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(Created page with "In October 1982, five orcas were captured in Icelandic waters and taken to the Hafnarfjordur Aquarium to be prepared for sale. Among them, three whales named Nootka IV, Haida II, and an unnamed male, were sold to Sealand of the Pacific in May 1983. The male died shortly after the transfer, leaving only the two females. Sealand wanted to breed their whales in the future, so they needed a male for breeding purposes. In 1984, they purchased a young male named Tilikum -...") |
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Haida II died on August 1, 2001, due to a brain abscess. At the time of her death, she was in the fifth month of her third pregnancy. | Haida II died on August 1, 2001, due to a brain abscess. At the time of her death, she was in the fifth month of her third pregnancy. | ||
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