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.  Their first orcas arrived on September 4th 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.

Their killer whale family is known as the Shachi Family.

• 12 imported from other parks
• 1 exports to other parks
• 9 deaths
• 7 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. 1972	Sept. 1972	Japan	unknown
Chappy	Female	~ 6 years	c. Aug 8, 1970	Apr. 1974	USA	Periostitis of Lumbar Bone
Jumbo	Male	~ 10 years	c. Aug 8, 1970	July 1974	USA	Liver disfunction
King	Male	~ 5 years	c. Nov 1979	Oct 4, 1983	Iceland	Pneumonia
Caren	Female	~ 9 years	c. Nov. 1979	May 4, 1987	Iceland	Agranulocytosis
Patty	Female	~ 5 years	c. Nov 1984	Sept 16, 1987	Iceland	Acute Enteritis
OO-B-9501	Female	1 day	b. Mar 3, 1995	Mar 3, 1995	KSW	unknown
Maggie	Male	~ 13 years	c. Oct 1987	Oct 7, 1997	Iceland	unknown
OO-C-0601	Male	~ 4 years	c. Feb 2, 2006	February 13, 2006	Japan	unknown
Sarah	Female	2 years	b. May 31, 2003	April 26, 2006	KSW	unknown