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SeaWorld Trainers Barred From Contact With Killer Whales

SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. lost its bid to overturn U.S. limits on trainers’ contact with killer whales imposed after one of the animals drowned an amusement park employee during a 2010 show. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s requirement that trainers …

Agency Refuses to Release SeaWorld Protocols

A federal agency is refusing to release SeaWorld’s new safety protocols for trainer interactions with killer whales despite a judge’s ruling that they are not trade secrets. The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission has refused to make public the …