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A still from ‘Blackfish’  There might soon be a sad post-script to 2013′s horrifying film Blackfish. Tilikum, the orca at the center of...

Orca at the Center of ‘Blackfish’ Suffering From Serious, Potentially Fatal Illness

A still from ‘Blackfish’ 

There might soon be a sad post-script to 2013′s horrifying film Blackfish.

Tilikum, the orca at the center of director Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s documentary about the alleged abusive treatment of captive animals at SeaWorld, is seriously ill from a lung infection. TMZ broke the news on Tuesday, and the theme park company — which has vehemently denied the allegations in Cowperthwaite’s film — confirmed the report later in the afternoon, saying in a Facebook post that “Tilikum’s health has been deteriorating.”


In the accompanying video, a company veterinarian says, “I wish I could say I was tremendously optimistic about Tilikum and his future, but he has a disease which is chronic and progressive, and at some point might cause his death.”

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