Few animals in captivity have shaped public opinion, and public policy, quite like Tilikum, a male orca whose decades in marine parks became a turning point in the debate over keeping killer whales in captivity. Captured As A Calf, Raised In Concrete Tilikum was captured off the coast of Iceland in 1983 at around two years old and initially held at a marine zoo near … [Read more...] about Chilling last words of trainer ripped apart by ‘psychotic’ killer whales