What incredible footage of an incredible woman. Thank you for posting :)

Dawn graduated with me from high school. Although not friends she was a bright light, never arrogant and always smiling. Although beautiful and top of her class, she was kind and approachable. Such a loss.

It's pathetic that Sea World tried to blame Dawn for her own death due to wearing a ponytail when you can clearly see in this show 3 days before her death she had the same ponytail.

My dad always said, "An animal is an animal is an animal. You never know when they have a headache or are having a bad day." So true.

Sharks are afraid of these creatures. Putting these huge predators in a tank for our own amusement and entertainment? Bad idea.

It's sad when anyone gets hurt, but be real - these animals do not have a bond to their trainer, as perhaps the trainer has to them. They are not domesticated animals but apex predators that are highly intelligent. They are held captive and given a few dead fish when they do as they are told. They are slaves and they want and deserve their freedom. The performances look amazing, but it's inhumane. Given the choice those animals would want to be with their pods in the ocean, not in a pool with humans.

RIP Tilly and Dawn, both of you are free from hell, greed, and pain

Absolutely tragic for Tillikum and for Dawn, this should never of happened. These beautiful creatures should not be kept captive like this. They should be in the ocean hunting for their fish not dead fish when they’ve done a trick!! They should be enjoyed by people on a boat watching them in the friggin wild. RIP Tilikum and Dawn xx

Still breaks my heart to this day…I feel as though she never would’ve imagined her dream job would’ve ended her life. She wasn’t evil, she just wasn’t aware on the dangers that captivity entails. Rest In Peace to Dawn, & Tilikum ❤️💔

Exhilarating for Dawn and it was her dream. It must have taken years to be comfortable with such large animals. It showed an incredible amount of trust. Rest In Peace Dawn

Wow! Dawn is an absolutely beautiful woman inside and out!! You can see this light in her presence 💕

Isn't the loud music a problem? It even seems loud to me and as far as I know, whales do hear "better" than humans...

It is amazing what Dawn could do. She had an amazing way about her. That being said. This is also chilling to watch in a way. The power of these animals is immense. It boggles the mind. To think we ever thought a man could control an Orca. Truly..

Looks weird to see the trainers in the water now.

She let go of her comfort zone with Tilikum and that’s okay, she’s human, sometimes we forget. It’s just sad about the outcome. She tried twice to get out of the water. I’m sure she was petrified. I’ve read the whole report. She died doing something she loved as opposed to others.

She looks like a mermaid. Happy in their own world ❤. I guess Tilikum and Dawn met on the other side of the world. Both in tears, Tilikum shattered and being sorry and Dawn hugging him saying "it wasn't your fault ".

Her energy was absolutely incredible! Truly beautiful soul.

crazy how you can be interacting with an animal like that, doing something you love & having that kind of experience ... then 3 days later you’re being dragged & mauled & killed in the same place by the same animal. Wow. I love these animals, was always jealous of how the trainers were able to just swim around with them all the time - they’re incredible. I wanna see an orca up close but I’ll have to wait & see if I see one in the wild (I know she’s not performing with tilikum here I just meant with an orca in general)

8:54 could not help the tears in my eyes.. poor Dawn, poor frustrated orcas in SW, I think Dawn really cared about them and all of this just make me incredibly sad. I just hope to be able to see these magnificent creatures in the wild one day (just saw them 2 years ago in San Diego and I still feel guilty for having gone to SeaWorld, realizing some time after how they treat them :-(

Poor orcas :( there not surfboards or meant for anything like that

Not Dawn's fault, but we as humans are ALL guilty of being so arrogant to think we know what's best for all species. We as humans want to be left to our own to pursue our own life liberty and happiness. Why can't we respect the same right to others?

Absolutely disgusting the way they treat these magnificent mammals should be protected

They play that music so that humans will be moved by the horrify things these animals have to go through. I would never go to sea world !

Anyone else find this incredibly creepy? I know she wasn't with Tili in this show but just knowing what happened to her I can't watch these clips with out getting goose bumps. How could you blame him? He was tired of doing the dog and pony show and being starved. Maybe it's not such a bright idea to keep a KILLER whale couped up in a pool and hungry with humans in the water. Greedy Sea World knew he had killed two other people. How these places are still open is beyond me.

The thing about this that makes me sad is that I don't think the trainers are all that evil. From the interviews I've watched with former trainers I think they really do love the whales but most of them don't fully understand problems with captivity and what they're actually doing until it's too late. Like the guy who use to work alongside Dawn and quit after her death because SeaWorld tried to blame Dawn for her death and now he's speaking out on what they did to the whales and still do allegedly

You can tell she genuinely loved these animals,and what she did. She’s certainly brave; there’s absolutely no way I would go anywhere near (let alone get into) any water that deep with anything that big. Truly magnificent animals. So sorry what happened to her however.

REST IN PEACE TILIKUM !

I know its bad for them to be in captivity and it's dangerous as hell to swim with them because they rip up sealions like lunch meat but seeing them be sweet to the trainers is adorable.

This is wonderful footage of Dawn!! She really loved her job. You feel the love she had for these whales.

Ms. Brancheau clearly loves what she was doing! How many of us can do that much living in a lifetime, that she managed to do in her years as a trainer? I admire her tenacity and energy, and am so sorry she died. Sympathies to her family and friends for their tragic loss.

RIP Tilikum and Dawn 😪

Dawn & Tilli are together in Heaven, all is forgotten, and he is giving her rides in the eternal sea of tranquility. What a beautiful dream :).......

If anyone is wondering what whale she's preforming with, it's Katina. :)

So sad..3 days later he kill her and swallow her arm even yet she's obviously under the impression they are bonded here and he cares for her. His whole entire life was so sad. The footage of him being captured as a baby screaming and his mom trying so hard to save him..he never forgot

It's very surprising that you can swim with these powerful creatures in the wild without being attacked. At least so far. But ultimately, they are wild animals and unpredictable. I had the good fortune of seeing one up close in the San Juan Islands just off the coast of Washington State. I was on the beach and one swam away from its pod and came close to me to have a look. It was amazing.

She was a beautiful and compassionate woman. She loved Tili and all the whales. May we all achieve our dreams.

RIP Dawn.. SEA WORLD SHOULD NOT EXIST! Amen

SeaWorld claimed dawn was dragged in by her ponytail when she was supposed to have a bun. That’s BS tho because here it’s clearly okay to have a pony tail. Also that was their way of blaming her (even tho she did nothing wrong) when the whale grabbed her arm anyways. It’s not the whales fault that we drove it to do this.

I love Dawn & Tilikum. May they Rest in Peace!

Thank you so very much for posting this, Dawn has been my idol since I was a little girl! My grandparents would take me to see her and I would tell my grandmother that I wanted to be just like her (Dawn). As soon as I saw Dawn I bawled my eyes out

Those orcas aren’t happy in those tanks. That’s just cruel for Tilikum to be there. Please just stop forcing orcas to do tricks. Let them go that’s why an orca and the baby were crying. He just wanted to be set free from that tank. Bad idea for them to be stuck in a tank.

Rip dawn and tili! Hopefully they're playing together in a big ocean

I swear, if I had been a SeaWorld employee, hearing that song all day, day in and day out, I would have gone out of my mind.

Rip tili and dawn now they in heaven with each other 😍

Such a beautiful woman... Missing you everyday, Dawn. May you rest in peace. We love and miss you.

It’s so sad she died. She seemed like such a wonderful person, you can really feel her happy energy through the screen from any footage I’ve seen of her. I hope both Dawn and Tilly have found peace now, wherever they are. It’s honestly also sad the orcas can’t have the trainers in the water anymore. I’m sure that was a big part of their enrichment and given how much social bonds mean to orcas it wouldn’t surprise me if they miss them. Just think about how many years Dawn had been at SW without any problems before. To be clear, I hate that there are captive orcas. It never should have happened and sometimes just thinking about it is enough to make me cry. There are no words for how I feel about the people who took these magnificent creatures from their homes and put them in small tanks for our amusement and to earn money. But I don’t agree with people who act like training them is part of the cruelty too. Think of a highly energetic and intelligent dog breed-if you can’t let them work with what they were bred for, like herding or hunting etc, you HAVE to be a very dedicated trainer and spend hours every day giving them mental stimulation, or else they could never be happy. There must be a suitable substitute for the natural drives. Now imagine how much smarter an orca is than a dog. As much as I wish we could release them, the orcas can’t just be let back into the wild. They depend on humans now. So it’s up to humans to make sure they’re as happy as they can possibly be. Surely training them to keep their minds stimulated is a huge part of that.

Wow she was incredible and so young and vibrant. That was so beautiful. Thank you for posting.

Nice to people comment on both Dawn and Tillikum, don't have to be to have a life. Would have preferred to see sea world shut down and remaining Orca's to have peaceful life. Rip Dawn.

Man, sea world doesn’t get crowds that size anymore.

r I p beautiful tilikum you was too good for this world!

The whales in this video are Kayla, Taima, and Kalina if anyone was wondering!

who knew 3 days later she would be gone.. :( at least she got to work with the beautiful beasts

Amazing what SHE did with those animals... It's a shame what was done to those animals though

They are truly beautiful and intelligent. They can relate to humans, maybe because they are family oriented with their pods. Precious but wild. After watching them interact, I love them. But they belong in the sea with their families. They do what humans want, but only for so long. Please let's give them back to the ocean.

RIP Dawn. An inspiration to mankind, hope u and tili have talked things out and are good friends

thank you for share this video and may they both rest in peace

That tiny pool is sad.

I just noticed it wasn’t Tilikum too! That’s crazy she didn’t see it coming!! She died doing what she loved 💙Rest in peace Ms. Dawn😇🙏🏾

25 years ago I took my kids to sea world, it was the first time we had been to America. We did all the attractions, as you do. It was amazing but never did I once think back then about how dangerous, or about the way the whales were being used . I am ashamed to say. Things were different back then. Now it makes me very upset to think these and many other animals lose there natural life just so people can make money from it. I wonder if things will EVER change. I think not. 😪😪

Thanks for sharing! Tilikum was not allowed to do shows because of his aggressive/possessive behavior... He had killed 3 before, when they invaded his space... Dawn was amazing and loved what she did! This was not Tilikum

I went in the 80s. After watching several documentaries including Blackfish and Voiceless I could never support this again😫😫😫

can I use a split second of the segment with dawn for an educational video?

It's really creepy to think of what will happen 3 days after this...

I will always love Dawn!!! Amazing woman who absolutely loved Killer Whale's💝She will never ever be forgotten. God Bless her soul🙏🙏🙏🙏

This whales are sooo sweet...but sad at the same time...

Rest In Peace Mrs. Brancheau. I'll see you on the other side.

It's spooky, watching this now, and *knowing* that Tilikum will kill her three days later.

Respect! X Went there as a young boy and had the best 2 weeks of my life in Orlando :D

Loud music, small tanks, making wild animals do silly stuff for dumb people, Its animal cruelty , and Dawn Brancheau unfortunately was part of the problem. How anyone can think that this is an appropriate way to deal with these huge wild animals is beyond me. Brancheau and her co workers all around the world who work in similar shows obviously never thought twice about what they were doing there...and of course the owners of Sea World are nothing but money counting criminals...sorry but its true.

We shouldn’t blame Dawn or tilikum. Seaworld knew Tili showed aggression in the past and they still kept him in captivity. Tili should have been set free

She tied a pony tail in this also!!! I'm sure tilikum was starved and unwell on that day

they performed so well together like best of friends sadly one never knows

It's a tragity for both. An animal is an animal and will behave like one. I am sure Dawn never thought this would happen. The problem is, we put human emotions on animals and predicte there behavior as a human would react. It's not just orcas but big cats, lizards, snakes and forth. Everyone who died at the hands of their pet forgot that it's an animal and will behave like one. I watched a video we're a family has a coyote and let's it sleep with their child. A tragity waiting to happen. None of these creatures should be kept in captivity.

Hey! Would you mind if I used this footage (with credit) in one of my future videos for Dawn?

They came here together to teach us. Both the beauty and the Beast forever swimming together in the solar seas free to be.

that wale wasn't trained enough to be fully trusted at that time and thats why he bit her like that sea world knew this and didnt tell those trainers important information

Man killed dawn the whale was driven to madness !! Sad for the beautiful dawn & the mistreated tilitam 😪😪😪

this was so sketchy I'm surprised she didnt have an accident before

She was extremely angelic. Her swimming skills are magnificent

Dawn is by far the best and most elegant performer

Cruelty at th highest height! Unnatural and exploitive! R.I.P Orca & Dawn 😢

this was actually painful to watch. Another example of man's exploitation of nature for money. Whales should be in their natural habitat, not imprisoned in these small tanks and forced to do stupid tricks with humans.

Does anyone know why the red light on the stage is activated? I thought that was a system they put in place after Dawn died?

How do they train them to do this?!?! I seriously want to know.

All these people in the stands haven’t a clue about what these orcas go through in captivity. They should not be used in this manner. It’s nothing more than a money maker at the expense of these beautiful animals. It’s very sad to say the least.

Each time one of these trainers interacted with one of these killer whales, they were putting their lives in danger. That looked odd how one of the trainers yanked that guy out of the tank, as if he might've been in possible danger.

Unlike with zoos, these animals are BRUTALLY captured from the wild and torn from their families. THEN put Inside of a tank which for this animal is like us being in a multi mirrored environment where we just cannot get our bearings ever. Imagine being in a place like that forever and ever and ever. 😡😡😔😔😡😡😔😔😡😡😔😔😡😡😡😡😡

"Are you not entertained ?" From "gladiator". What an incredible tragedy, both for dawn and the captive orcas

Playing with his food, he was bound to eat it eventually...what we do to these poor creatures

I was there on a field trip 3 weeks before she was killed.

Rest in peace, TILIKUM!!! 💕

Is this was Tilikum with Dawn?

I have to acknowledge the bravery of the trainers to even get into the water with Killer Whales and put their lives at risk but I would never visit Sea World because it’s inhumane to keep wild animals in unnatural environments just for entertainment. Sea world are mostly interested in making money and not the wellbeing of the Whales or the trainers.

these beautiful intelligent beings hunt whales and sharks..and we think we can control them for profit. Rest in peace to her, but it is a clear message that their captivity is wrong

Great seat to film the show it gave such a good view most show i see were filmed up top in back looking over hole pool but this looks much better for the whole big picture

I don't like whales being kept at SeaWorld, but you can see the love and respect she had for the whales. truly a sad story for such a person, but I think she died doing something she loved and that more to say than a lot of us. I don't think she died with life regrets.

There's not another way to learn about this great creatures?..

This is so wrong in so many ways...

The orcas at seaworld eat what is similar to a fast food diet. They get frozen fish which lacks the proper nutrients they need and totally cuts out their predator instinct to hunt their own food and because the fish is frozen it is severely lacking in the water content that the orcas need to survive. Keep in mind these animals swim hundreds of miles a day and hunt things as big as sea lions and even in rare cases, Great White Sharks which have a lot of water content to satisfy these large animals. Seaworld supplements the animals lack of water by feeding them gelatin which is extremely calorically dense and makes the orcas appear fatter than they would be if they just had the fish diet. But some orcas in their care are still considered underweight when compared to wild orcas. It’s so sad that it took multiple people losing their lives for change to start happening in the marine park industry. Still Seaworld has the Orcas and other intelligent marine creatures in their custody, and while they’ve stopped the circus style shows they still have the orcas perform instead of releasing them to be rehabilitated in their natural habitat. Of course Sea World will hold onto their Orcas for as long as they can because they are by far the biggest money drawing aspect of the park but it’s sad to see that these orcas could very well languish in the park for another 50 years instead of being allowed to live in open ocean.

Beautiful woman and my biggest inspiration