Heavy Trading Cards series 3 no. 14, Tilikum the KILLER whale.

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Tilikum (c. December 1981 – 6 January 2017) was a captive male orca who spent most of his life at SeaWorld Orlando in Florida. He was captured in Iceland in 1983; about a year later, he was transferred to Sealand of the Pacific near Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He was subsequently transferred in 1992 to SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida, where he sired 21 calves throughout his life.

Tilikum was heavily featured in CNN Films’ 2013 documentary Blackfish, which claims that orcas in captivity suffer psychological damage and become unnaturally aggressive.

While orca attacks on humans in the wild are rare, and no fatal attacks have been recorded, as of 2025 four humans have died due to interactions with captive orcas. Tilikum was involved in three of those four deaths.

• Base print run: Hand numbered to 49.

• Blackfish SP foil hand numbered to 20.