A killer whale at SeaWorld Orlando died Sunday while giving birth, the theme park said. The calf was stillborn.
The father of the calf was Tilikum -- the killer whale involved in death of a trainer in February.
Taima, a 20-year-old killer whale, died from complications associated with the birthing process, SeaWorld said. Taima had successfully given birth to three calves previously.
SeaWorld has had 26 successful births of killer whale calves in captivity, according to Dold, who said the birthing success rate is about 50 percent in the wild and 85 percent in a "zoological situation."
A necropsy has been scheduled to determine the cause of death.
Do you think that breeding animals in captivity is better than levaving them in the wild?
i dont think animals should be captive if you wanna see whales then go into their homeland dont bring them to ours and keep them in a tiny area when their meant to swim the enitre ocean. unless the nimals need care then they can keep them there in like seaworld type places but once they are better they should be put back.
(: Brooke
-- Edited by BeeHughes7 on Tuesday 8th of June 2010 05:31:47 PM
I think they should defenately be left alone, unless maybe they were being hunted by people out in the sea and were near extinction, THEN i would say that captivity is good.
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I think animals that are from the wild should stay in the wild and I don't think humans should have the right to move an animal from it's natural habitat!
