For 40 years the orca Kiska has lived locked up in the MarineLand water park and since she was left alone she wriggled against the tank, in the throes of anguish
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him
The distressing images of Kiska, what has been dubbed "the loneliest whale in the world". The video portrays the poor orca squirming in her small tank in the Canadian park MarineLand, in desperation that led her to carry out self-injurious gestures.
To share on Twitter the sad video, which has now gone viral, the activist and informant Phil Demers explaining:
This footage was shot on September 4, 2021. Anti-captivity activists entered MarineLand and observed Kiska, their last surviving killer whale banging its head against the wall. Please watch and share. This cruelty must stop. #FreeKiska
This video was taken on Sept 4th, 2021. Anti-captivity activists entered MarineLand and observed Kiska, their last surviving orca bashing her head against the wall. Please watch and share. This cruelty must end. #FreeKiska pic.twitter.com/sBCaKleH19
— Phil Demers (@walruswhisperer) September 8, 2021
The marine animal, plucked from Icelandic waters, has outlived its peers and even its offspring and has been living in complete solitude in the Ontario park since 2011. For the killer whale, existence has become unbearable and alternates periods in which it remains completely still with moments in which it bumps into the tank.
This video was taken on Sept 4th, 2021. Anti-captivity activists entered MarineLand and observed Kiska, their last surviving orca bashing her head against the wall. Please watch and share. This cruelty must end. #FreeKiska pic.twitter.com/uKCxF1AScz
— Phil Demers (@walruswhisperer) September 8, 2021
As explained by Rob Lott of the Whale and Dolphin Conservation, the behavior is provoked by the stress experienced by the marine creature, captured by the ocean and forced to remain locked up in a water park for over 40 years.
Unfortunately, this repetitive and self-injurious behavior shown by Kiska has been observed in other orcas in captivity, where years of boredom in arid and anonymous tanks with little or no stimulation lead to such manifestations "- explains the expert - Chronic stress can compromise the immune system and physiology of orcas in captivity, causing disease and even death. Kiska has lived without her like her since 2011 and has been stripped of every aspect of the social culture she would have experienced in nature.
A petition to free Kiska
To save Kiska and bring her back to the open sea (naturally after an adequate journey to a sanctuary), a petition was launched on Change.Org, which has already reached over 106 signatures in a few hours.
CLICK HERE to also sign the petition and guarantee a better future for the loneliest whale in the world!
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Fonti: Phil Demers (Twitter)/Whale and Dolphin Conservation/Change.Org
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