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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.
Marineland’s owner, Marie Holer, declined to comment to The Canadian Press when reached by phone.
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.”
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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.
Marineland’s owner, Marie Holer, declined to comment to The Canadian Press when reached by phone.
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.”
Kiska, Marineland’s lone killer whale and last captive orca in Canada, has died | Globalnews.ca
A spokesman for the solicitor general says Marineland, a Niagara Falls, Ont., theme park where Kiska lived, told the province the killer whale died on Thursday.
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