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According to a statement from the Miami Seaquarium, she died due to a suspected renal condition

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[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 74 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Poor animal. Sensitive and intelligent creatures, locked in isolation for this long would drive any human completely insane. WHY are humans such god awful miserable bastards?

[–] kemsat@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago
[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I mean... It is Florida. Conservatives fucking hate animals. If they can profit from torturing an animal to death, they will. And they did.

[–] Barns@lemmy.world 65 points 1 year ago

Fuck each and every person involved in this tragedy

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago

Tragic. But at least these places are all finally closing down. Hopefully this never happens again.

[–] DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

End orca captivity immediately.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How many are still in captivity? Is there orca rehab as well that would count towards it? Wiki says 55, where are they?

[–] DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Probably a bunch at the various Sea World parks, but there's plenty of other aquariums globally.

[–] TacoEvent@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago

…she shared her small enclosure with a male orca named Hugo for the first decade of her captivity. In 1980, Hugo died from a brain aneurysm after an extended period of banging his head against the tank's spectator glass during fits of depression.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

We tortured her to death. A slow, lingering death in a tiny prison.