California IN BRIEF : SAN DIEGO : Sea World Gets Male Killer Whale
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Sea World of California acquired a 3-year-old male killer whale for its breeding program from Marineland of Canada in Niagara, Ontario. The 2,500-pound whale, named Splash, traveled to San Diego aboard a chartered aircraft. Splash joins four female killer whales at the park. The whale joins two adult females, killer whales, an 8-month-old female killer whale, and a 3 1/2-year-old female killer whale.
Jim Antrim, general curator at Sea World, said the theme park hopes to make Splash part of their killer whale breeding program. Sea World’s killer whale breeding program has resulted in six calves born in Sea World parks across the United States.
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