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Alexis Martínez
- Alexis Martínez (died December 24, 2009) was a Spanish animal trainer, notable as the victim of a fatal attack by an orca (killer whale). He was killed by a SeaWorld -owned orca, Keto, held at Loro Parque 's Orca Ocean in the Canary Islands.
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Alexis Martínez. Died. ( 2009-12-24) December 24, 2009. Loro Parque, Tenerife, Spain. Alexis Martínez (died December 24, 2009) was a Spanish animal trainer, notable as the victim of a fatal attack by an orca (killer whale). He was killed by a SeaWorld -owned orca, Keto, held at Loro Parque 's Orca Ocean in the Canary Islands.
Dec 24, 2020 · SeaWorld. On Christmas Eve, 2009, trainer Alexis Martínez was attacked and killed by orca, Keto, at Loro Parque in Tenerife - the whale had spent the whole of his life in captivity.
May 7, 2020 · World news. Whales. Keto the orca was born in captivity and appeared at water parks in water parks in San Diego, Ohio, Texas and the Canary Islands, but in 2009 he attacked his trainer Alexis ...
Oct 29, 2023 · A killer whale trainer died following a brutal attack that saw the mammal rip out his internal organs. Alexis Martínez was 29 when he died on Christmas Eve 2009 while training for his routine...
Sep 16, 2022 · Kohana's death marks the third killer whale to die at the Loro Parque marine park in Tenerife, Spain in the past 18 months. Previously in August 2021, a three-year-old orca named Ula died,...
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Sep 20, 2022 · 20th September 2022. 2 Minutes Read. An orca out of the water during a performance at Loro Parque in Tenerife - Media Credit: Tom Meaker / Alamy Stock Photo. Three orcas have died within the space of 18 months at a popular zoo and marine park in Tenerife. Not one survived longer than 20 years, and the youngest was just two years old.
On April 26, 2016, the Dolphin Project released nauseating footage of an orca in a marine park ramming a gate. Captured by an anonymous activist from inside Loro Parque, a theme park located in Tenerife, Spain, the park’s response to the footage was swift.