"2016 will be the last year of our theatrical killer whale experience called One Ocean,” said SeaWorld's CEO and president, Joel Manby. Not that Shamu is going away, exactly.

39-year-old trainer is injured after Shamu the Killer Whale pulls him underwater twice by grabbing his feet during a performance at the SeaWorld Adventure Park.

Associated PressIn this photo taken on Dec. 30, 2005, Dawn Brancheau, a whale trainer at SeaWorld Adventure Park, is shown while performing. Brancheau was killed in an accident with a killer whale ...

Feb. 24, 2010— -- A female trainer was killed today at SeaWorld's Shamu Stadium in Orlando, Fla., by a 12,000-pound killer whale that had twice before been involved in the deaths of humans ...

SeaWorld has announced it is evolving its killer whale shows, which typically feature the orca Shamu, after activists repeatedly called them cruel. Shamu is actually a brand name, based on the ...

SeaWorld trainers won’t return to “water work” with killer whales in the new 2011 Shamu show after the death of an animal trainer forced a complete reworking of the marine park’s signature ...

Sea World is painting the summer in mythical strokes with “The Legend of Shamu” killer-whale production.For the show, trainers and whales are bosom buddies again — meaning that the former ...

SeaWorld, famous for its "Shamu" killer whale shows, says the Labor Department judge went too far when he prohibited "close contact" between the killer whales and their keepers after the Feb. 24 ...

The killer whale clamped its ferocious jaws onto terrified Anne's leg Credit: YouTube. The then-22-year-old, who worked as a secretary for the conglomerate, was convinced to ride Shamu in swimwear ...

ORLANDO - SeaWorld built its brand on a leaping and splashing killer whale named Shamu. She was part of its logo, gave her name to stadiums in the theme parks and was the inspiration for rides.

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