Showing posts with label seattle marine aquarium. Show all posts
Showing posts with label seattle marine aquarium. Show all posts

Thursday, May 31, 2018

Lost Freedom; 40-50



  • Wally, captured in 1970 at less than 1 years old, died 1 year later in Munchen Aquarium - heart failure.

  • Clovis, captured in 1970 at 2 years old, died 2 years later at Marineland Antibes - myositis. 


  • Chappy, captured in 1970 at 2 years old, died 3 years later at Kamogawa Sea World - inflamation of the lumbar bone. 

  • Jumbo, captured in 1970 at 5 years old, died 4 years later at Kamogawa Sea World - liver dysfunction. 

  • Winston, captured in 1970 at 4 years old, died 15 years later at Seaworld San Diego - chronic cardiovascular failure. 

  • Kandu 3, captured in 1971 at 3 years old, died 4 years later at Seaworld Orlando - inflammation of the kidneys.  

  • Kona, captured in 1971 at 4 years old, died 6 years later at Seaworld San Diego - blood poisoning. 

  • Kandu 2,  captured in 1971 at 3 years old, died 8 years later at Marineland Ontario - pneumonia.

  • No name, captured in 1971 at 3 years old, date of death unknown at Seattle Marine Aquarium - unknown.

  • No name, captured in 1971 at 3 years old, date of death unknown at Seattle Marine Aquarium - unknown. 

Monday, April 30, 2018

Lost Freedom; 30-40



  • Patches, captured in 1969 at less than 1 years old, died 1 year later at Marineland California - abscess and salmonellasis.

  •   Kenny, captured in 1969 at 4 years old, died 2 years later at Marineland California - pneumonia.

  •  Nepo, captured in 1969 at 2 years old, died 10 years later at Marine World California - acute bronchopneumonia. 

  • Yaka, captured in 1969 at 1 years old, died 28 years later at Marine World California - upper respiratory infection. 

  • No name, captured in 1970 at 5 years old, unknown time of death at Seattle Marine Aquarium - unknown.

  • Scarredjaw Cow/T3, captured in 1970 at 8 years old, died 2 months later at Sealand Victoria - malnutrition. 

  • Chimo/T4, captured in 1970 at 2 years old, died 2 years later at Sealand Victoria - blood poisoning. 

  • Nootka, captured in 1970 at 4 years old, died 20 years later at Seaworld San Diego - unknown. 

  • Lil Nootka, captured in 1970 at 1 years old, died 7 months later at Sea-Arama - asphyxiation. 

  • Ramu 4, captured in 1970 at 2 years old, died 1 year later at Marineland Australia - unknown.

Saturday, March 31, 2018

Lost Freedom; 20-30



  • Hyak 2/Tung-Jen, captured in 1968 at 1 years old, died 23 years later at Vancouver Aquarium - pneumonia. 

  • No name, bred in 1968, died in Marine World California - stillbirth. 

  • Ahab, captured in 1968 at 8 years old, died 5 years later at U.S Navy Hawaii - unknown.

  • Cuddles, captured in 1968 at 2 years old, died 5 years later at Dudley Zoo - abscess.

  • Mamuk, captured in 1968 at 3 years old, died 5 years later at Sea-Arama - blood poisoning. 

  • Haida, captured in 1968 at 4 years old, died 14 years later at Sealand Victoria - lung infection.  

  • No name, bred in 1968, died at Marine World California - stillbirth.

  • No name, captured in 1969 at 5 years old, unknown time of death at Seattle Marine Aquarium - unknown. 

  • Ramu 2, captured in 1969 at 9 years old, died 1 year later at Marineland Australia - unknown. 

  • Calypso, captured in 1969 at 6 years old, died 1 year later at Marineland Antibes - unknown. 

 

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Lost Freedom; 10-20



  • No name, unknown, died at Seattle Marine Aquarium. 

  • Kilroy, captured in 1967 less than 1 years old, died 11 years later at SeaWorld San Diego - pneumonia. 

  • Skana/Walter, captured in 1967 at 4 years old, died 13 years later at Vancouver Aquarium - fungal infection. 

  • Ramu, captured in 1967 at 4 years old, died 15 years later at Seaworld Orlando - heart failure.

  • Orky, captured in 1967 at 4 years old, died 2 years later at Marineland California - pneumonia. 

  • No name, unknown, died at Seattle Marine Aquarium. 

  • Hugo, captured in 1968 at 3 years old, died 12 years later at Miami Seaquarium - brain aneurysm. 

  • Corky, captured in 1968 at 3 years old, died 2 years later at Marineland California - abscess. 

  •  Kianu/Clyde, captured in 1968 at 8 years old, died 12 years later at Adventure World Japan - gastrointestinal disease. 

  • Orky 2, captured in 1968 at 6 years old, died 20 years later at Seaworld San Diego - kidney failure and acute bronchopneumonia.

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Lost Freedom; the first 10



  • Wanda, captured in 1961 at the age of 7, died 2 days later at Marineland California - pneumonia and gastroenteritis.

  • Moby Doll, captured in 1964 at the age of 5, died 3 months later at Vancouver Aquarium - drowning, skin disease and shock.

  • Namu/C11, captured in 1965 at the age of 9, died 1 year later at Seattle Marine Aquarium - unknown.

  • Shamu, captured in 1965 at 4 years old, died 6 years later at Seaworld San Diego - uterine infection and blood poisoning. 

  • Katy, captured in 1967 less than 1 years old, died 3 months later at Seattle Marine Aquarium - unknown. 

  • Kandu, captured in  1967 at 1 years old, died 4 years later at Seaworld San Diego - unknown. 

  • Bonnie, captured in 1968 at 4 years old, died 4 months later at Marine World Africa - heart failure. 

  • Lupa, captured in 1968 at 12 years old, died 7 months later at New York Aquarium - pneumonia. 

  • Tula, captured in 1968 at 3 years old, died 3 months later at Dolphinarium - external fungus. 

  • Natsidalia, captured in 1968 at 15 years old, died 7 months later at Pender Harbour - heart failure. 

   

Friday, September 2, 2016

Their Story; Namu


     My name is Namu, I was the first healthy Orca to have ever been captured from the wild. I was the first healthy Orca to be displayed in an aquarium and perform with a human as well. I was captured in June 1965 and was sold to the Seattle Marine Aquarium for $8,000. The owner of the aquarium brought in a female whale named Shamu a few months after me, we didn't get along and she had to leave.
     I also starred in a movie called "Namu, The Killer Whale" or "Namu, My Best Friend" that was released in 1966. It was a fictional story set in the San Juan Islands. But after starring in a movie and performing for a year I passed away in captivity on July 9, 1966.




Rest In Peace Namu