GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) — Sea World Australia released video footage on Tuesday (May 2) of two new born polar bear cubs feeding from their mother inside their den. Sixteen-year-old mother Liya delivered her second litter on April 26, and the cubs, which still have to be named, weighed about 600 grams with a height of 15 centimetres. Fully grown they could stand as tall as 11 feet (3.35 meters) and weigh up to 1,400 […]
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Last killer whale born at Sea World
SAN ANTONIO. United States (Reuters) — The last killer whale to be born at SeaWorld was delivered on Wednesday (April 19) at the company’s San Antonio park. Sea World veterinarians said they have not yet determined the gender of the calf, but said the baby and its 25-year-old mother, Takara, are in good shape and are being monitored 24 hours a day. This is Takara’s fifth birth, and officials say she will determine when park […]
‘Blackfish’ killer whale dies
MIAMI, UNITED STATES (AFP) – Tilikum, the killer whale at the center of the 2013 documentary “Blackfish” — which criticized the captivity of orcas — died on Friday, according to SeaWorld. Although the official cause of death will not be announced until the completion of a necropsy, veterinarians at the Orlando, Florida marine theme park had said the approximately 36-year-old whale had been fighting a bacterial lung infection since March. “Tilikum passed away early this […]
Souhtwest Airlines, Sea World end partnership after 26 years
Southwest Airlines and Sea World decided to end their partnership after 26 years, with both saying that the termination was mutual.





