Appendix A
HISTORICAL INVENTORY
MARINELAND OF CANADA’S ORCA (KILLER) WHALES (Orcinus orca)
(Documented by Erich Hoyt, Orca¾ The Whales Called Killer,
1990 and updated by Zoocheck Canada Inc. as of 02/01/98.)
| Name | Sex | Est. Birth Yr. | Capture Info |
History in Captivity |
| Algonquin | M | Captive born to Nootka (father Kandu) | Died August 13, 2002. | |
| Hudson | M | Captive born to Kiska (father Kandu) | Currently alive at Marineland - Niagara Falls | |
| Knootka | F | Captured 3/70, Pedder Bay. B.C. | First at Sealand of the Pacific (Victoria); Japanese Deer Park (CA); Seven Seas (TX); Marineland, Niagara Falls, Canada to 4/86; died at Sea World (CA) 3/13/90 (SWC-00-8628) | |
| Kandu II | M | Captured 8/71, Penn Cove, WA | First at Seattle (WA); Bremen, West Germany; died at Marineland, Niagara Falls 10/79 | |
| Kandy | F | Captured 8/73, Pedder Bay, B.C. | Died at Marineland, Niagara Falls, Canada. 11/73 | |
| Kandu IV/ Kanduke |
M | Captured 8/75, Pedder Bay, B.C. | Marineland, Niagara Falls to 1/87; died at Sea World (FLA) 9/20/90 (SWF-00-8701) | |
| Kandu IV/Kanduke | M | Captured 10/78, Iceland | Marineland, Niagara falls to 6/79; alive at Sea World (SWC-00-7806) | |
| Nootka V/ Noni |
F | 1976 | Captured 11/79 Iceland, |
Alive at Marineland, Niagara Falls |
| Caren | F | Captured 11/79, Iceland | Marineland, Niagara Falls to 3/80; died at Kamogawa, Japan 5/87 | |
| King | M | Captured 11/79, Iceland | First at Lubeck, West Germany; Marineland, Niagara Falls to 3/80; died at Kamogawa, Japan 10/83 | |
| Keiko | M | Captured 11/79, Iceland | Marineland, Niagara Falls to 2/85; Reino Aventura, Mexico City 1/96; alive; to Oregon Coast Aquarium; to Iceland; currently FREE! | |
| No Name | F | Captured 11/79, Iceland | Died at Marineland, Niagara Falls 1/80, enroute to Kamogawa, Japan | |
| Kiska | F | 1975 | Captured 10/81, Iceland | Alive at Marineland, Niagara Falls |
| No Name | F | Captured 10/81, Iceland | Died at Marineland, Niagara Falls (date unknown) | |
| Junior | M | Captured 11/84, Iceland | Died Spring - 1994 at Marineland, Niagara Falls. | |
| Kandu | M | 1978 | Captured 11/84, Iceland | Alive at Marineland, Niagara Falls |
| Katak/Splash | M | 8/15/89 | Captive born to Knootka | Marineland, Niagara Falls to 4/92; alive at Sea World (CA) (SWC-00-9226) |
| No Name | M | 8/24/92 | Captive born to Kiska | Died at Marineland, Niagara Falls 10/25/92 |
| Neocia | F | 1/21/92 | Captive born to Knootka | Alive at Marineland, Niagara Falls; estimated separation from mother 6/95 |
| Kanuck | M | 8/28/94 | Captive born to Kiska | Dead at Marineland, Niagara Falls Spring 1998; estimated separation from mother 6/95 |
| *E-Day*Malik* | F | 4/21/96 | Captive born to Knootka - April 21, 1996 | Died at Marineland, Niagara Falls, March 4, 2000. Estimated separation from mother 5/97 |
| No Name** | M | 10 or 11/96 | Captive born to Kiska | Alive at Marineland, Niagara Falls; estimated separation from mother 5/97 |
Total killer whales = 20 exhibited
7 exported or re-exported
8 died at Marineland of Canada, Niagara Falls
7 alive at Marineland of Canada, Niagara Falls (including 4 captive born)
* Modified by Zoocheck Canada to add the birth of No-Name, born after this historical inventory was prepared by Erich Hoyt.
** Modified by Zoocheck Canada to add the birth of E-Day, born after this historical inventory was prepared by Erich Hoyt.
Note: Since publication of Distorted Nature, a female orca calf was born at Marineland
of Canada on May 27, 1998. The mother was Nootka; the father was Kandu. The calf died at
11 days of age on June 7, 1998. A male orca calf was born at Marineland on September 15,
1998. His mother was Kiska, and his father, Kandu.