An adult orca cow has been captured on March 1, 1970 along with 4 other family members, including an albino orca.  The white orca was believed to be the cow's daughter because they were really close. The small pod was covered with head deformaties, so they got some strange nicknames. The cow was called Scarredjaw cow and her daugther was named Chimo.
Quickly many marine parks showed interest in Chimo, because albino orcas are very rare. Sealand of the Pacific paid lots of money to get her and a young female named Nootka*. The transfer was settled for March 25, so Scarredjaw and Chimo got separated. Soon Seven Seas bought Pointenose and Scarredjaw cow but all three remaining orcas went on a hunger strike and refused to eat any food offered to them. On day 75 after the capture, Scarredjaw cow was seen swimming around the bay and crashing into the logs. She ignored her keepers and continued with that behaviour.  She swallowed lots of sea water due to dehydration. While vets were called, the cow went crazy and rushed into the nets at full speed. She stuck in the net and couldn't move any further. All attempts to help her failed and the cow finally allowed air bubbles escaping out of her mouth. She sank to the bottom and died.

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