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The Park
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Number of Pools: 3
Water volume:  approx. 17 Mio litres (4.5 Mio gallones)
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Facts and Figures
The park first opened in 1961 as "Niagara Game Farm". The original Niagara Game Farm was essentially a small zoo, a large part of which was a petting zoo. Within a few years, the marine attractions were added, and the park's name was changed to "Niagara Marineland And Game Farm", and by 1966 it was officially just "Marineland And Game Farm". It wasn't until 1972 when it imported their first orcas; Whale and Kandu 2 but it was the 1980's when Kandu, along with Kiska, Knootka and Nootka 5 (and more orcas) made MLC more popular. The park is opened between May – October. They have had 23 orcas in total, 2 which are alive, 17 deceased and 11 births. Their latest loss was Athena who passed away in 2009.
  • 13 imported from other parks
  • 7 exports to other parks
  • 17 deaths
  • 11 births
  • 3 Stillbirth
  • 0 Pregnancy

Deceased Orcas
Name Gender Age Date of Birth/Capture Date of Death Origin Cause of death
Kandy Female ~ 14 years c. Aug 1973 Nov. 1973 USA Pneumonia
Kandu II Male ~ 12 years c. Aug 1971 Oct. 1979 USA Pneumonia
OO-C-7912 Female ~ 3 years c. Nov 1979 Jan. 1980 Iceland unknown
OO-C-8105 Female  ~ 1 year c. Oct 1981 date unknown Iceland unknown
OO-B-9202 Male 62 days b. Aug 24, 1992 Oct 25, 1992 MLC Drowning
Junior Male ~ 12 years c. Nov 1984 June 1994 Iceland Acute enterotoxaemia
Kanuck Male 4 years b. Aug 28, 1998 1998 MLC Traumatic shock
OO-B-9803 Female 11 days b. May 27, 1998 June 7, 1998 MLC unknown
Malik Female 3 years b. Apr 21, 1996 Mar 4, 2000 MLC Liver infection/ Immune system failure
Nova Male 4 years b. Nov 6, 1996 Aug 20, 2001 MLC Starvation/ Pneumonia
Algonquin Male 2 years b. Dec 18,  1999 Aug 13, 2002 MLC Twisted intestine
April Female 1 mon b. Apr 7, 2004 May 2004 MLC Malnutrition
Neocia Female 11 years b. Oct  12, 1992 Aug 1, 2004 MLC Internal infection
Hudson Male 6 years b. Sept 15, 1998 Oct 20, 2004 MLC Meningitis
Kandu VII Male ~ 31 years c. Nov. 1984 Dec 21, 2005 Iceland Cancer
Nootka V Female ~29 years c. Oct 1981 Jan 8, 2008 Iceland unknown
Athena Female 4 years b. Aug 8, 2004 Spring 2009 MLC unknown