SAN ANTONIO, Texas (KTRK) -- SeaWorld welcomed its final killer whale born in captivity in San Antonio on Wednesday. The mother, Takara, is a 25-year-old orca who was born in captivity in San Diego.
Orcas are considered to be one of the most intelligent creatures on our planet. These massive mammals live in tight-knit social groups called pods, use a range of vocalizations to communicate with one ...
A 3-month-old baby killer whale died Monday at a SeaWorld park in San Antonio, Texas, the park announced this week. RELATED: Famed orca whale Tilikum of SeaWorld has died The baby, named Kyara, died ...
The debate over whether to keep animals in captivity or release them back into the wild is ongoing. But a new video online of an Orca at the Chimelong Spaceship theme park in China has sparked the ...
The lives of 30 beluga whales — the last captive cetaceans in Canada — are in jeopardy this week. Housed at Marineland, a ...
Why do killer whales (orcas) in captivity kill humans, whereas this doesn't happen in the wild? Federal hearings on the safety of keeping killer whales in captivity began this week, convened by the ...
After helping Free Willy taste freedom, Dave Phillips is working to give two other orcas a life outside captivity, Phillips, a director of the International Marine Mammal Project at Earth Island ...
THE marine park threatening to kill 30 whales once housed the world’s loneliest whale and saw 18 belugas die in its captivity ...