Sea World Shamu Show with Dawn Brancheau- 3 days before she was killed by an orca!!! 

What incredible footage of an incredible woman. Thank you for posting :)

Dawn graduated with me from high school. Although not friends she was a bright light, never arrogant and always smiling. Although beautiful and top of her class, she was kind and approachable. Such a loss.

It's pathetic that Sea World tried to blame Dawn for her own death due to wearing a ponytail when you can clearly see in this show 3 days before her death she had the same ponytail.

Sharks are afraid of these creatures. Putting these huge predators in a tank for our own amusement and entertainment? Bad idea.

It's sad when anyone gets hurt, but be real - these animals do not have a bond to their trainer, as perhaps the trainer has to them. They are not domesticated animals but apex predators that are highly intelligent. They are held captive and given a few dead fish when they do as they are told. They are slaves and they want and deserve their freedom. The performances look amazing, but it's inhumane. Given the choice those animals would want to be with their pods in the ocean, not in a pool with humans.

Absolutely tragic for Tillikum and for Dawn, this should never of happened. These beautiful creatures should not be kept captive like this. They should be in the ocean hunting for their fish not dead fish when they’ve done a trick!! They should be enjoyed by people on a boat watching them in the friggin wild. RIP Tilikum and Dawn xx

Still breaks my heart to this day…I feel as though she never would’ve imagined her dream job would’ve ended her life. She wasn’t evil, she just wasn’t aware on the dangers that captivity entails. Rest In Peace to Dawn, & Tilikum ❤️💔

My dad always said, "An animal is an animal is an animal. You never know when they have a headache or are having a bad day." So true.

RIP Tilly and Dawn, both of you are free from hell, greed, and pain

Poor orcas :( there not surfboards or meant for anything like that

Isn't the loud music a problem? It even seems loud to me and as far as I know, whales do hear "better" than humans...

Wow! Dawn is an absolutely beautiful woman inside and out!! You can see this light in her presence 💕

It is amazing what Dawn could do. She had an amazing way about her. That being said. This is also chilling to watch in a way. The power of these animals is immense. It boggles the mind. To think we ever thought a man could control an Orca. Truly..

Not Dawn's fault, but we as humans are ALL guilty of being so arrogant to think we know what's best for all species. We as humans want to be left to our own to pursue our own life liberty and happiness. Why can't we respect the same right to others?

8:54 could not help the tears in my eyes.. poor Dawn, poor frustrated orcas in SW, I think Dawn really cared about them and all of this just make me incredibly sad. I just hope to be able to see these magnificent creatures in the wild one day (just saw them 2 years ago in San Diego and I still feel guilty for having gone to SeaWorld, realizing some time after how they treat them :-(

Exhilarating for Dawn and it was her dream. It must have taken years to be comfortable with such large animals. It showed an incredible amount of trust. Rest In Peace Dawn

Absolutely disgusting the way they treat these magnificent mammals should be protected

Anyone else find this incredibly creepy? I know she wasn't with Tili in this show but just knowing what happened to her I can't watch these clips with out getting goose bumps. How could you blame him? He was tired of doing the dog and pony show and being starved. Maybe it's not such a bright idea to keep a KILLER whale couped up in a pool and hungry with humans in the water. Greedy Sea World knew he had killed two other people. How these places are still open is beyond me.

crazy how you can be interacting with an animal like that, doing something you love & having that kind of experience ... then 3 days later you’re being dragged & mauled & killed in the same place by the same animal. Wow. I love these animals, was always jealous of how the trainers were able to just swim around with them all the time - they’re incredible. I wanna see an orca up close but I’ll have to wait & see if I see one in the wild (I know she’s not performing with tilikum here I just meant with an orca in general)

Her energy was absolutely incredible! Truly beautiful soul.

This is wonderful footage of Dawn!! She really loved her job. You feel the love she had for these whales.

They play that music so that humans will be moved by the horrify things these animals have to go through. I would never go to sea world !

She let go of her comfort zone with Tilikum and that’s okay, she’s human, sometimes we forget. It’s just sad about the outcome. She tried twice to get out of the water. I’m sure she was petrified. I’ve read the whole report. She died doing something she loved as opposed to others.

The thing about this that makes me sad is that I don't think the trainers are all that evil. From the interviews I've watched with former trainers I think they really do love the whales but most of them don't fully understand problems with captivity and what they're actually doing until it's too late. Like the guy who use to work alongside Dawn and quit after her death because SeaWorld tried to blame Dawn for her death and now he's speaking out on what they did to the whales and still do allegedly

She looks like a mermaid. Happy in their own world ❤. I guess Tilikum and Dawn met on the other side of the world. Both in tears, Tilikum shattered and being sorry and Dawn hugging him saying "it wasn't your fault ".

RIP Tilikum and Dawn 😪

Those orcas aren’t happy in those tanks. That’s just cruel for Tilikum to be there. Please just stop forcing orcas to do tricks. Let them go that’s why an orca and the baby were crying. He just wanted to be set free from that tank. Bad idea for them to be stuck in a tank.

You can tell she genuinely loved these animals,and what she did. She’s certainly brave; there’s absolutely no way I would go anywhere near (let alone get into) any water that deep with anything that big. Truly magnificent animals. So sorry what happened to her however.

REST IN PEACE TILIKUM !

SeaWorld claimed dawn was dragged in by her ponytail when she was supposed to have a bun. That’s BS tho because here it’s clearly okay to have a pony tail. Also that was their way of blaming her (even tho she did nothing wrong) when the whale grabbed her arm anyways. It’s not the whales fault that we drove it to do this.

Loud music, small tanks, making wild animals do silly stuff for dumb people, Its animal cruelty , and Dawn Brancheau unfortunately was part of the problem. How anyone can think that this is an appropriate way to deal with these huge wild animals is beyond me. Brancheau and her co workers all around the world who work in similar shows obviously never thought twice about what they were doing there...and of course the owners of Sea World are nothing but money counting criminals...sorry but its true.

If anyone is wondering what whale she's preforming with, it's Katina. :)

I know its bad for them to be in captivity and it's dangerous as hell to swim with them because they rip up sealions like lunch meat but seeing them be sweet to the trainers is adorable.

So sad..3 days later he kill her and swallow her arm even yet she's obviously under the impression they are bonded here and he cares for her. His whole entire life was so sad. The footage of him being captured as a baby screaming and his mom trying so hard to save him..he never forgot

Dawn & Tilli are together in Heaven, all is forgotten, and he is giving her rides in the eternal sea of tranquility. What a beautiful dream :).......

I just never liked how loud the music is..

I love Dawn & Tilikum. May they Rest in Peace!

Rip dawn and tili! Hopefully they're playing together in a big ocean

Nice to people comment on both Dawn and Tillikum, don't have to be to have a life. Would have preferred to see sea world shut down and remaining Orca's to have peaceful life. Rip Dawn.

Amazing what SHE did with those animals... It's a shame what was done to those animals though

Ms. Brancheau clearly loves what she was doing! How many of us can do that much living in a lifetime, that she managed to do in her years as a trainer? I admire her tenacity and energy, and am so sorry she died. Sympathies to her family and friends for their tragic loss.

Man, sea world doesn’t get crowds that size anymore.

Unlike with zoos, these animals are BRUTALLY captured from the wild and torn from their families. THEN put Inside of a tank which for this animal is like us being in a multi mirrored environment where we just cannot get our bearings ever. Imagine being in a place like that forever and ever and ever. 😡😡😔😔😡😡😔😔😡😡😔😔😡😡😡😡😡

It makes me really mad watching this

r I p beautiful tilikum you was too good for this world!

It's very surprising that you can swim with these powerful creatures in the wild without being attacked. At least so far. But ultimately, they are wild animals and unpredictable. I had the good fortune of seeing one up close in the San Juan Islands just off the coast of Washington State. I was on the beach and one swam away from its pod and came close to me to have a look. It was amazing.

The whales in this video are Kayla, Taima, and Kalina if anyone was wondering!

I went in the 80s. After watching several documentaries including Blackfish and Voiceless I could never support this again😫😫😫

That tiny pool is sad.

I have to acknowledge the bravery of the trainers to even get into the water with Killer Whales and put their lives at risk but I would never visit Sea World because it’s inhumane to keep wild animals in unnatural environments just for entertainment. Sea world are mostly interested in making money and not the wellbeing of the Whales or the trainers.

RIP Dawn.. SEA WORLD SHOULD NOT EXIST! Amen

these beautiful intelligent beings hunt whales and sharks..and we think we can control them for profit. Rest in peace to her, but it is a clear message that their captivity is wrong

this was actually painful to watch. Another example of man's exploitation of nature for money. Whales should be in their natural habitat, not imprisoned in these small tanks and forced to do stupid tricks with humans.

They are truly beautiful and intelligent. They can relate to humans, maybe because they are family oriented with their pods. Precious but wild. After watching them interact, I love them. But they belong in the sea with their families. They do what humans want, but only for so long. Please let's give them back to the ocean.

It's spooky, watching this now, and *knowing* that Tilikum will kill her three days later.

who knew 3 days later she would be gone.. :( at least she got to work with the beautiful beasts

I'm sorry! But she would not be killed while swimming with orcas in the ocean!!!!! These wonderful animals should be free and not living in small tanks just for fun for the audience!!

Rip tili and dawn now they in heaven with each other 😍

It's was all fun and games until the prisoner decided the game was over........

It's a tragity for both. An animal is an animal and will behave like one. I am sure Dawn never thought this would happen. The problem is, we put human emotions on animals and predicte there behavior as a human would react. It's not just orcas but big cats, lizards, snakes and forth. Everyone who died at the hands of their pet forgot that it's an animal and will behave like one. I watched a video we're a family has a coyote and let's it sleep with their child. A tragity waiting to happen. None of these creatures should be kept in captivity.

discusting, poor animals,these animals belong to the sea ,don,t visits this shows ,ANIMAL ABUSE😡😡😡

She tied a pony tail in this also!!! I'm sure tilikum was starved and unwell on that day

STOP GOING IN THESE PLACES - STOP GOING WHERE WILD ANIMALS ARE EXPOSED LIKE PETS

It’s so sad she died. She seemed like such a wonderful person, you can really feel her happy energy through the screen from any footage I’ve seen of her. I hope both Dawn and Tilly have found peace now, wherever they are. It’s honestly also sad the orcas can’t have the trainers in the water anymore. I’m sure that was a big part of their enrichment and given how much social bonds mean to orcas it wouldn’t surprise me if they miss them. Just think about how many years Dawn had been at SW without any problems before. To be clear, I hate that there are captive orcas. It never should have happened and sometimes just thinking about it is enough to make me cry. There are no words for how I feel about the people who took these magnificent creatures from their homes and put them in small tanks for our amusement and to earn money. But I don’t agree with people who act like training them is part of the cruelty too. Think of a highly energetic and intelligent dog breed-if you can’t let them work with what they were bred for, like herding or hunting etc, you HAVE to be a very dedicated trainer and spend hours every day giving them mental stimulation, or else they could never be happy. There must be a suitable substitute for the natural drives. Now imagine how much smarter an orca is than a dog. As much as I wish we could release them, the orcas can’t just be let back into the wild. They depend on humans now. So it’s up to humans to make sure they’re as happy as they can possibly be. Surely training them to keep their minds stimulated is a huge part of that.

I swear, if I had been a SeaWorld employee, hearing that song all day, day in and day out, I would have gone out of my mind.

Thank you so very much for posting this, Dawn has been my idol since I was a little girl! My grandparents would take me to see her and I would tell my grandmother that I wanted to be just like her (Dawn). As soon as I saw Dawn I bawled my eyes out

Playing with his food, he was bound to eat it eventually...what we do to these poor creatures

this was so sketchy I'm surprised she didnt have an accident before

🌊🐋 There is one thing we can do !!! Don't buy tickets !!! 🐋🌊

She was a beautiful and compassionate woman. She loved Tili and all the whales. May we all achieve our dreams.

Man killed dawn the whale was driven to madness !! Sad for the beautiful dawn & the mistreated tilitam 😪😪😪

Such a beautiful woman... Missing you everyday, Dawn. May you rest in peace. We love and miss you.

Tbh seeing how they was before Dawn's death is actully shocking making the whales dance and shit like seriously it all a joke do you think they want dead fish fed to them they enjoy the hunt the chase of a kill like seeing how they used to make the whales do dance moves wtaf is wrong with people they are whales leave them alone and let them be whales flipping makes me mad this does Tilly killed 2 people before dawn and yet he was still made to be a performing monkey utter joke

25 years ago I took my kids to sea world, it was the first time we had been to America. We did all the attractions, as you do. It was amazing but never did I once think back then about how dangerous, or about the way the whales were being used . I am ashamed to say. Things were different back then. Now it makes me very upset to think these and many other animals lose there natural life just so people can make money from it. I wonder if things will EVER change. I think not. 😪😪

F**k, my ears are rotting because of this idiotic music

This whales are sooo sweet...but sad at the same time...

Cruelty at th highest height! Unnatural and exploitive! R.I.P Orca & Dawn 😢

All these people in the stands haven’t a clue about what these orcas go through in captivity. They should not be used in this manner. It’s nothing more than a money maker at the expense of these beautiful animals. It’s very sad to say the least.

This is so wrong in so many ways...

It's really creepy to think of what will happen 3 days after this...

that wale wasn't trained enough to be fully trusted at that time and thats why he bit her like that sea world knew this and didnt tell those trainers important information

There's not another way to learn about this great creatures?..

Each time one of these trainers interacted with one of these killer whales, they were putting their lives in danger. That looked odd how one of the trainers yanked that guy out of the tank, as if he might've been in possible danger.

Very sad to watch. Look at all those scumbags who’ve gone to watch this torture.

We shouldn’t blame Dawn or tilikum. Seaworld knew Tili showed aggression in the past and they still kept him in captivity. Tili should have been set free

Beautiful woman and my biggest inspiration

I was there on a field trip 3 weeks before she was killed.

This is animal abuse....

I love your whales very good show but the whales but be free.❤️👍😃👌😀😍💕😊😘😮

They’re not whales. They are dolphins. They are killers of whales. I love orcas to death. Although the performance was spectacular, I would to see them free like Keiko. Also all of the dolphins should be released as well.

I just noticed it wasn’t Tilikum too! That’s crazy she didn’t see it coming!! She died doing what she loved 💙Rest in peace Ms. Dawn😇🙏🏾

Awful music....that would be annoying to hear that noise day in and day out....poor orcas ....they should be free in the ocean instead of being exploited for money and human entertainment.

Wow she was incredible and so young and vibrant. That was so beautiful. Thank you for posting.

Urgh all that loud music 🤬 how awful 💔 poor tillikum was stolen from he's family in the wild, he was a traumatized animal

you can tell she really loved the animals. so sad that the thing that brought her so much joy was tragically the one to kill her. rest in peace dawn. these videos make me sad & happy at the same time.

I wonder if the dreadful music played a part in instigating the attack.

Rest In Peace Mrs. Brancheau. I'll see you on the other side.

Reminds me of the days we use to make bears dance. Bring back the days when we could make animals perform for us for our entertainment without any regulation please!!!

RIP Dawn. An inspiration to mankind, hope u and tili have talked things out and are good friends

It makes me feel sick watching such magnificent wild animals made to perform tricks for stupid and uncaring people. 😢