Kasatka, a matriarchal orca at SeaWorld San Diego, passed away on August 15, 2017, at approximately 8:15 p.m., following a prolonged battle with a bacterial respiratory infection. She was around 42 years old at the time of her death. Captured off the coast of Iceland in 1978, Kasatka became a central figure in SeaWorld’s orca … Continue reading “An orca described as the “mother” of all whales has died at SeaWorld in San Diego.”
