United
Slatn
Depanment
of
Agricult
ure
Mark
eting
and
Regulatory
Programs
Animal
a
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Helillth
Inspectio
n
Se
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v((u
Animal
Ca
re
9
20
Ma
in
Campus
Drive
Suite
200Raleigh, NC27606
Tel
No.919-855--7100
FaxNo. 919-855-7123
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Date:
_March
29,
20tO
__
CaseNo:
FLlOl54
In
vestigator:_
__SUBJECT:SupplementalInformation
fo
ran Investigation
of
Alleged
Violations
Re
gardingthe AWA,Regulationsand/orStandards
TO:
John
Kinsella,RegionalDirector
Inv
es
tigativeandEnforcement Services
EasternRegion
FROM:
ElizabethGoldentyer,
DVM
RegionalDirector
Eastern Region-Animal
Car
e
RE:
Customer
#
310
8License/RegistrationNo: 58-C-0077
Sea
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Florida7007
Sea
WorldDriveOrlando,FL328
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Supportive documents enclosed:•Animal WelfareComplaint#EIO-093dated I MarIO
•Animal-Poolratiochart
•PETAcomplaintdated
IMarlO
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nts:
The
field inspector
to
contact isDr. Robert
Br
andes(240)461-9
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The
SACS tocontactisDr.
Greg
Gaj,(240)461-9188
cc:
R.
Brandes,VMO
G.
Gaj,SACS
B.
Goldentyer,RD
FL (3108)58-C-0077
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ANIMALWELFARECOMPLAINT
ComplaintNo. Date Enter
ed
EIO-093
1
March
2010
ReferredTo
Gaj
ReceivedBy
ReplyDue
2
April
2010
Facili
or
Pers
on
Comlaint FiledA
ainst
Name
Sea
World
of
Florida
Address
7007
Sea
World
Dri
ve
City
Orlando
C
om
lain
ant
Address
501
Front
Street
City
Norfolk
How was
complaintreceived?State
FL
State
VA
Customer/License/Registration No.
3108
/
58-C-0077
ZipPhone No
32821
407.363.2351
Organization
PETA
Zip
Phone
No.l
Emailaddress
23510
Forward response to FOIA:Yes
0
No
0
Details
of
C
omplaint
:
The
complainant
requests
that
the
USDA
-AC lookinto
the death
of
a
trainer
killedby
an
Orca
whale
at
Sea
World
of
Florida
and
the
holding
tank
the
whale
is
now being kept in.Tbey believe
it
is
far
toosmall.
Laurie
Gage,
Field
Specialist
for
Big
Cats
and
Mar
ine
Mammals,
an
lES
Investigator
and
I
made
a
visit
to
Sea
W
orld
Orl
andoon
review
and
evalu
a
te
the
circumsta
n
ces
w
hichlead
to
thedeathof
ervie
w
ed
both
the
review
ed
Tilliku
l
d
Tilli
k
um
's
behavior
prior
to
the
inci
dent
.
We
also
touredthe
pool
and
discussed theevents
that
happened
immediately
prior,
during
and
after
t
he
incident.
There
is
currently
an
open
investigation
and
additional
informati
on
is
still
being
gathered
.
Th
e
holdingpools
housing
Tillikum
at
the
time
of
the
incident
(poo
l
7)
and
on
the
dateof
our
visit
(pool
2)
have
suffi
ci
ent
space
to
meetand
house
1-2
adult
orcas
.T
her
e
were
no
noncompliant
items
identif
ie
don
2/26/2010
.
Application packet provided? Yes
0
No
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Gaj
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USDA-APHIS documents- Dawn Brancheau death investigation at SeaWorld
Documents from the US Dept of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS) investigation of Dawn Brancheau's death at SeaWorld by killer whale Tilikum on Feb 24, 2010. Documents were obtained through a Freedom of…
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