Kiska, Marineland’s lone killer whale and last captive orca in Canada, has died
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Kiska, a killer whale at Marineland and the last captive orca in Canada - who has swam alone in her tank for more than a decade - has died.
The Ontario government said Marineland, a theme park in Niagara Falls, Ont., informed the province Thursday of her death.
The province had Animal Welfare Service officers at the park Friday as Marineland performed a necropsy on the animal, a spokesperson for the Ministry of the Solicitor General said.
The park told the Niagara Falls Review that the killer whale’s health declined recently “despite intensive interventions by her caregivers, Marineland’s veterinarian team, and international veterinarians with expertise in supporting the health and well-being of cetaceans.”
Global's Ahmar Khan reports on Kiska's tragic death.
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I think Kiska gave up and chose to die. I don't blame her. Human greed is disgusting. It's because of us that she died alone in a prison, without the comfort of a pod. Glad she's free of her prison now, though she never should have been imprisoned to begin with.
thank u ohm
Not us... but those people. I want nothing to do with that😢
Human greed is also disturbing…
It's so sad that she lived in captivity for more than 40 years! What a sad life! 😔
Kiska wasn't just imprisoned, but 12 Years of isolation on top of that. Look at the size of the pool she was in. Isolation is used for punishment towards prisoners, when they break certain laws in jail.
They are well fed and happy. One of the most fascinating and memorable experiences of my life, seeing orcas and belugas and dolphins at the aquarium with my school classmates.
@@glennhankins6927 They're prisoners.
40 years alone what a sad people 😢😢
@@glennhankins6927 what an ignorant comment! As long as they entertain YOU right?
can't believe what humans did to her - so glad she's not in that pain anymore. So sorry, and RIP. 💜
beleive it--its humans at thei worst
What kind of statement could they possibly make?
These monsters didn’t send her to sanctuary when they could and here we are.
Just imagine what this poor animal endured.
Rest In Power😢
Perhaps the fact that orcas were banned from captivity made her die a more lonely death.
Monsters? .....for letting children see orcas? Fascinating and educational experience for Lower Mainland children for decades.
Middle class and poor kids can't afford whale watching tours and African safaris like you.
Past history has shown sending Old animals to Sanctuary's do nothing.
🙏
@@ThoosieJP It would have been better, than the isolated small pool she was swimming in.
People saying ''she was surrounded by her carers!'' really dont get the point. It's like you being locked up in a room by yourself for 12 years, never again seeing the faces or hearing the voices of your own species or be hugged or seeing them but every so often, a bunch of aliens come to feed you and give you a scratch and then leave you to walk circles in your little room. You would be absolutely miserable.
Yea. Having a dry island with nothing bit bare bones, about the size of a bed, surrounded by benevolent dolphins who toss you chunks of lettuce, and spend some time with you, seems like a recipie for despair, not thriving.
yeah but try almost 5 decades, not just 12 years
Good point 😢
Dang when you put it like this its absolutely terrifying. Very sad existence indeed. A punishment worse than death.
@@fursecmic633 12 years because she used to have another orca in there with her.
Im kinda angry of how Kiska was deprived of living. She had noone to talk to, she suffered though the end. Rest in peace Kiska we mourning for you. ♥️
Deeply sorry that our greed almost always wins over our compassion. I'm glad your free now , very sad thinking of the last twelve years alone.
RIP
RIP. No more suffering. I am so sorry we humans are so cruel. I pray Lotlita has a chance to get to a sea pen. Her family will know her. 😭
Yes, she is the next one on the list to die if she doesn’t get out of that horrible decrepit tank. Seaworld Orlando is only three hours of the road. It has seven spacious pools and a pod of orcas for her. Kshamenk is another one he’s lost 2500 lbs in one year and has developed peanut head
Kiska the Orca was an amazing creature. I wish she could have been released before dying in captivity.
I will forever curse the corporate ceo's who made money from her slavery and kept her confined in such a small enclosure.
Shame on you.
It’s so sad. I’m glad she’s not in that pool anymore. Rip kiska
What I don't understand, marineland had been reported for animal cruelty many times and nothing was done still lived in awful conditions.
From what I've recently heard, Canada has loose laws regarding animal cruelty or something. I could be wrong...
@@LethalSalivawell now it’s illegal to have any whales in captivity here so it can never happen again at LEAST 😢
This is so horrible. She was 3 when they captured her and so she got to experience the real world. And then she got to serve a life sentence at Marineland. All this cruelty just for the sake of the profit:(
R.I.P. Kiska
Imagine, being in a small empty room alone and quiet for 40 years........
Omg😭😭 this is mentally abused....those people should be held accountable
The level of the cruelty that those people did to her and her kind was unbelievably terrible! They are all CRUEL, HEARTLESS, and INSANE! They should go get help because I am sure they have issue with their mental health! Look at the way she hits her own head against the wall! You can tell that she was so stressed! She was beyond bored! She was angry! You MONSTERS, you all killed her! And you all will answer God for that!
WE FAILED KISKA!! We promised her the freedom that she needed, but we tried!
Orcas are my favourite animal and knowing what I know about them, my heart absolutely breaks for Kiska. It is and should be a great crime for Orcas to be left alone, in a tank, with nothing to do. I'm very angry with humans and the push for more entertainment but this was not the way to do it. I'm happy she is free now, and doesn't have to suffer any longer. Marineland should be ashamed.
RIP kiska hope ur swimming with ur calfs in heaven
Free at last. May God bless and keep this sweet little girl. .
So fking sad. All her calves died young too 😢 she went back and fourth in that small tank all alone for years. This is sooo sad and disturbing
I can't believe how I cried for her. It made me so mad that so many people knew and did nothing. Why! This was pure torture. 😢
No words 💔😞
The tank used by Marineland of Canada for Kiska was an estimated 40 metres (130 ft) x 20 metres (66 ft) wide. Kiska would complete 879 laps around her tank every day which was a total distance of about 100 km, the minimum distance most wild orca pods travel daily. Kiska developed ritualistic, repetitive behaviours (such as repeatedly rubbing her skin against the tank until injured, thrashing, and floating motionless in one spot) that indicate stress and are abnormal for wild orcas. She live a life that was unfair and humans were selfish for taking her away from her pod and the oceans. Thank god Canada has put a stop to whales and dolphins in captivity so none will ever live that life again in Canada. Now China needs a reality check.
40 Year's in a tank, forced pregnancies& Her babies stolen from Her!?! A Tragic, Cruel situation has Finally ended for this beautiful animal..
Her babies all died
May she swim free forever in the oceans 💙 in heaven.
Aquariums should be banned.
So sad 💔. Now , she’s free , RIP
I still don't understand even after her death that this isn't getting the news it deserves everyone in this world needs to know about the animal cruelty that is going on .
The audacity to keep her suffering she can no longer suffer she’s finally free
Sorry to hear about the passing of Kiska. She was a real star and was loved by millions the world over. I'd also like to say that orca Lolita will likely be the next to go if things don't start picking up in getting her out of her current tank and into a sanctuary somewhere in the vicinity of where the Srkw whales reside ASAP.
They're on that right now!
Breaking news! She is being released!!! Us and PETA are rejoicing! I signed the Kiska petition a while back and it’s sad 😔 that it came to her dying 😢at least they will never be allowed to own another Orca ❤
She wasn't really loved though was she ? We watched her and enjoyed her from her tank whilst we knew she was suffering.
Ladies and gentlemen,we are never going to marine land ever again…
RIP Kiska❤
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Hearing about this is So heartbreaking !!!.I feel that all places of "BUSINESS "
that take wild animals into captivity to exploit, train , exhibit wildlife in small boxed in enclosures should be shut down !! Freedom is the best life any living creature could possibly have ,and is the ways in which our creator, GOD, designed all living things upon this earth to have a living , free, birthright !! Iam angry too... God bless the beasts, and the children , as they have no voice , and they have no choice !!
AMEN. So heartbreaking 💔
Amen !
I loved a zoo that was mainly rescues and former pets. I got so mad at hearing a worker from another zoo say our animals should be put down because they were injured or former pets. It was so infuriating.
They took in wolf hybrids that couldn't be adopted and had many three legged animals on display. The birds that weren't exotic pets were blind or couldn't fly, but got to be comfortable and acommodated.
I knew a few people with disabilities that were happy to see animals "like them" just living their lives as best as they could.
Imo, all zoos should have rescue animals.
People like to see the happy endings for animals like the Tiger King tigers :C
@@aazhie Hello my friend , I should have mentioned that iam in favor of rehab sanctuaries
for animals that are too sick and injured that can't be released back into the wild get the love and care that they need to be able to have the best life possible in captivity .. thanks for reminding me of one important exception to wildlife" for profit" facilities. Take care..
Thanks for reporting this.
Poor Kiska, she didn’t deserve to live the life of suffering and loneliness.
Sorry for human kind Kiska.
Seconded. I wish she could have been left to be wild. Even if she had died young in the wilds, she would have had a pod and mother to mourn her
Poor creature. So distressing :( I hope she can rest in peace now
These beautiful, intelligent creatures were not put on this earth to be our show dogs. As long as these attractions (SeaWorld) are making money off these animals, they will continue this deplorable practice. Please stop buying tickets to these shows!!! We, the people, have the collective power to put an end to this. If no one buys tickets, no money is made, and then no more orcas are put in captivity and abused. This breaks my heart. 😢
I like him and Mad and sad up to my chore that nothing ever happened, signed petitions but nothing happened. Disgusted and ashamed and heartbroken that she had to endure this because of us, I’m so sorry kiska I’m so sorry 😢
Poor wale , im.happy wales died its good because she was trapped in that small pool for years and now she is free I'm so happy for the wale . Why didn't they let her free ?? They should get sue for animal curtly all of the sea world they keeping Wales dolphins and other animals in a small tank where they should be free in oceans 😔😢💔
Sadly, putting them back in the wild isn't like it is in movies. They are shunned by wild whales and do not know how to hunt and survive. Kieko was an attempt at rehabilitation. But he died after a year in the wild, and humans had to constantly feed him :(
Unbelievable, how Some humans can be real evils n disgustingly greedy to put such an incredible creature of God through this kinda torture n trauma.. karma will play its role! 💔😢
She is free now, proof that death is a blessing
Only for those saved such as children, every living creatures and born-again humans. Without Jesus everyone ends up in the center of the earth in hell. So death isn’t always a blessing. Trust me but yes in this case it was 😢
Why didn't they let her go? Orca whales live 50 to 90 years. Humans are disgusting.
So Canadian government was fine with this, but when you say women are different to men then you get arrested?
(happened just last week to a student in Ontario...)
It's funked up world.
Not that I think that this will do anything to change your mind, but
1) there are a lot of privacy laws, especially given that's he's a minor, so they can't really say much about what truly happened. Guaranteed that student has a longer list of offenses that we don't know about.
2) he was literally just arrested AGAIN for protesting at a drag show, and providing extremely misleading facts about it.
3) he was suspended for openly protesting trans rights and that was why he was issued a 20 day suspension. He was able to return to class with a set of conditions, that he promptly refused. One of them was to not "deadname" trans students, which means referring to them by their name from birth and not by their chosen name. Their chosen name, which is on their LEGAL documents. Which he refused. In fact, he asked for a NICKNAME to call the students in question so he didn't have to refer to them by their chosen name.
4) he was arrested for TRESPASSING when he tried to return to school before his suspension was up. Not because of his beliefs.
5) the more hate these people spread, the more likely it is for those trans students to experience violence. Forcing them to use a bathroom that this male happens to share, creates an incredibly unsafe environment for the trans students.
6) the schools policy is to create a learning environment where each student has the right to feel safe
7) he is entitled to his beliefs. What he is NOT entitled to do is to deadname students, otherwise bully them, and protest for their erasure. Hatred breeds violence. How is any trans student supposed to feel safe in a school with him, and the 30 other people that support him? He is out there advocating for "his rights" by erasing the rights of trans people and their right to exist without harassment, bullying, etc. The human rights code clearly states that trans persons have the right to use the bathroom of their lived identity.
8) he's nothing but some pompous far right kid advocating for erasure of trans persons, erasure of female reproductive rights, and so on.
He is not the victim here. He has created an unsafe space where kids fear him, when they have the right to go to school and not be afraid. Trans persons are killed every year, and trans suicide rates are climbing. And the school was exercising their right to create an environment that is safe for its students by suspending this kid and giving conditions for his return.
All the far right people do is listen to whatever other far right people have to say and copy their beliefs. It's literally just a bunch of copies of the same person. And their goal is to make sure vulnerable populations have their rights revoked. That is wholly inethical and it shouldn't be allowed to continue. Their hatred for vulnerable communities is loud and clear, and dangerous. All the left is trying to do is help people keep their rights AND safety as free Canadians. Hatred has no place in the classroom, in the community, or in politics.
So what are my final points?
He is not a victim
He is a person full of hate with intent to infringe on others' rights.
He was arrested for trespassing
He refused to return to school under their guidelines.
He doesn't want anything but the removal of rights from innocent populations who are just trying to live their life.
Have your beliefs all you want. The minute you start to harm others or shove your beliefs onto them by removing their rights to their own body? You deserve to be punished. And punished harshly.
Words have consequences. Actions have consequences.
And they also have the power to affect people so harshly that the result is violence and/or death. And that is and should be stopped. Say they're soft, say he's not physically harming them so there's nothing wrong, say whatever you want. But words and actions have power. And if creating an unsafe environment means people are physically or mentally attacked, or die, that is and should be punishable. Same way you can't tell someone online to go kill themselves.
This is heart wrenching 💔
Miss Daughter kiska
marineland should be shut down man . whales kept in captivity is a sad state of affairs
Sad 😢
Poor girl I only just found out who she was a couple months ago 😪
i just found out now and I cannot stop crying
This is 10 miles from my house. So sad 😢
Believe it or not kiska was one of the orcas that I suggested to be released in the wild or sea pen but now Lolita is now as the lonely orca in captivity but she’s going to be released
I hate it when these people take these beautiful creatures just to keep them in a cage.. shame on people who keep animals in cages all of their lives.. I hate it when I see these "animal collectors," who have tons if animals living under one roof in cages 😠 why can't you just set them free?
Close marine land and all zoos
Except for zoos that are saving a species and propagating the wild with these species. They need to have a way to raise funds to continue. However, they can put a limit on how long an animal can remain in captivity before they must free it and replace it with another adult fertile animal for the purpose of saving the species..
Zoos are gonna be the only place where a lot of animals can live. Extinctions are gonna skyrocket soon.
Anti - Education for children? Not all parents have your wealth to take their kids on African safaris and whale watching tours.
Use my Canadian tax dollars for more zoos and more aquariums with whales and dolphins.
@@glennhankins6927 you can see orcas in BC in their natural habitat.
For someone with such understanding of less fortunate people having access to freedoms you certainly miss the point of a creature that size living in something that would be a closet in scale to a human.
Even so they could have released it to live out it’s life in relative comfort seeing as it made tons of profit for the organization.
Your wrong with the right ideas
@@glennhankins6927 sad that you’re ok with animals being mistreated
They should be charged how cruel
Marineland won,
Disca, indeed definitely died the loneliest orca in the world
Das arme Tier hat so ein qualvolles Leben, hoffentlich bekommen die Verantwortlichen ihre Strafe dafür 😢
Stop doing this to Whales it is totally inhumane. They belong in the wild with their families!
It was so sad to look at it harming herself. A sense of stress I’d rather say instead of boredom. If we complained for being isolated two years, and felt depressed, lonely, imagine a killer whale in that tank for 40 years, separated from their calves, when they are social, live in pods almost 60 or more years, and its a group or species where matriarchy predominates.
Sometimes it is necessary for an animal to die, in order to stop having captives orcas.
NO. NOT IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM SHOULD THIS NEED TO HAPPEN. HOW STUPID OF YOU TO SAY THAT. 🤬
How can Marine land justify this 'iron mask' destiny for a whale that was so gentle ???
Will some animal rights association sue Marineland ?
Orcas aren't always gentle. But neither are humans. It's okay to say orcas are pretty and effective hunters. We shouldn't have to pretend they are Saints to ban isolating and torturing them!
They belong in the wild, and we shouldn't judge them by human standards of morality. Humans don't need to kill or capture whales. Especially industrial human using powered ships.
Disgraceful animal abuse
I remember making eye contact with this whale at marine land and it was at list 7 seconds of eye contact, I'll never forget it
Had to wonder, "Why is this beautiful girl in a tank so far removed from the ocean world she was born knowing?"
She's free now 😢💔
RIP Kiska.
They ought of released her to ocean 🌊 heartbreaking news . This story really upsetting. For whale 🐋 to self harm shows how distressed she was and no one did nothing.
I don't think release was really possible. They released Keiko back in the early 2000s, and he subsequently died.
From Wikipedia:
Most sources conclude that the project to free Keiko was a failure because the orca failed to adapt to life in the wild.
In Norway, Keiko had little contact with other orcas and was not fishing; for months before his death, the whale was being fed daily.
He never integrated into a wild pod ... and could not break his need for human contact.
Reasons cited for Keiko's failure to adapt include his early age at capture, the long history of captivity, prolonged lack of contact with conspecifics and strong bonds with humans.
It's a terribly tragedy. Once she had been in captivity for so long, she was effectively doomed.
Sadly, they never learned how to be wild. They probably are avoided by other orcas because they have no social skills or hunting abilities. They simply die sad and lonely no matter where they are.
I'm not sure if it would be better to have a quick painful death in the wild after a year, or a slow, less dangerous unraveling. Both sound awful and tragic.
Unfortunately, even if that was an option, she likely wouldn't have survived long in the wild. Releasing animals that were raised in captivity into the wild is rarely if ever a good idea because they aren't adapted to living on their own.
This made me cry. So sad. Damn humans. All for their entertainment and money. Sad and angry. I pray and hope this never happens again. Seeing her thrashing her head against the glass was heartbreaking 💔. Rip Kiska xoxo . ❤
Broke my Heart😓 to see this, why people doin this type of Horror to Animals, She died who cares, What a life shes been through.
Revoltantes!!!!!!
Please stop saying humans are horrible & greedy.
Cruel people did this and the good people are going to stop it.
Please ban all ocean parks, circus & zoos. Be one of the 'good people' to change things & vote with your dollars.
WE NEED TO PROTEST THIS HELL THEY CALL AN AMUESMENT PARK..
She actually was tank mates with Keiko! Yet she deserved stardom and eventual freedom like he got!
You guys can talk about and say that you are angry, but why would you hold an orca in captivity? That is so sad. Then, no one did anything about it. So, instead of talking about it, something should have been done.
The Whale Sanctuary has been making false promises for years. They have been promising a sanctuary in Nova Scotia since 2013.
Kiska died and now Inouk and Moana. Wikie and Keijo have to wait until Spring of 2025. It still won't be ready.
@@tessdurberville711Dude, quit spreading that lie!
40 years and nobodydid nothing? Where were the otoritys?
What happened to Willy?
❤I'm so that she is free
All the fake outrage. You ALL stood by and let this happen. What did YOU do to save her? NOTHING.
What is wrong with these ppl?
What an ignorant person ... To say Kiska was so docile and everyone wanted to work with her. 😢😢
Greedy Human beeings using these amazing animals for their gain..
Rest in peace beautiful, im so sorry for what humans have done to you.
Highly social mammals, and she died all alone😢
This is terrible
She is living alone? She was made to live alone..
Source: the voices in my head
Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;
16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.
John 13:16
All this protesters killed Kiska , instead picketing, they suppose to help , with money and rehabilitation. Its so sad to see people mouthing so easily, but no one does really nothing when it comes to act and do something to help
a trainer is not an activist--theyre foolin u
In the words of Martin Luther King Jr.: “One day the absurdity of the almost universal human belief in the slavery of other animals will be palpable. We shall then have discovered our souls and become worthier of sharing this planet with them.”
Be vegan... for life. ❤️
what a sad existence for a mighty creature
Horrible!! Despicable!
I will never forgive, nor get over what the put this whale through.
Jesus says we must forgive ❤ or our father in heaven will not forgive us but it is heartbreaking. Rip kiska
I understand that the laws are created to protect the orcas, ultimately. However, I don’t understand why she could not be moved, if not twisty pan, which would be ideal, at least to a facility, like See World, or even better, perhaps have brought Lolita to live with Kiska, she would’ve had more room, and I believe they are both from The same original population of wild orcas. At least you wouldn’t have been alone.
Can we just stop these shows man.
Y mucho duro en esas condiciones sola sin estar en alta mar que es donde debió vivir estos son unos desaprensivos
So all the vids about the same animals in the same olace people talking about what they saw and how angry they are all talk about it like they've known for so long and was sickening to watch but why now? If you saw it for so long and knew the animal so well why are you mad now?
She’s happier now ❤😢
An they live up to there 80s in the wild where they belong!!!
I was about to look up what she would be in human years, but I guess that means they are probably pretty close to human in development and lifespan. Even more tragic, but I'm relieved she isn't suffering still, :(
How can we allow this to happen. These beautiful creatures don’t belong to us. They’re not here for our entertainment. The Desiderata says “You are a child of the universe. No less than the trees and the stars, you have a right to be here…..”. Kiska was a child of the universe. She had a right to live the life she was created to live but we took that away from her. Why? We share this world with other species., it’s doesn’t belong to us any more than it belongs to them. I only pray that Kiska will not have died in vain…. God bless her…
Horrifying
Kiska 😭😭😭
If you paid to go see this, shame on you! 😠
Such a beautiful creature, treated so horribly. May she rest in peace.
For the good of the animals it's time to close down Marineland.
Good news I don’t like marineland in Canada that theses animals in their care are going through this and I don’t support marineland Canada and when Kiska was captured along with tillkum Katina Stella kastaka why didn’t they moved kiska to seaworld Orlando or seaworld San Diego to begin with and I wished they didn’t capture her from the wild but rescue her as a orphan abandoned have health problems and seriously injured and other things to bring not just kiska but the other orcas and dolphins belugas and other animals that were being taken from the wild into captivity
My heart is broke. 😢🙏🏽👿
So they just wanted her die so they could collect the insurance money wow 🤬😢