Katina (orca)
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Katina was a female orca who lived at SeaWorld Orlando in Florida. She was captured off Iceland at approximately three years of age on 26 October 1978. She was the most successful breeding female orca
Katina with trainer Dawn Brancheau in 1998
Tilikum (orca)
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Tilikum, nicknamed Tilly, was a captive male orca who spent most of his life at SeaWorld Orlando in Florida. He was captured in Iceland in 1983; about a year later, he was transferred to Sealand of th
Katina (orca)
…female named Katerina. In early 1991, Katerina was moved to SeaWorld San Antonio. She died there on May 5, 1999, at 10.5 years of age. A male named Tilikum came to SeaWorld in January 1992. It was not long before Katina was pregnant again. She gave birth to her first son on September 9, 1993; the calf was…
Tilikum during a 2009 performance at SeaWorld Orlando
Tilikum at SeaWorld Orlando in 2009