Trainer attacked by killer whale at Loro Parque theme park on Tenerife

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Trainer attacked by killer whale at Loro Parque theme park on Tenerife
By m.p. - Oct 7, 2007 - 10:16 PM
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The woman is in hospital after the orca dragged her down to the bottom of the pool
A trainer at the Loro Parque theme park on Tenerife is in hospital after she was injured this weekend during a training session with one of the killer whales at the centre in Puerto de la Cruz.

The Canarias 7 newspaper says it happened at the pre-show warm up on Saturday, when the orca crashed into the trainer, injuring her right lung and breaking her forearm in two places.

She was rescued by two colleagues after the mammal dragged her down to the bottom of the pool.

She is now said to be stable after surgery on Saturday.

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TypicallySpanish newsteam
09 Oct 2007, 09:17

The Loro park inform that the Orca did not attack, and that the collision with the trainer was accidental.

Andy Mcleod
26 Oct 2007, 08:08

Yea I agree that what happen to the trainer was an accident I dont believe a Orca would ever hurt any one on purpis. Sure by the sound of the article it sounds like an attack but ya who knows what the Whale was thinking wether it was scared or just wanted to play but injured the trainer wile trying to play cause of the size of it. But yea I hope nothing happens to the whale after this cause I do believe it wasent its inteshion to hurt any one.

Andy Mcleod
26 Oct 2007, 08:14

Yea I agree that what happen to the trainer was an accident I dont believe a Orca would ever hurt any one on purpis. Sure by the sound of the article it sounds like an attack but ya who knows what the Whale was thinking whether it was scared or just wanted to play but to hurt some one I do not believe. And I hope the Trainer gets well and I hope there is no punishment for the whale over this accident. Submitted by some one who loves Orcas.

Arantxa Bejarano
31 Oct 2007, 05:08

my favorite animal is killerwhales because i like them when they jump rewally high and splash everybody that is seeing these beautiful killerwhales and Keiko is very beautiful too and i hope i bcould see another orca someday. Goodbye

Elizabeth B.-D.
11 Nov 2007, 00:41

This was I think a collision but there's also a possibility that the trainer was very cruel to the Orca, animals cannot bear cruelty.

Thank you, Sincerely,

Elizabeth

Mr Spell
12 Nov 2007, 12:24

Andy McLeod,

I love orcas too, but perhaps you should spend more time studying language rathern than whales. Reading you're 2 very similar posts has given me a headache from trying to make sense out of them!

Mr Spell.

Kristin
09 Jan 2008, 17:30

I love orcas so much, And my favorite one is there in Loro Parque ! Her name is Kohana. But the injured trainer was 29 years old biologist Claudia Vollhardt from Germany. Claudia trained mostly with young male Tekoa and some news refer to him as the orca involved in this incident.
I don't actually think it was an attack, I agree it was an accident..

-Kristin

angel
25 Jan 2008, 12:29

i dont belive it no killer whale would do that without a reason

angel
25 Jan 2008, 12:30

i dont belive it no killer whale would do that without a reason

Orca love
22 Feb 2008, 21:20

Killer Whale's are NOT cruel animals, especially when raised in captivity. BUT, we all need to remember that no matter how hard we try we will never be able to predict this mammal's behavior. They aren't called Killer Whales for no reason ;) Things like this DO and WILL happen.

patrick anderson
18 Mar 2008, 16:26

whales should be left alone to get on with there lives.How whould you feel if someone came along and took a member of your family away from you.Greedy peaple who care more about money than anything else should be shot

Kristin
18 Mar 2008, 18:44

yeah that's true but i'm still not completely against captivity, there are 2 marine parks that really care about their animals.. It's SeaWorld and Loro Parque.

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