in 2010, a trainer was killed by nakai's father, tilikum after the orca dragged her into the water by her pony tail in front of an audience full of horrified spectators. federal regulators have since banned them from entering the water during a performance with orcas and seaworld says it has improved procedures. >> they swim in endless circles in chemically treated water for dead fish all for the amusement of tourists. it is cruelty from the day they are born until the day they die. >> reporter: seaworld says it treats its animals with the utmost care and in a statement adds, there is no organization in the world more committed to the physical, social and mental welfare of its animals than seaworld. >> we contacted the department of agriculture about peta's complaint. they say an inspector will be send to sea world to check the validity of the claim. >>> now at 5:00, breaking news at this hour. a suspicious package causing problem for the afternoon commute. >>> documents reveal new information about a northern virginia woman missing for several weeks. police are now investigating whet

in 2010 a trainer was killed by nakai's father tilikum at seaworld, orlando offer the orca dragged herr hair into the matter by her pony tail in front of spectators. federal regulators have band seaworld trainers from entering the water and seaworld says it has improved safety procedures. >> they swim in endless circles in chemically treated water for dead fish all for the entertainment of tourists and it's cruelty. >> reporter: seaworld says it treats the whales with utmost care and in its statement adds there is no organization in the world more committed to the physical, social and mental welfare of its animals than seaworld. despite that statement released by seaworld, peta says they will be here to protest at the park tomorrow. david? >> all right. miguel almaguer, thank you very much. now a check of the weather from al. >> all right. thank you so much, david. thank you. we've got a warm day to talk about out west. i mean, warmer than usual, even though we're in okay. going to feel a lot more like august. we've got a big area of high pressure. plugs a low pressure system over sout

the whale's name is nakai and there was a huge gash taken out of the chunk of the chin and the questiona whale fight? did something happen? how did the injury happen? >> he injured it against the side of the pool or one of the areas where he goes through the channels and things like that. so we, i was just there, i saw him he's actually doing really, really well. >> healing? >> it's hard to look at that. >> definitely not a sightly injury there, but it's amazing how well he is doing. he's responding to the other whales and the trainers and everything just like normal. >> will that regenerate, will it grow back? >> yes. actually we're figuring that after it all grows back in, just like a normal wound, it gran hates. -- it granulates. >> but he's in chlorine. >> it heals up really good and i'm thinking, that's good for the whale. >> no. >> salt also heals, too. >> how about the birds, we've got a barn owl. in the house. >> this is like the best rat trap in the world. it means you don't need to use pesticides or put poisons out. >> what does he like? >> he's a rodent eater right here. the

the park's orca program has come under fire before, in 2010, a trainer was killed by nakai's father inando after the orca dragged her into the water by her ponytail in front of an audience in front of spectators. regulators have since banned trainers entering the water during performances and sea world says it's improved safety procedures. >> they swim in endless circles in chemically treated water for dead fish all for the amusement of tourists. it is cruelty from the day these animals are born to the day they die. >> reporter: sea world says it treats the animals with the utmost care and adds there is no organization in the world more committed to the physical, social and mental welfare of its animals than sea world. despite the statement released by sea world, peta says they will be at the park to protest wednesday morning. david. >> miguel, thank you very much. now we want to get a check of the weather from al. >> all right, thank you so much, david. thank you. we've got a warm day to talk about out west. warmer than usual even though we're in october. it's going to feel more like