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(B) Tilikum is the largest orca in captivity, weighing 12,500 pounds and measuring over 22 feet in length. Captured near Iceland in 1983, he was wrenched from his mother as an infant by whale hunters and then 67 to Sealand in Canada. His original life being 68 , the only thing he could do was swim in small circles and float aimlessly at the surface of the water in a confined tank, far away from the expansive ocean in which he had swum a hundred miles a day alongside his family members. Food was withheld from him, a marine 69 , as a training technique, and he regularly endured painful attacks by two dominant female orcas. After imposed training, he was forced to perform eight times a day for seven 70 days a week. The constant stress and 71 exhaustion left him profound psychological and physical traumas. On February 21, 1991, a Sealand trainer fell into the pool containing all three orcas and was pulled to the bottom of the enclosure by Tilikum, tossed around among the three orcas, and 72 drowned. Shortly after the death of the trainer, Sealand closed its doors for good and put Tilikum up for sale as though he was 73 a commodity. Despite Tilikum’s reputation for killing and aggression, SeaWorld, a theme park giant, quickly purchased Tilikum and forced him to give 74 tricks to entertain tourists. There, again, Tilikum 75 his frustration and stress by exhibiting aggression toward humans, which cost two more lives. Similar tragedies are sure to arise again and again 76 that humans continue to exploit this marine creature for commercial profit and for entertainment. 

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