Kiska - The Lonely Orca at Marine Land in Ontario, Canada

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As Sea World continues to be decimated by the public, Marine Land in Ontario has managed to skirt some of the worst publicity while being responsible for the captivity of one of the world's loneliest orcas. We're talking about Kiska, the 44 yr old Orca who has spent all but a couple of years of her life in captivity. Kiska's story is a sad one, one that should have prompted her release multiple times before now but she remains in isolation, alone, and showing serious signs of being depressed and unwell.

It's important to note that in 2019, Canada banned the captivity of cetaceans which included dolphins and orcas. Unfortunately, the clause was that those that were already in captivity were permitted to remain that way without penalties. This allowed Marine Land to continue to imprison Kiska despite several warning signs that she was mentally unwell, depressed, and incredibly unhappy being alone in captivity. Kiska's story is a sad one, one that should be a wakeup call that NO cetaceans belong in captivity and allowing them to remain that way is nothing short of hypocritical animal cruelty.

Orcas are incredibly intelligent, social creatures that when in the wild, travel, hunt, and live in pods. Their social needs are well documented and their ability to communicate with one another has been highly studied. Orcas are some of the most intelligent creatures on our planet, one of the main reasons that keeping them in captivity for "educational" purposes is embarrassing animal cruelty. With all that we know from studying orcas for as long as we have, we know that keeping them captive is inherently cruel. We know this because Canada banned new captivity, indicating that they too believed that cetacean captivity was wrong. So why did this new law forget the innocent victims like Kiska who remain imprisoned all alone?

Kiska's spent nearly 40 some odd years in captivity. During this time, she's lost all 5 of her calves at a very young age. This beautiful Orca has suffered for 4 decades, most of which was spent all by herself in what can only be described as a bathtub. She's had hardly any room to move compared to her natural habitat. She's watched all of her calves die. She's been manipulated and exploited by horrible humans for decades and she's showing some disturbing signs of being emotionally and mentally unwell. Banging her head repeatedly against the wall of her tub, floating without moving as though she were dead...these are signs that she is so emotionally and mentally drained from this horrendous experience she's been through at the hands of humans.

If we as a country no longer believe cetacean captivity is acceptable, we mustn't be hypocritical in allowing already captive cetaceans to remain that way. What message are we sending if we're saying they don't belong there but are pandering to places like Marine Land by allowing them to keep their "stock"? It's embarrassing and wrong. Kiska is showing so many signs that she needs to be released and we must heed her warnings before she too dies in her tank, alone, sad, and emotionally dead. This intelligent, beautiful girl deserves to be released where she can live the rest of her life doing what she should've been doing her whole life. 

End the hypocrisy and free Kiska!

​Learn more through the link at the top of this page. Here's the Marine Land website with a CONTACT US section if you're interested. Let them know just how disgusting it is that they continue to put Kiska through hell for ticket sales.

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