Posted on 08/16/2017 3:12:07 PM PDT by nickcarraway
SeaWorld is in mourning Wednesday for the matriarch of the park's orca family.
Kasatka -- a mother of four, grandmother of six and great grandmother of two -- died around 8:15 p.m. Tuesday at SeaWorld San Diego's Orca Encounter facility following a lengthy treatment for a bacterial respiratory infection, officials said.
"All of us at SeaWorld are deeply saddened by this loss, but thankful for the joy she has brought us and more than 125 million park guests," said a SeaWorld statement.
(Excerpt) Read more at fox5sandiego.com ...
Well, I can’t say as I miss old Tillicum.
Zoos = oppression.
I no longer support the display of caged animals.
That goes for killer whales.
I’m glad the dead animal got to experience motherhood, though.
So little fulfillment in a life like that.
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