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Ulises performing at SeaWorld San Diego in 2007. At SeaWorld, Ulises was introduced to the rest of the park's orcas. He showed aggression towards female Corky, and the two were not allowed to be present in the same pool without the presence of more dominant female Kasatka. [4] Ulises was the largest orca at SeaWorld San Diego until Ikaika ...
SeaWorld San Diego is a theme park in Mission Bay Park in San Diego, California. It is a marine mammal park, oceanarium, public aquarium, and marine animal rehabilitation center. SeaWorld, the theme park's proprietor, is owned and operated by United Parks & Resorts. SeaWorld San Diego is a member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). [2]
Kasatka was the matriarch of the San Diego Orca SeaWorld family. [5] She was the first captive cetacean to successively receive artificial insemination , according to John Hargrove , a trainer there.
In 1964, Shedd and three of his fellow UCLA graduates Ken Norris, David Demott and George Millay founded SeaWorld San Diego. [2] [1] [5] The 22-acre (8.9 ha) park opened on March 21, 1964, with a few dolphins, sea lions, and six attractions. [1] Shedd and other key investors raised $1.5 million (equivalent to $14.7 million in 2023) [6] to open ...
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 ...
Corky II (born c. 1965), often referred to as just Corky, is a female captive orca from the A5 Pod of northern resident orcas.At approximately the age of four, Corky was captured from Pender Harbour off the coast of British Columbia on 11 December 1969. [2]
In December 2002, Unna was sent to SeaWorld San Antonio, where she died in December 2015. Katina's fifth calf, Ikaika, was a male born on August 25, 2002. Ikaika was separated from his mother at age 4, when he was sent to Marineland Canada on a breeding loan in November 2006. He was eventually transferred to SeaWorld San Diego in November 2011.
An orca performs as Shamu at SeaWorld San Diego. A marine mammal park (also known as marine animal park and sometimes oceanarium) is a commercial theme park or aquarium where marine mammals such as dolphins, beluga whales and sea lions are kept within water tanks and displayed to the public in special shows.