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Zombie_Harambe t1_jbqnq5j wrote

Reply to comment by Disastrous-Soup-5413 in Kiska, sometimes know as the world’s loneliest orca, has died at Marineland by waitingforthesun92

Too old. Didn't have any parental nurturing and no survival instincts. Orcas have distinct language. They shun outsiders who can't speak theirs. She would have been alone and incapable.

It begs the question. Which is better. To be free but in danger. Or to be trapped but safe. Most would agree it be better to let the poor whale know some glimmer of freedom and happiness before dying in the wild. Better than more decades in a concrete cell.

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EmotionalSuportPenis t1_jbqdglf wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Tennessee governor OKs bill to cut Nashville council in half by Hrekires

I'd imagine the scene was a whole lot more chaotic and active in reality than the account lets on. Just think of every modern video where some disgruntled person walks in somewhere and starts breaking shit.

If time travel was a thing, that's one of the events I'd want to watch, and I'm not even Christian. I'd be there to watch the completely dumbfounded priest awkwardly trying to figure out what to do in the background, the temple guard getting run over by the stampede of people, the disciple throwing whatever was to hand, and the enterprising gentleman stealing everything he could get his hands on in the chaos and then running for the door. You know they were all there.

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NZNzven t1_jbqcwhc wrote

Reply to Lasell University Student Steals $547,000 in Credit Card Scam by mass1080

Terrible article, did some digging. Basically she embezzled a total of $500,000 in 8 separate transactions where she would "buy" an item, up the price, and then "return" the item and pocket the difference. She was an employee at a jewelry store and did these things. Terrible oversite if just anybody can adjust prices both ways on a whim.

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kstinfo t1_jbq5yps wrote

Reply to Kiska, sometimes know as the world’s loneliest orca, has died at Marineland by waitingforthesun92

final release

Newsweek, 8/18/22

Harrowing footage shows a lonely killer whale circling its tank and thrashing around, having outlived its friends and offspring.

Kiska, dubbed the "world's loneliest orca," circled the perimeter and splashed water over the walls of her isolated tank at MarineLand Park in Niagra Falls, Ontario, Canada. The footage was filmed in June 2022.

The orca is said to have been captured in Icelandic waters in 1979, and has been in captivity ever since. Kiska, who is approximately 45-years-old, has survived all of her tank mates and her five calves, activists say.

Researchers and activists believe her behavior is a result of her damaged mental and physical health and well-being from prolonged captivity. SWNS reached out to MarineLand Park for comment.

MarineLand has had 26 orcas pass through its tanks since it opened in 1962, with 20 of them dying there and the rest either traded or given away to other establishments.

Despite being well-known as social animals that thrive in groups, Kiska remains isolated from any other animal.

Former MarineLand employee-turned-activist Phil Demers, 44, who worked at the park for 12 years, said: "Kiska is MarineLand's last surviving orca. She was captured in 1979 in Icelandic waters and has been at MarineLand ever since.

"Her mental and physical health are deteriorating and as seen in the video, she repeatedly swims around her pool in the exact same way, even stopping briefly in some shallow water to shake erratically.

"Experts call it "zoochosis." Orcas are social animals and need to be with their families, or at the least, with others of their own species. For Kiska, her isolation is torture. Sadly, Kiska's fate is largely sealed at MarineLand as she is their property, and as no viable seaside sanctuaries exist, her future is heartbreakingly bleak."

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