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Tilikum was a bull killer whale (Orcinus orca) bought by the SeaWorld marine park in Orlando, Florida in 1992 to be part of the park's orca exhibit. [2] He was the largest orca in captivity. The other whales named as plaintiffs in the suit are Katina, who is also kept in Orlando, and Corky, Kasatka, and Ulises who are kept in SeaWorld San Diego ...
On February 12, 1990, Kalina was transferred to SeaWorld Ohio. She was moved again in October of that year to SeaWorld San Diego, and again on May 30, 1991, to SeaWorld San Antonio. In October 1994, Kalina was moved back to SeaWorld Orlando, where she lived with eight other killer whales, including her mother and a half sister.
Tilikum (c. December 1981 [1] – 6 January 2017), nicknamed Tilly, [2] 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. [3]
Authorities said that SeaWorld will be performing a necropsy to establish the killer whale’s cause of death. A giant 21-foot killer whale weighing an estimated 3-and-a-half tons has died after ...
The theme park SeaWorld Orlando plans to phase out its signature killer-whale attraction at the start of the new year. SeaWorld Orlando plans to end centerpiece killer-whale show at start of 2020 ...
SeaWorld officials report that the infamous whale Tilikum, that dragged a trained underwater to her death in 2010, is in deteriorating health.
Measuring 17 feet and weighing in at about 5,200 pounds, Katina is small compared to most other females but she is rather bulky. She is considered an excellent performer and very reliable. Jeffrey Ventre, a former SeaWorld trainer, called her "the Cadillac of killer whales". [7] Katina is one of SeaWorld Orlando's main performers and is used daily.
SeaWorld has faced sagging attendance and years of criticism over its treatment of the marine mammals as well as pressure from animal rights activists. SeaWorld says it will stop breeding killer ...