NEW YORK, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- The former head of safety for Florida's Sea World says park officials aren't doing enough to protect their animal trainers.
Linda Simons told ABC's "Good Morning America" Monday she was fired from her job at Sea World during the investigation into trainer Dawn Brancheau's death in Febraury.
Simons' lawyer said park bosses prevented her from telling the Occupational Safety and Health Administration everything she new regarding the death of Brancheau.
Brancheau was lying down on a platform in shallow water during a performance when killer whale Tilikum, which previously had killed two other people, yanked her under the water by her ponytail and shook her to death.
Sea World policy is that trainers are not to get into the tank with Tilikum. UPI
