Their Story; Kasatka.

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     My name is Kasatka, I was born in 1976 and captured off the coast of Iceland on October 26, 1978, with my pod-mate Katina. I lived in SeaWorld San Diego with Katina from 1976 to 1984 until we were separated and she was shipped to SeaWorld Orlando. I have been imprisoned in SeaWorld San Diego for four decades (and shipped between the other SeaWorld parks 14 times in 8 years) and am forced to perform upwards of eight shows a day. I have been known to show aggression toward my trainers. In 1993 I tried to bite my trainer Ken Peters and again in 1999. On November 30, 2006, I grabbed Ken Peters again and dragged him underwater twice. He sustained minor injuries. 

     I have been bred multiple times since living in SeaWorld and I have given birth to 4 calves. I am a grandmother or great-grandmother to eight other SeaWorld orcas. My first calf was Takara, she was born on July 9, 1991. Her mating partner (also her father) Kotar died when Takara was only 3 years old after a pool gate closed on his head and fractured his skull. In the wild mothers and their calves live together for their life, Takara and I were separated when she was 12 years old. In 2001 I gave birth to Nakai. Nakai was the first orca to be bred with Tilikum's sperm. I tried to protect him but Nakai was kept in a small concrete tank with incompatible orcas. In 2012 Nakai lost a chunk of his jaw after being attacked by other orcas in the tank. On December 21, 2004, I gave birth to my third calf Kalia after mating with Keet. Lastly, on Valentine's Day 2013, I gave birth to Makani after being inseminated with Kshamenk who lives alone in Argentina at Mundo Marino. 

     In 2008 I was diagnosed with pneumonia but still, was inseminated in 2011 with my fourth calf. I suffered endlessly with pneumonia until my euthanization on August 15, 2017. I was the third orca and the sixth marine mammal to die at one of the parks in that year.

Rest In Peace Kasatka

Lost Freedom; 110-120

• Nandu, captured in 1983 at 2 years old, died 4 years later at Acuarama Sao Paulo - tumor.

• Samoa, captured in 1983 at 3 years old, died 8 years later at Seaworld San Antonio - fungal meningitis. 

• No name, captured in 1984 at 4 years old, died 2 months later at Saedyrasafnid - neck injury.

• Freja/Patty, captured in 1984 at 2 years old, died 3 years later at Kamogawa Sea World - inflammation of small intestine. 

• Junior, captured in 1984 at 2 years old, died 9 years later at Marineland Ontario - brain damage.

• Kandu 7, captured in 1984 at 6 years old, died 21 years later at Marineland Ontario - cancer.

• Bingo/Thor, captured in 1984 at 2 years old, died 29 years later at Port of Nagoya - pneumonia.

• No name, bred in 1985, died 1 month later at Marineland California - asphyxiation. 

• Milargo, captured in 1985 at an unknown age, died 5 years later at Mundo Marina - unknown. 

• Kalina, bred in 1985, died 25 years later at Seaworld Orlando - blood poisoning.

 

Lost Freedom; 100-110

• Benkei 3, captured in 1982 at less than 1 years old, died 1 year later at "private home" - unknown. 

• Sacchi, captured in 1982 at 9 years old, died 2 years later at Enoshima Marineland - pneumonia. 

• No name, bred in 1982, died 10 days later at Enoshima Marineland - brain abscess. 

• Kiva, bred in 1982, died 48 days later at Marineland California - respiratory failure. 

• No name, captured in 1982 at 1 years old, died 8 months later at Sealand Victoria - genetic disorder. 

• Nootka 4, captured in 1982 at 3 years old, died 12 years later at Seaworld Orlando - unknown. 

• Haida 2, captured in 1982 at less than 1 years old, died 19 years later at Seaworld San Antonio - necrosis and fungal infection. 

• Kim 2, captured in 1982 at less than 1 years old, died 23 years later at Marineland Antibes - pneumonia.

• Freya, captured in 1982 at 1 years old, died 32 years later at Marineland Antibes - unknown. 

• Tilikum, captured in 1983 at 2 years old, died 32 years later at Seaworld Orlando - bacterial pneumonia. 

Lost Freedom; 90-100

• Finna, captured in 1980 at 3 years old, died 17 years later at Vancouver Aquarium - pneumonia. 

• Vigga, captured in 1980 at 1 years old, died 19 years later at Marine World California - heart failure, brain and lung abscess, pneumonia. 

• Bjossa, captured in 1980 at 3 years old, died 21 years later at Seaworld San Diego - chronic bronchopneumonia.  

• No name, captured in 1981 at 4 years old, unknown date of death at Marineland Ontario - unknown. 

• No name, captured in 1981 at less than 1 years old, died 2 months later at Clacton Pier - traumatic shock and ruptured kidney. 

• Neptune, captured in 1981 at 4 years old, died 1 year later at Clacton Pier - appendicitis.

• Nemo, captured in 1981 at less than 1 years old, died 5 years later at Windsor Safari Park - chronic blood clotting.

• Ruka, captured in 1981 at 2 years old, died 18 years later at Nanki Shirahama Adventure World - traumatic shock. 

• Nootka 5, captured in 1981 at 2 years old, died 26 years later at Marineland Ontario - unknown. 

• No name, captured in 1982 at 9 years old, died 4 months later at Taiji Whaling Museum - pneumonia. 

Lost Freedom; 80-90

• Tai, captured in 1979 at 9 years old, died 3 years later at Taiji Whaling Museum - unknown.

• Benkei, captured in 1979 at 7 years old, died 10 years later at Nanki Shirahama Adventure World - acute pneumonia.

• No name, bred in 1979, died in Nanki Shirahama Adventure World - stillbirth.

• Surfer Girl, captured in 1979 age is unknown, died 9 days later at Marineland California - pneumonia, kidney failure, perforated ulcer.

• Dzul-ha/Shamu, captured in 1979 at 1 years old, died 4 years later at Aquarama - unknown.

• No name, captured in 1979 at 3 years old, died 3 months later at Marineland Ontario - acute blood poisoning.

• King, captured in 1979 at less than 1 years old, died 4 years later at Kamogawa Sea World - acute pneumonia. 

• Caren, captured in 1979 at 2 years old, died 7 years later at Kamogawa Sea World - lowered white blood cell count. 

• No name, bred in 1980, died in Marineland California - stillbirth.

• Benkei 2, captured in 1980 at less than 1 years old, died 2 years later at Nanki Shirahama Adventure World - cancer. 

Lost Freedom; 70-80

• Shawn, captured in 1978 a 1 years old, died 1 year later at Seaworld San Diego - pneumonia.

• Betty, captured in 1978 at 3 years old, died 9 years later at Marine Land Antibes - pneumonia. 

• Kahana, captured in 1978 at 1 years old, died 12 years later at Seaworld San Antonio - severe trauma. 

• Kotar, captured in 1978 at less than 1 years old, died 16 years later at Seaworld San Antonio - acute hemorrhage pneumonia. 

• Kasatka, captured in 1978 at 1 years old, died 39 years later at Seaworld San Antonio - respiratory disease. 

• Spooky, bred in 1978, died 11 days later at Marineland California - pneumonia. 

• No name, captured in 1978 age unknown, died 5 days later at Taiji Whaling Museum - unknown.

• No name, captured in 1979 at 9 years old, died 1 month later at Nanki Shirahama Adventure World - birth complications.

• No name, captured in 1979 at 9 years old, died 2 months later at Nanki Shirahama Adventure World - nutritional disorder. 

• Chi, captured in 1979 at 9 years old, died 4 months later at Taiji Whaling Museum - unknown.

Lost Freedom; 60-70

• Gudrun, captured in 1976 at less than 1 years old, died 19 years later at Seaworld Orlando - blood poisoning and bacteremia.  

• No name, bred in 1977, died 18 days later at Marineland California - brain damage.

• Miracle, captured in 1977 at 1 years old, died 4 years later at Sealand Victoria - drowning.

• Magnus, captured in 1977 at 1 years old, died 2 months later at Dolfinarium - anemia.

• Canuck 2, captured in 1977 at 2 years old, died 4 years later at Seaworld San Diego - kidney disease. 

• Kona 2, captured in 1977 at 2 years old, died 10 years later at Seaworld Orlando - pulmonary abscession.

• Kandu 5, captured in 1977 at 3 years old, died 12 years later at Seaworld San Diego - hemorrhage and bilateral fracture.

• Hoi Wai, captured in 1977 at less than 1 years old, died 19 years later at Ocean Park - severe intestinal blood loss. 

• Winnie, captured in 1977 at less than 1 years old, died 24 years later at Seaworld San Antonio - GI tract obstruction. 

• No name, captured in 1978 at 1 years old, died 4 months later at Saedyrasafind - heart attack. 

Lost Freedom; 50-60

• Canuck/J24, captured in 1972 at 2 years old, died 2 years later at Seaworld Orlando - fungal infection.

• Zero, captured in 1972 at unknown age, died 15 days later at Kamogawa Sea World - unknown. 

• Sandy, captured in 1973 at 6 years old, died 4 years later at Seaworld Orlando - cerebral hemorrhage. 

• Kandy, captured in 1973 at 7 years old, died 3 months later at Marineland Ontario - acute pneumonia. 

• Frankie, captured in 1973 at 9 years old, died 5 months later at Seaworld San Diego - influenza.

• Nootka 2, captured in 1973 at 8 years old, died 9 months later at Sealand Victoria - ruptured aorta.

• Nootka 3, captured in 1975 at 3 years old, died 9 months later at Sealand Victoria - perforated ulcer. 

• Kandu 4/Kanduke, captured in 1975 at 4 years old, died 15 years later in Seaworld Orlando - viral leptomenigitis. 

• Kim/Oum, captured in 1976 at 5 years old, died 5 years later at Marineland Antibes - lung abscess. 

• Kenau, captured in 1976 at 1 years old, died 15 years later at Seaworld Orlando - bacterial pneumonia.