After more than 40 years at an Ontario theme park and a decade without a tank mate, Kiska, Canada's last living captive orca, has died.

Source: https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/podcaster-and-husband-shot-dead-in-seattle-area-home-police-say-1.6309282

A group of orca experts published an open letter this summer attempting to correct the characterization that the incidents were attacks.

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/2023-in-review/the-year-of-the-orca

A lonely orca named Luna who got separated from his family 20 years ago also damaged boatsbusinessinsider.

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/d705ffe8406a99e5?ref=ff

For their research, Grimes and colleagues examined the accumulation of "tooth rake marks"—scarring left behind when an orca bites another during rough play or fighting.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-07-mama-boys-elder-orca-moms.html

In March, Kiska, Canada’s last living orca in captivity, died after more than 40 years at the park.

Source: https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/beluga-whale-bottlenose-dolphin-die-at-marineland-1.6389396

Lolita, a beloved orca who spent more than five decades entertaining visitors at the Miami Seaquarium, died on Friday.

Source: https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/worlds-oldest-killer-whale-lolita-dies-after-50-years-in-captivity-4313099

Marineland says the last captive orca in Canada died Thursday at the Niagara Falls-based tourist attraction.

Source: https://www.chch.com/volatile-winter-weather-affecting-icewine-production-in-ontario/

Researchers believe the attacks may be coordinated by an older orca named Gladis who, it’s theorized, may have had a traumatizing run-in with an illegal fishing vessel.

Source: https://jalopnik.com/killer-whale-attacks-on-yachts-spreads-2-000-miles-to-t-1850570442

Such animals should never live in captivity, and that was made very apparent with the story of Tilikum, the orca that killed three of his trainers over his lifetime.

Source: https://www.lakecowichangazette.com/opinion/robert-barron-column-all-captured-orcas-should-be-released/

"That said, it does look more like an orca, and the species does occasionally visit Welsh waters, mainly west of Bardsey or off the Pembrokeshire coast.

Source: https://www.denbighshirefreepress.co.uk/news/23559225.miraculous-moments-gwynedd-holidaymaker-spots-orca/?ref=rss

The orca, now thought to be about 57, is known by three names.

Source: https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/editorial-what-it-will-require-to-bring-tokitae-home/

'There has never been a recorded fatality of an orca killing someone in the wild before, but what we have seen in recent years is that these boat attacks are becoming more and more frequent.'

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12152139/Woman-31-recounts-terror-attacked-killer-whales-coast-Spain.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Three orcas, the large black-and-white dolphins also known as killer whales, worked in tandem; a large orca rammed the boat from the side while two smaller ones gnawed at the rudder until it was destroyed and the yacht was taking on water.

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/2023-in-review/the-year-of-the-orca

Washington does have one exception to this rule with 3 local resident orca pods that stay around the Washington coast all year long.

Source: https://newstalk870.am/ixp/134/p/washington-whale-watching/

Worse, they are pushing our salmon and orca to the brink of extinction.

Source: https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/start-work-to-replace-states-snake-river-dams/