The Park

Location: Kamogawa, Chiba, Japan
Number of Pools: 2
Water volume:  approx. 4.81 Mio litres (1.27 Mio gallones)

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Facts and Figures

The Park first opened in 1970. with their first orcas arrived on September 3rd 1970; these where Chappy and Jumbo who were from the same capture as Lolita.  During a 5 year period, KSW seemed not to have any orcas but on February 11th 1980, they got more orcas named King and Caren. Ever since then, their family keeps growing with Earth being the latest addition. 

Their killer whale family is known as the Shachi Family.

• 12 Imported from other parks
• 4 Exports to other parks
• 9 Deaths
• 6 Births
• 1 Stillbirth

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Deceased Orcas

Name	Gender	Age	Date of Birth/Capture	Date of Death	Origin	Cause of death
Zero	Male	~ 10 years	c. Aug-??, 72	Sep-??, 72	Japan	unknown
Chappy	Female	~ 6 years	c. Aug-08, 70	Apr-??, 74	USA	Periostitis of Lumbar Bone
Jumbo	Male	~ 10 years	c. Aug-08, 70	Jul-??, 74	USA	Liver disfunction
King	Male	~ 5 years	c. Nov-??, 79	Oct-04, 83	Iceland	Pneumonia
Caren	Female	~ 9 years	c. Nov-??, 79	May-04, 87	Iceland	Agranulocytosis
Patty	Female	~ 5 years	c. Nov-??, 84	Sep-16, 87	Iceland	Acute Enteritis
KSW-OO-B9501	Female	1 day	b. Mar-03, 95	Mar-03, 95	KSW	unknown
Maggie	Male	~ 13 years	c. Oct-??, 87	Oct-07, 97	Iceland	unknown
KSW-OO-S0601	Male	~ 4 years	c. Feb-10, 06	Feb-13, 06	Japan	unknown
Sarah	Female	2 years	b. May-31, 03	Apr-26, 06	KSW	unknown