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Tuesday 3 October 2023 Dublin: 14°C

# blackfish

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# save the whales
People are heartbroken over a mother orca who carried the corpse of her newborn calf for 17 days
Scientists have called her actions ‘unprecedented’ and have said the pod is in danger of becoming extinct.
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Aug 13th 2018, 6:45 PM
# End of an era
Last killer whale born in captivity arrives at SeaWorld park
The mother, 25-year-old Takara, was already pregnant when SeaWorld announced it had stopped breeding orcas.
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Apr 20th 2017, 3:25 PM
# Orca
Tilikum, SeaWorld whale that killed trainer, dies
The whale was profiled in Blackfish, a 2013 documentary that helped sway popular opinion against keeping killer whales in captivity.
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Jan 6th 2017, 5:53 PM
# blackfish
SeaWorld is ending its killer whale shows
And it won’t be breeding them anymore.
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Mar 17th 2016, 12:40 PM
# blackfish
SeaWorld to phase out killer whale shows as protests grow
SeaWorld has seen attendance go down in recent years – in part as a result of revelations in the 2013 documentary Blackfish.
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Nov 9th 2015, 8:05 PM
# MOVIE TIME
11 films released in 2013 that you should really catch up on
If there’s one thing the Christmas break is good for, it’s watching some films.
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Dec 26th 2013, 3:00 PM