{"id":396,"date":"2013-04-05T13:16:51","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T13:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davesfloridavilla.com\/private-villa-blog\/?p=396"},"modified":"2013-04-05T13:16:51","modified_gmt":"2013-04-05T13:16:51","slug":"seaworld-news-april-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davesfloridavilla.com\/private-villa-blog\/seaworld-news-april-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Seaworld news &#8211; April 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Seaworld trainer legal case continues<\/h2>\n<p>Since Dawn Brancheau was tragically killed by the Orca <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tilikum_(orca)\">Tilikum\u00a0<\/a>in February 2010 there has been an ongoing legal battle with Seaworld involving the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). It is indicated that Seaworld want their trainers to remain in close proximity during training and in certain Shamu show sections. The OSHA say this is a safety hazard.<\/p>\n<p>Seaworld do not allow their trainers close to Tilikum for obvious reasons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davesfloridavilla.com\/private-villa-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/untitled.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-397\" title=\"Tilikum orca\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davesfloridavilla.com\/private-villa-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/untitled.bmp\" alt=\"Tilikum and Orcas at Seaworld\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Negotiations are nearing a close although it has taken a long time to get there. Whether the trainers will be near the Seaworld Orcas in the future remains to be seen. Although if they are banned from being close to the Orcas then what will be left of the show?<\/p>\n<h2>Seaworld and the car jacking sea lion<\/h2>\n<p>Well, it&#8217;s not really a car jacking, but a stranded Sea Lion hopped (do they hop?) into Mike Delahunt&#8217;s car on Wednesday this week after he left the door open whilst attempting to help the animal. He called Seaworld to come and rescue the Sea Lion, who arrived around 20 minutes later.<\/p>\n<p>The rescue team have quoted:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The team is optimistic, based on her initial intake exam, that this sea lion will make a full recovery.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is rescue number 296 for Seaworld California. 278 of those have been Sea Lions. Seems like they enjoy getting themselves into trouble, or maybe they just want a free Seaworld lunch.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_400\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davesfloridavilla.com\/private-villa-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/sea-lion-84-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-400\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-400\" title=\"sea-lion\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davesfloridavilla.com\/private-villa-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/sea-lion-84-2-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"sea lion\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davesfloridavilla.com\/private-villa-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/sea-lion-84-2.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davesfloridavilla.com\/private-villa-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/sea-lion-84-2.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davesfloridavilla.com\/private-villa-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/sea-lion-84-2.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sea lion!<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Blackstone prepare Seaworld initial public offering<\/h2>\n<p>According to Bloomberg <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2013-04-03\/blackstone-said-to-plan-moving-ahead-on-seaworld-ipo-this-month.html\">http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2013-04-03\/blackstone-said-to-plan-moving-ahead-on-seaworld-ipo-this-month.html<\/a> Blackstone are moving ahead with the initial public offering (IPO) of Seaworld Entertainment (SEAS) and as early as this month &#8211; insider information apparently. In an <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Initial_public_offering\">IPO <\/a>the company markets the sale of shares to potential investors, and offer stock to the public in order to generate funds for the business.<\/p>\n<p>They hope to raise about $500 million in the IPO process. Revenue currently stands at $1.42 billion for Seaworld.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seaworld trainer legal case continues Since Dawn Brancheau was tragically killed by the Orca Tilikum\u00a0in February 2010 there has been an ongoing legal battle with Seaworld involving the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). It is indicated that Seaworld want &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davesfloridavilla.com\/private-villa-blog\/seaworld-news-april-2013\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[88],"tags":[196,197,62,194,195],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Seaworld news - April 2013 - Vacation Rental news<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Seaworld news from Dave&#039;s Tuscan Ridge Vacation Rental | April 2013 | Sea lion rescues, Blackstone IPO, Orca killer whales, Tilikum legal case\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.davesfloridavilla.com\/private-villa-blog\/seaworld-news-april-2013\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Seaworld news - 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