[Havoc]

Yeah but you're talking about the chance of it happening in nature. Like a bear wandering in someones backyard.

When you work with these animals in captivity you should know the risks that come with that particular animal. What happens in nature has nothing to do with that.

It's been known for a long time that Orca's are potentially very dangerous. This isn't the first incident with an orca, nor will it be the last. Hell, even in the movie Free Willy the danger of being such close friends with the orca was a big part of the story. In the 'making of' they even explained that extreme caution was taken to insure nothing would happen and that the trainers had the final word in everything.

So not knowing they are dangerous isn't really an excuse. It's just that somehow people tend to forget certain animals can be dangerous because they haven't seen them violent in their natural surroundings. You see lions shred zebras to pieces on National Geographic all the time. How many times do you see an orca shredding up a dolphin?