KASATKA THE KILLER WHALE STORY

Kasatka was a 40 year old female orca who was captured in October 1978 in Iceland. She passed away on August 15, 2017 at SeaWorld San Diego. After living in the four SeaWorld parks open at the time, she finally ended up in SeaWorld San Diego where she lived the rest of her life. She had gone on to have four calves here. Her first calf was a female named Takara, born on July 9,1991. Takara gave birth to her first calf Kohana in 2002. In 2004, Takara and Kohana both moved to Orlando. Takara has had four more calves since. Kasatka became a great grandmother when Kohana gave birth to Adán in 2010. On September 1, 2001, Kasatka gave birth to her second calf. He was named Nakai. He was the first orca to be conceived through artificial insemination. While Kasatka was in San Diego, the father Tilikum was in Orlando. This pregnancy was one of four featuring orcas on the Animal Planet show That’s My Baby. Her third calf was another female named Kalia. She was born on December 21, 2004. Kalia is also known as Great G