Kshamenk has become the last remaining orca to be held in captivity in South America and ... of his solitary confinement as his small pool does not give him the chance to swim quickly and at ...

In 1995, Robert Small and Douglas DeMaster calculated annual survivorship rates (ASRs) in captive orcas and compared these results to the ASRs of wild orcas living in the Pacific Northwest of North ...

A new documentary film tells the story of a captured orca named Tokitae that died in 2023 amid efforts to free her from more than 50 years of captivity, and it’s being shown this week at the ...

In 1969, a four-year-old baby orca was separated from her family off the coast of British Columbia and sold into captivity. For the past 50 years, she’s lived in an “oceanarium” and ...

Wikie and Keijo, the two remaining captive orcas in France, are set to move soon, but if that move is to a sanctuary is still undecided Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been ...

A French marine park on Sunday closed down definitively over a 2021 law banning shows featuring marine mammals, leaving uncertain futures for the two last orcas in captivity in the country ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The killer whale Tokitae, also known as Lolita, may finally be released after more than 50 years in captivity in the world's smallest orca enclosure. Billionaire ...