A video has gone viral on TikTok that makes it appear like an Orca trainer named "Jessica Radcliffe" was killed by a whale.

Building on 60 years of marine animal rescue and education, SeaWorld San Diego recently unveiled its “next generation” Orca Encounter — an immersive experience designed to deepen public understanding ...

No, the TikTok video showing a trainer named Jessica Radcliffe dying in the mouth of an orca killer whale is not real. It ...

On July 26, 2025, in San Antonio, Texas, USA, @leilani.jadeee shared a video taken at SeaWorld. In the video, an orca ...

SeaWorld decided to stop breeding orcas, and phase out its world-famous killer whale performances by 2019, after public opinion turned against keeping orcas, dolphins and other animals in ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — A SeaWorld Orlando trainer went to the hospital after being injured by an orca last year, according to a document from OSHA. The document says that on June 13, 2022, at 1:30 p.m ...

Takara, a 25-year-old orca living at SeaWorld San Antonio, has already delivered four calves in four different cramped tanks across the country, and is about to deliver her fifth.

It brings SeaWorld’s orca population in the U.S. to 23. All the orcas are expected to remain on display and available for researchers for years to come in Orlando, San Diego and San Antonio.

Kalia, a 10-year-old killer whale, gave birth to the calf at 12:34 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2, under the watchful eyes of SeaWorld’s zoological team.

The orca whales currently in SeaWorld’s care will be the last generation of the mammals enclosed at the water parks, a company announcement says.

The spokesman also said SeaWorld has not considered retiring its orcas or working to place them in sea pen sanctuaries, as animal welfare groups and orca experts have suggested, and pointed ...

Score one for the cetaceans. Photo: Tilikum, the orca linked to three violent deaths, at SeaWorld Orlando in 2010. As charismatic megafauna go, Tilikum is one of the most charismatic, the most ...