Tilikum is a big 12000 pound whale lives in seaworld, orlando florida. He was captured off of the cost in Iceland. When he was first captured he was taken to Sealand Of The Pacific. Which closed down when Tilikum killed one of the workers Keltie Byrne.
Sealand Of The Pacific was a very small pool with a barn that went underwater in the back with a net around it. It was extremely small and little space for these big animals to swim and move around. Their was 3 whales total. Tilikum, and 2 females. The pool that they stayed in was only a 20 foot by 30 foot pools.
Keltie was an olympic swimmer, that needed a side job. Sealand was very popular at the time, so it was a perfect job for Keltie. One day she was in a performance, she was climbing off of a ladder to string plastic balls that were hung on a beam, she was getting down from the ladder to feed the whales fish when, she slipped. Her foot dipped in the water. She lost her balance. And fell in. She tried to pull herself over the edge of the pool and Tilikum came and grabbed her foot and pulled her under. After a while Tilikum came and brought her up above the water, and then back down until she died.
Sealand of the pacific Sold Tilikum to Seaworld (They are 2 different companies). Seaworld bought Tilly for breeding purposes. That is pretty much all he is used for. He was in some performances but not a lot. Roughly 40% of the whales at seaworld have tilly's blood in them. They are still breeding with him currently.
