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SeaWorld
SeaWorld is perhaps the most well known aquarium corporation in the world. They have three parks housing seventeen belugas. They are considered the standard of care, though they still have many issues and ares they need to improve on.
SeaWorld San Diego, San Diego California, USA
Ferdinand
Age: 47
Sex: Male
Captured: July 31st, 1975
Type: Hudson Bay, Canada
Transfers
Hudson Bay, Canada: July 31st, 1975
Duisburg Zoo, Germany: August 1975
SeaWorld San Diego, USA: September 12th, 2004
About Ferdinand
Ferdinand is the oldest captive beluga whale in the world. He is Canadian, and lived in Germany for twenty-nine years before moving to SeaWorld San Diego. He has never fathered any calves. Ferdinand was named after one of his Canadian captors.
Allua
Age: 37
Sex: Female
Captured: July 14th, 1985
Type: Hudson Bay, Canada
Transfers
Hudson Bay, Canada: July 14th, 1985
Vancouver Aquarium, Canada: July 1985
SeaWorld San Diego, USA: July 24th, 2005
About Allua
Allua is one of the older female belugas in captivity today. Allua was originally purchased by the park as a breeding female, but she has since been proven to be infertile. She has instead acted as a surrogate mother to Atla and Pearl.
Klondike
Age: 20
Sex: Male
Captive born: July 13th, 2002
Mother: Xena
Father: Unknown
Type: 50%+ Russian
Maternal siblings: Xavier, Eve, Xavier II, Artemis, and Eos
Transfers
MarineLand Canada: July 13th, 2002
SeaWorld Orlando, USA: November 19th, 2006
SeaWorld San Diego: June 1st, 2014
About Klondike
Klondike was born at MarineLand Canada in 2002 to Xena and an unknown sire. He has several brothers and sisters, but only met Xavier before being transported to SeaWorld Orlando at the age of four, very young for beluga whales.
Pearl
Age: 12
Sex: Female
Captive born: June 23rd, 2010
Mother: Ruby
Father: Nanuq
Type: 100% Hudson Bay, Canada
Full siblings: Unknown SWSD beluga 2 2008, Ruby's 2008 calf
Transfers
None
About Pearl
Pearl was born to Ruby and Nanuq at SeaWorld San Diego in 2010. Her mother, Ruby, died in 2014, when Pearl was only four years old. Allua served as her surrogate mother.
Belugas who died at SWSD
The beluga whales who died at SeaWorld San Diego, and their dates of death, are as follows:
Snow White: ~1968
Tubby: ~1968
Too Too: September 12th, 1972
DC-7304: November 9th, 1973
Edwina: July 16th, 1979
Kojak: November 27th, 1986
Nuklik: July 16th, 1990
Muktuk: January 18th, 2007
Anana: June 12th, 1989
DL-7901: August 20th, 1981
Casper: August 20th, 1979
DL-7905: May 14th, 1979
Snoopy: January 20th, 1979
Ruby: July 3rd, 2014
Unknown SWSD beluga: May 14th, 1984
Shikku: February 26, 2000
Unknown SWSD beluga 2: June 18th, 2008
Ruby's calf 2012: July 2012
SeaWorld San Antonio, San Antonio Texas, USA
Crissy
Age: 34
Sex: Female
Captured: July 16th, 1988
Type: Hudson Bay, Canada
Calves: Whisper, 2000 calf, 2006 calf, 2008 calf, Twin 2 2009, Bella II, Stella, Innik
Transfers
Hudson Bay, Canada: July 16th, 1988
SeaWorld San Antonio, USA: July 1988
SeaWorld Orlando, USA: May 5th, 1995
SeaWorld San Antonio USA: October 18th, 1998
About Crissy
Crissy was captured from Manitoba in 1988. From 1988 to 1995, she resided at SeaWorld San Antonio. From 1995 to 1998, she lived at SeaWorld Orlando. In 1998, she moved back to SeaWorld San Antonio, where she lives today. There, she gave birth to Whisper (fathered by Luke) in 1999, followed by three calves in 2000, 2006, and 2008, none of whom survived. In 2009, Crissy became the first recorded cetacean in history to give birth to twins. One twin survived, and was named Bella II. In 2013, she gave birth to Stella. Today, only two of Crissy's calves survive; Whisper and Innik. Whisper lives at the Georgia Aquarium, and Innik, born in 2017, lives with her.
Martha
Age: 34
Sex: Female
Captured: July 17th, 1988
Type: Hudson Bay, Canada
Calves: 1993 calf, SWT-DL-9576, 2000 calf, 2005 calf, Grayson
Transfers
Hudson Bay, Canada: July 17th, 1988
SeaWorld San Antonio, USA: July 1988
About Martha
Martha is a Hudson Bay beluga and has lived at SeaWorld San Antonio her entire captive life. She had four calves between 1993 and 2005, none of which survived. She had Grayson in 2007, and he lives at SeaWorld San Diego now.
Naluark
Age: 30
Sex: Male
Captured: August 14th, 1992
Type: Hudson Bay, Canada
Calves: Puiji's 1999 calf, Naya's 2002 calf, Mauyak's 2005 calf, Bella I, Miki, Nunavik, Crissy's Twin 2, Naya's 2009 calf, Kimalu, Shila
Transfers
Hudson Bay, Canada: August 14th, 1992
Shedd Aquarium, USA: August 18th, 1992
Mystic Aquarium, USA: November 15th, 2001
Shedd Aquarium, USA: December 3rd, 2003
Mystic Aquarium, USA: August 29th, 2008
Shedd Aquarium, USA: May 1st, 2009
Mystic Aquarium, USA: October 19th, 2011
SeaWorld Orlando, USA: February 7th, 2016
SeaWorld San Antonio, USA: February 9th, 2019
About Naluark
Naluark was captured from Canada. From 1992 to 2011, he was transfered between the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, Illinois, and the Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut six times on various breeding loans and construction moves. He has had ten calves, three of whom are alive currently; Nunavik, Kimalu, and Shila. Kimalu and Shila were both conceived via artificial insemination.
Luna
Age: 22
Sex: Female
Captive born: July 24th, 2000
Mother: Martina
Father: Luke
Type: 100% Hudson Bay, Canada
Calves: Atla, Samson, Kenai, Tulok
Maternal siblings: Olivia, Oliver
Paternal siblings: Whisper, Spooky's 1999 calf, Hudnall, Martha's 2000 calf
Transfers
None
About Luna
Luna was born at SeaWorld San Antonio, and has lived there for her entire life. She has one half brother, Oliver, at SeaWorld San Diego, and a half sister, Whisper, at the Shedd Aquarium. Luna has had four calves. Her first, Atla, was born when Luna was only ten, which is a little young for belugas. Perhaps because of this, Luna rejected Atla, who was transported to SeaWorld San Diego not long after her birth, so that Allua could act as her surrogate mother. Later, she gave birth to two boys, Samson in 2013, and Kenai in 2016. Three years is a short birth increment, but Luna seemed to do much better with them. In 2016, Atla returned to SWSA to live with her mother, and they reunited well by all reports. In 2021, Luna gave birth to a fourth calf, a male named Tulok. Luna has bonded well with her baby.
Atla
Age: 11
Sex: Female
Captive born: June 23rd, 2010
Mother: Luna
Father: Nanuq, via AI
Type: 100% Hudson Bay, Canada
Full siblings:
Maternal siblings: Samson, Kenai, Tulok
Paternal siblings: Oliver, Qinu, and Grayson
Transfers
SeaWorld San Antonio, USA: June 23rd, 2010
SeaWorld San Diego, USA: June 1st, 2014
SeaWorld San Antonio, USA: September 2019
About Atla
Atla was born at SWSA, to Luna. Luna was only ten years old when she gave birth to Atla, and rejected her. After help from Crissy and Martha, Atla was sent to SeaWorld San Diego at the age of four. Atla was raised by Allua alongside Pearl. In 2019, Atla returned to San Antonio to live with Luna again.
Samson
Age: 9
Sex: Male
Captive born: July 9th, 2013
Mother: Luna
Father: Imaq
Type: 100% Hudson Bay
Full siblings: Kenai
Maternal siblings: Atla, Tulok
Paternal siblings: Stella, Martha's 2015 calf
Transfers
None
About Samson
Samson is the second calf of Luna, and of Imaq. He was born around the same time as his half sister, Stella. Luna had rejected Samson's older sister, Atla, three years before, but she did better with Samson.
Kenai
Age: 6
Sex: Male
Captive born: August 11th, 2016
Mother: Luna
Father: Imaq
Type: 100% Hudson Bay
Full siblings: Samson
Maternal siblings: Atla, Tulok
Paternal siblings: Stella, Martha's 2015 calf
Transfers
None
About Kenai
Kenai is Luna's third calf. She bonded well with him and has raised him.
Innik
Age: 6
Sex: Male
Captive born: September 17th, 2017
Mother: Crissy
Father: Imaq
Type: 100% Hudson Bay, Canada
Full siblings: Stella
Maternal siblings: Whisper, Crissy's 2006 calf, Bella II, Crissy's Twin 2
Paternal siblings: Samson, Kenai, Martha's 2015 calf
Transfers
None
About Innik
Innik is the youngest calf of Crissy, and lives with her alongside some of his paternal half siblings, Samson and Kenai. He is one of the younger whales at the park.
Tyonek
Age: 6
Sex: Male
Rescued: September 30th, 2017
Type: Cook Inlet, Alaska
Transfers
Trading Bay, Cook Inlet, Alaska, USA: September 30th, 2017
Alaska SeaLife Center, USA: September 30th, 2017
SeaWorld San Antonio, USA: March 8th, 2018
About Tyonek
Tyonek was discovered as a beached newborn in Cook Inlet, Alaska, in 2017. He was only a few days or weeks old, and efforts to find his mom were unsuccessful. The Cook Inlet belugas are an endangered, genetically distinct group of whales. Tyonek was taken to the Alaska SeaLife Center, where it was discovered that he had a partially collapsed lung because of his stranding. This made him unevenly buoyant and therefore unable to dive, and NOAA deemed him unsuitable for release. His hearing and sonar use are also probably only partially functional. The Alaska SeaLife Center had done well caring for Tyonek, but lacked the resources to keep him indefinitely. Additionally, his caretakers knew it would be in his best interest to live in a facility with other belugas. In March of 2018, when he was six months old and strong enough to survive transit, he was transported to SeaWorld San Antonio. He spends a lot of time with Luna, Crissy, and Martha, who have all acted as his surrogate mothers. He also seems to like Innik and Kenai, two young male belugas close in age to him.
Tyonek is amazing. When he was found, he was tiny, sick and injured, and probably really hungry. It's kind of a miracle he survived rescue, and his bounce back to health was incredible. SeaWorld San Antonio is, in my opinion, the best captive facility for him to live out his life in. Tyonek is the only beluga in the world to be successfully rescued. The rest were captured or born in captivity.
Tulok
Age: 0 years
Sex: Male
Captive born: July 23rd, 2021
Mother: Luna
Father: Unknown
Type: 50%+ Hudson Bay, Canada
Maternal siblings: Atla, Samson, and Kenai
Transfers
None
About Tulok
Luna gave birth to a healthy male calf on July 23rd, 2021. She has bonded well with him. He was later named Tulok in the Fall of 2021. He is frequently seen riding his mother, Luna's back, like a little beluga backpack.
Belugas who died at SWSA
The beluga whales who have died at SeaWorld San Diego and their dates of death are as follows:
DL-7902: May 22nd, 1996
Shadow: Feb 6 1998
SWC-DL-8729: August 2nd, 1995
Luke: December 1st, 2000
Kia: April 7th, 2001
Sikku: March 6th, 2011
Roxanne: October 1st, 1996
Martina: January 26th, 2009
Martha's calf 1993: November 14th, 1993
Spooky's calf 1993: September 18th, 1993
SWT-DL-9377: February 16th, 1995
SWT-DL-9576: May 11th, 1998
Nico: October 31st, 2009
Olivia: April 20th, 2005
Martha's calf 2000: 2000
Whisper's calf 2006: 2006
Crissy's calf 2006: September 8th, 2006
Sikku's calf 2006: September 16th, 2006
Whisper's calf 2008: August 27th, 2008
Crissy's Twin 2: June 12th, 2009
Bella II: August 25th, 2013
Stella: November 13th, 2015
Martha's calf 2015: July 12th, 2015
SeaWorld Orlando, Orlando, Florida, USA
Oliver
Age: 15
Sex: Male
Captive born: June 23rd, 2007
Mother: Martina
Father: Nanuq
Type: 100% Husdon Bay, Canada
Maternal siblings: Luna, Olivia
Paternal siblings: Whisper's 2000 calf, Whisper's 2006 calf, Grayson, Unknown SWSD beluga 2, Whisper's 2008 calf, Qinu, Bella II, Crissy's Twin 2, Pearl, Atla, Ruby's 2012 calf
Transfers
SeaWorld San Antonio, USA: June 23rd, 2007
SeaWorld Orlando, USA: February 9th, 2019
About Oliver
Oliver was born at SWSA and moved to SWO in 2019, alongside his paternal half brother, Grayson, whom he is bonded to.
Grayson
Age: 15
Sex: Male
Captive born: June 26th, 2007
Mother: Martha
Father: Nanuq
Maternal siblings: Martha's 1993 calf, SWT-DL-9576, Martha;s 2000 calf, Martha's 2005 calf
Paternal siblings: Whisper's calf 2000, Whisper's calf 2006, Whisper's calf 2008, Oliver, Qinu, Unknown SWSD beluga 2, Bella II, Crissy's Twin 2, Pearl, Atla, Ruby's 2012 calf
Transfers
SeaWorld San Antonio, USA: June 26th, 2007
Georgia Aquarium, USA: November 1st, 2010
Shedd Aquarium, USA: February 7th, 2016
SeaWorld Orlando, USA: February 9th, 2019
About Grayson
Grayson was born to Martha in 2007, and is her only surviving calf. He was taken from her side at just three years old in 2010, sent to the Georgia Aquarium for display. He moved to the Shedd, and then to SWO with his half brother Oliver, whom he hadn't seen in years but seemed to recognize.
Ten days after Oliver and Grayson's arrival in Orlando, their tankmate and father, Nanuq, died of a bone infection after fracturing his jaw. It's not known if belugas can discern who their fathers are, given how matriarchal they are.
Nunavik
Age: 13
Sex: Male
Captive born: December 14th, 2009
Mother: Puiji
Father: Naluark
Type: 100% Hudson Bay
Full siblings: Bella I, Puiji's 1999 calf
Paternal siblings: Naya's 2002 calf, Mauyak's 2005 calf, Miki, Naya's 2009 calf, Kimalu, Shila
Transfers
Shedd Aquarium, USA: December 14th, 2009
Georgia Aquarium, USA: February 7th, 2016
SeaWorld Orlando, USA: May 2021
About Nunavik
Nunavik was born to Puiji at the Shedd. He was very attatched to her, and followed her everywhere she went, as male belugas are wont to do. He moved to Georgia in 2016, after Puiji died, and most recently moved to SeaWorld Orlando to join boys Oliver and Grayson.
Belugas who died at SWO
These are belugas who died at SeaWorld Orlando, by name and date of death.
Spooky: November 9th, 2007
Bandit: October 26th, 2006
Spooky's calf 1999: July 1999
Hudnall: October 7th, 2003
Whisper's calf 2017: July 4th, 2017
Nanuq: February 19th, 2019