title: Shark vs. Killer Whale (Animals Head To Head)
author:  Isabel Thomas 
description: Isabel Thomas studied Human Sciences at Oxford University before working in the wonderful world of children's publishing. She has written dozens of books for children and teenagers, and is a trained literacy tutor. Isabel lives in Cambridge, UK, with her husband and three rambunctious sons.
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  REQUIEM FOR A WHALE RIDER
  
  
  By E. Michael Jones
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  Fidelity Press
  
  
  206 Marquette Avenue
  
  
  South Bend, Indiana 46617
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright 2011
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  To Thomas J. Herron
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  PREFACE
  
  
  
  
  
  SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau died from drowning on Wednesday, February 24,
  2010 at SeaWorld Florida’s Shamu Stadium after the 12,000 pound bull killer
  whale she was working with (the largest in captivity) grabbed her from the
  feeding platform and dragged her underwater.
  
  
  Missing from the debate was any mention of the SeaWorld employees who risked
  their lives for the entertainment of a nation whose tastes had been jaded by a
  steady diet of special effects movies. The only thing that anyone could think
  to say about Brancheau was that she “died doing what she loved.” After saying
  exactly that, Diane Gross, Brancheau’s sister, assured one of the many
  reporters who called her for comment that “Dawn wouldn’t 