SAN DIEGO — A 20-year-old killer whale that has been at SeaWorld San Diego since his birth died Thursday night following treatment for an infection, the park announced Friday.
Despite aggressive efforts to treat the infection, the orca, Nakai, died surrounded by members of the animal care and medical teams who had worked closely with him over the last two decades, SeaWorld San Diego said in a statement.
“Every attempt was made to save life,” SeaWorld said in a statement. “Veterinarians and health specialists had been actively treating an infection, but aggressive therapeutic and diagnostic efforts were unsuccessful.”The animal welfare group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said that on Friday morning, just hours after Nakai died, a SeaWorld visitor sent the organization a video showing “a violent attack between orcas … resulting in a serious wound to at least one of the animals.
PETA, whose motto reads in part that “animals are not ours to use for entertainment,” included a copy of the letter it sent the Department of Agriculture on Friday urging an investigation into that morning’s alleged incident at the park. The park said that skill prompted scientists to use Nakai in hearing studies that sought to better understand how noise from ships and other human activity impacted orcas.
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