. >>> sealand has been a part of victoria for over 20 years.specialize in the care and display of killer whales. >> by the time i started, he was 4. he was up to 16 feet long and weighed 4,000 pounds. i had actually seen tilikum quite a number of times. he was right across the street here in victoria. all sealand was was a net hanging in a marina with a float around it. >> tilikum was the one we really loved to work with. he was very well behaved and he was always eager to please. >> when he was first introduced, everything went fine and dandy but the previous head trainer used techniques that involved punishment. he would team a trained orca with tilikum who was untrained and send them to do the same behavior. if tilikum didn't do it, both animals were punished. deprived of food. to keep them hungry. this caused a lot of frustration with the larger animal, established animal and would in turn get frustrated with tilikum and rake him with his teeth. >> there would be times during certain seasons that tilikum would be covered head to toe with ra

so we thought why not go to sealand.ind of like this dingy pool with these whales. >> it just felt a little like an amusement park, where everything was kind of a bit gray. >> it was like a swimming pool. three whales in a swimming pool. >> and they would come up and touch the ball. i think there was some tail splashing and there was -- >> some jumping. >> with the fish. >> they hold the fish and the whales jump up. i remember saying what a fun job. you know? she is so lucky. and then i saw her walking with her rubber boots and she tripped and her foot just dipped into the edge of the pool and she lost her balance and fell in. and then she was pushing her way up to get out of the pool and the whale zoomed over, grabbed her boot and pulled her back in. at first i didn't think it was that serious because you see -- you see the trainer in the pool with the whale and i think oh well, the whales are used to that. you know, and then all of a sudden you started getting -- there was more swimming, more activity, more thrashing,