After more than 40 years of captivity and a decade without a tankmate, Kiska, Marineland's last living orca, has died. The Ministry of the Solicitor General confirmed to CTV News Toronto on Friday that the whale passed away at Marineland on March 9.
�Kiska, widely known as the �loneliest orca in the world�, has died after living over 40 years in a tank at Marineland, with over a decade in solitary confinement,� the statement read.
�Orcas are incredibly social animals, but Kiska had no one by her side since 2011, and suffered from agonizing loneliness as well as a lack of space and mental stimulation in her small barren tank,�
Even our worst criminals are treated better than this.
Kiska was the last orca kept in captivity in Canada since the passing of Bill S-203 in 2019, which rendered it illegal to breed or import marine mammals into captivity. Her death marks the end of legal orca captivity in the country.
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�Orcas are incredibly social animals, but Kiska had no one by her side since 2011, and suffered from agonizing loneliness as well as a lack of space and mental stimulation in her small barren tank,�
Even our worst criminals are treated better than this.
Good and it better stay that way.