Sentences with phrase «killer whale trainer»

The film stars Marion Cotillard as a killer whale trainer who suffers a horrible accident, but develops a bond with a man (Bullhead «s Matthias Schoenaerts) who has...

The special event was emceed by Steve Caporizzo from Pet Connection and featured John Hargrove, a former SeaWorld Killer Whale trainer featured in the acclaimed documentary «Blackfish,» Yakkul, a dog from Afghanistan, that was adopted by a U.S. Special Forces officer from Valatie, and Nimee, a disabled dog that uses a wheelchair to get around.

Tedisco & Ball Join John Hargrove, Former SeaWorld Killer Whale Trainer Featured in «Blackfish», Yakkul a Dog Rescued by U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan, and Nimee, a Disabled Pooch that uses a Wheelchair, for 4th Annual NYS Animal Advocacy Day

Not exact matches

His story — and erratic behavior of being involved in the deaths of three trainers over a two - decade period — was used in the film to underscore some of the issue associated with keeping «killer whales» in captivity.

After an experienced trainer was pulled in and killed by an orca at SeaWorld, a wildlife biologist who studies the species explains how a killer whale's natural behavior might help shed light on what happened

Watching Rust and Bone, which Sony Pictures Classics acquired preemptively before its first Cannes screening, it's easy to imagine all of the ways in which Hollywood might have fouled up this story of a killer - whale trainer (Marion Cotillard) who loses both her legs in a freak accident and, during her recovery, enters into a tentative romance with a stoic drifter (Matthias Schoenaerts) who moonlights as an amateur MMA fighter.

Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes review a documentary about the death of three trainers after accidents involving Tilukum, a performing killer - whale.

Director Gabriela Cowperthwaite goes incredibly deep, using amazing, never - before - seen footage of actual, life - and - death events, along with TV news accounts and raw, compelling interviews with former SeaWorld trainers and others forever effected by this practice of capturing killer whales and turning them into entertainers.

We can pretty much credit the downfall of Sea World to Gabriela Cowperthwaite's «Blackfish,» which tells the story of Tilikum, a killer whale living in captivity that killed its trainer in 2010.

One of the year's most controversial documentaries tells the story of Tilikum, a killer whale who killed a trainer at SeaWorld Orlando in 2010; that wasn't the first human death in which he was involved.

The most famous argument in favor of clicker training / operant conditioning is the one that says these trick trainers can train dolphins and killer whales to obey without using aversive corrections.

Obviously, trainers dealing with such large, potentially dangerous animals do not want killer whales and grizzly bears forming negative associations with training, or with the trainer!

Joel Beckman has mentored each trainer and most of our trainers have worked with many different species of animals, including Killer whales, dolphins, big cats, birds of prey, etc..

Liz feels so fortunate that she and her husband Joel shared such a rare opportunity training killer whales and she enjoys that they continue to work side by side along with their talented team of dog trainers.

BLACKFISH, an edge - of - seat documentary, that spotlights Tilikum, Sea World's killer whale that took the life of senior trainer Dawn Brancheau in early 2010.