What is the saddest orca in the world?

A SEAWORLD orca dubbed the saddest in the world has spent the last 48 years in a concrete tank losing all of her seven calves. Corky the killer whale was taken from her family in 1969 before eventually being moved to SeaWorld San Diego in 1987 and is believed to be the orca who has spent the longest in captivity.



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Shamu /?æmu?/ (unknown – August 16, 1971) was a female orca captured in October 1965 from a southern resident pod. She was sold to SeaWorld San Diego and became a star attraction. Shamu was the fourth orca ever captured, and the second female. She died in August 1971, after about six years of captivity.

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