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Worlds
Lolita (Miami Seaquarium, USA)

Current number of facilities with orcas in captivity: 15



For pictures of a certain facility simply click on the facility's name!


These facilities are keeping orcas captive:



NAME LOCATION COUNTRY REMARK ORCAS HELD SINCE ORCAS ALIVE ORCAS DEAD
America
SeaWorld San Diego San Diego, CA USA The Blackstone Group L.P. 1965 10 16
SeaWorld Orlando Orlando, FL USA The Blackstone Group L.P. 1973 6 13
SeaWorld San Antonio San Antonio, TX USA The Blackstone Group L.P. 1988 5 11
Miami Seaquarium Key Biscayne / Miami, FL USA Wometco Enterprises (Arthur Hertz) 1968 1 1
MarineLand Canada Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada John Holer (private company) 1971 1 17
Mundo Marino San Clemente del Tuyú, Buenos Aires Argentina Mundo Marino S.A. (orca is owned by State of Argentina) 1985 1 3
Asia
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom Hengqin Island, Zhuhai, Guangdong China Guangdong Chimelong Group Co. Ltd 2014 9 0
Kamogawa Sea World Kamogawa, Chiba-Prefecture Japan GRANVISTA Hotels & Resorts Co.,Ltd (Japan) 1970 4 11
Wuxi Changqiao Ocean Kingdom Wuxi China under construction until 2019 2017 2 0
Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium Nagoya, Aichi-Prefecture Japan Port of Nagoya (public ownership) 2003 3 3
Seaside Dolphinarium / TINRO Nakhodka, Vladivostok Russia research facility 2012 1 0
Shanghai Haichang Polar Ocean World Shanghai China under construction, whales currently held at Dalian Laohutan Ocean Park 2016 4 0
unknown facility unknown Russia probably a temporary holding facility 2018 2 0
Europe
Marineland Antibes, Cote D'Azur France Parques Reunidos S.A. (Spain) 1969 4 8
Loro Parque Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife Spain Wolfgang Kiessling (orcas are owned by SeaWorld, except for Morgan where the status is unclear) 2006 7 1
Moscow Dolphinarium and Aquarium Moscow Russia VVC All-Russia Exhibition Centre 2013 3 0


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