyone would try to blame her even though she's the victim! While I do blame Tilikum for Dawn's death, he's just as much of a victim. The higher-ups at Sea World treat their whales cruelly which pushed Tilikum to fight back. So really both the whales and trainers are victims.
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