captive orca profiles 61 king

KING - was captured in November 1979, he was sent to Hafnarfjordur Aquarium whilst he awaited his fate. Poor King is a good example of the 'product' status the animals had that is all they are, products to be bought and sold never seen as living, thinking, family orientated beings, not to the captive industry anyway. At first he was sent to Hansapark Sierksdorf in Germany where he was part of a travelling delphin show. He was then moved from Germany to Marineland Ontario for a few weeks and was then sent to Kamogawa SeaWorld with his tank mate Caren. After several training sessions King began performances with his tankmate Caren but sadly managed only 3 years in captivity dying from the most common captive killer - acute pneumonia, at only 5 years of age. Had he still been in the wild he would be with his family a huge proud orca with probably many calves of his own, instead he died a baby in a tank many miles from his home with strangers.

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