32-Year-Old Orca Dead after Nearly a Lifetime in Captivity

in Animal News

After 32 years in captivity, an orca whale named Freya has passed away at the Marineland amusement park in France. Freya was first caught off the coast of Iceland in 1982 when she was just about one year old. Wild orcas tend to live 50 years on average and can live up to three to four more decades.

Link: The Dodo

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