Our series “Famous animals”
The dog Laïka, the first animal sent into space
Paul the octopus, the oracle of the 2010 World Cup
Metro Goldwyn Mayer lion
The Cinnamon Bear and Jacques Chirac
Dear Friend, the heroic pigeon
Tilikum, the Killer Orc
Grumpy Cat: The Cat Who Was Worth $100 Million (
posted August 14
)
Voluble as an American, precise as a witness who repeated his story in court, and still incredibly sad.
John Hargrove, the reformed killer whale trainer, can't stop rewatching the film of the death of his friend and colleague killed by the killer whale Tilikum in 2010. The same morning;
he was swimming with one of his incredible marine mammals in Seaworld San Diego.
“We were first told about an accident.
When I found out it was Dawn, it was Tilly, I realized it was an assault,” he describes interrupting his vacation to answer the phone.
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