Stats

List of captive killer whale stats/facts.

Stats on Captive Killer Whales

Features Living Killer Whales

1. 61 orcas currently reside in captivity. Of the 61:
2. 31 were captive born at parks world wide.
3. 24 were captured. 6 from Iceland and 18 from Russia.
4. 2 were rescued, one in Argentina and the other in the Netherlands.
5. Ulises is currently the largest whale in captivity, weighing just under 10,000 lbs!
6. Corky II is the oldest whale alive in captivity. Amazingly, she is also the oldest captive cetacean alive in human care. Corky II's estimated birth year is around 1964.
7. Katina has successfully given birth and raised all of her calves making her the most successful female breeding whale in captivity.
8. Orkid is the oldest captive born killer whale alive and was the second to survive being born under human care. She was born on the 23rd of September, 1988.
9. Ulises is the oldest captured male alive in captivity. His estimated birth year is 1979.
10. Kyuquot is the oldest captive born whale in captivity. He was born on Christmas Eve(24th of December), 1991.
11. Stella is the most successful female breeding whale in Asia.
12. Katina has lived the longest at any park for one period of time. She moved to SeaWorld Orlando on the 23rd of November, 1984.
13. SeaWorld San Diego currently houses 10 whales, the most to live at the same complex at the moment.
14. Makani is the oldest living killer whale to be born via artificial insemination in captivity.
15. Corky II is currently the largest female weighing in around 8,000 lbs!
16. Pànghǔ is currently the largest male weighing in around 12,000 lbs!
17. Katniss is believed to be the youngest orca in captivity.

Stats on Deceased Captive Killer Whales

Features Deceased Killer Whales

• 232 captive killer whales died in captivity.
• The total amount of killer whales ever known to be in captivity is around 290.
• Kalina was the first captive killer whale to be born and raised in human care.
• SeaWorld San Diego housed 11 killer whales from 2014-2017, the most to live in the same complex.
• Nootka V gave birth to 8 calves. 6 were live births and the other 2 were miscarriages. It is rare to have more than one miscarriage in a lifetime.
• Kalina gave birth at not even 7 and a half years old making her the youngest killer whale conceive and successfully raise a calf.
• Sharkane is the most successful breeding whale in Europe.
• Belén was the only breeding whale in South America. Unfortunately, she gave birth to a stillbirth and was pregnant when she died.
• Tilikum is the most successful breeding male in captivity with 22 sired calves.
• Katerina was the first hybrid transient to be born in captivity.
• Nandu and Samoa were the only captive orcas to live in Brazil.
• Bjossa's third calf(VA-00-B9501) had the shortest lived life at only 7 minutes old at death.
• Nakai was the first successful killer whale to be born via artificial insemination in captivity.
• Orky II was the largest recorded captive killer whale at 14,000 lbs.

Stats on Facilities

Features World Wide Parks

• The first place to hold a captive orca was Marineland of the Pacific.
• SeaWorld Ohio never had any killer whale die or be born at their park, which is unique as they had several whales being housed at their facility.

Stats on Dates

Features Highlighted Timeline Dates

• The first whale that was going to be taken captive alive was Typee in 1900/1901.
• Kalina, the first whale to survive a birth in captivity, was born in September of 1985.
• Katerina, the first born transient hybrid whale, was born in November of 1988.
• 3 whales were born in the month of November in 1988(Katerina, Bjossa's Calf, and Kayla).
• Tekoa was the first captive orca to be born in the century of 2000.

Stats for Captures & Rescues

Features Highlighted Capture and Rescue Stats

• 34 Southern Resident orcas were captured.