the first orca was put in captivity on october 2010, kohana.
when was the first orca put in captivity?
october 2010, kohana
chimo (also known as t4), was a young female transient (exclusive mammal-eater) orca exhibited in sealand of the pacific in south oak bay at the oak bay marina, near the city of victoria, british columbia, canada from 1970 to 1972. chimo was the only partially albino orca ever exhibited in captivity. years before her capture, another pure white orca was spotted in what is suspected to be the same pod, and named "alice". alice was never captured, and vanished in the 1960s. chimo was captured when trying to find a mate for the park's star attraction, haida. chimo's probable mother was another orca by the name of scarredjaw cow (t3). she was captured alongside chimo. chimo died in 1972 from complications caused by chédiak–higashi syndrome, the syndrome which caused her albinism. chimo never bore any calves.[1]
list of captive killer whales
on september 26, 1985, katina went into labor. a few hours later, she bore her first calf—a female, who was named kalina. although ten orca calves had been born in captivity prior to kalina, none of them had survived past a few weeks. this made kalina the first orca calf to be successfully born and raised in captivity, which made katina the first successful mother. the success of the captive orca breeding program began with katina in 1985. kalina went on to live for 25 years, before she died at seaworld orlando in october 2010.





























section::::katina's other calves and grandchildren.
katina (killer whale)