it's not just in captive whales. The phenomenon is more common in captivity, but people have also seen wild orcas with curved fins. So, the cause cannot be captivity alone. Ultimately, what's ...

Experienced trainer Dawn Brancheau was killed by a killer whale named Tilikum in 2010 SeaWorld Orlando in Florida in front of ...

‘Corky’, as she was named, is believed to have lived in captivity longer than any other living orca. Alexandra Morton ... “She needed other whales with her,” says Morton ...

social and environmental needs" of killer whales. Most designs involve cordoning off a bay and employing staff to ensure Wikie and Keijo - who were born in captivity and cannot be released into the ...

So, as they were building new parks, they needed to keep those parks filled with killer whales. And in addition, because up until '84 they had no success raising their own from their captive birth ...

Both turned out to be wrong, and it was captivity that revealed the truth ... This was certainly true of killer whales, which scientists and fishermen regarded as threats to valuable marine resources.

Keiko was the 15-year-old orca that played Willy in the movie. He became the first captive orca ever to return to the wild.

Resident Orca tells the unfolding story of a captive whale’s fight for survival and freedom. After decades of failed attempts to bring her home, an unlikely partnership between Indigenous ...