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Revision as of 08:45, 23 July 2023
Kshamenk is a male orca who currently lives at Mundo Marino, an amusement park in Buenos Aires, Argentina. According to Mundo Marino, Kshamenk was found stranded on a beach along with three other orcas in 1992. By the time the fishermen returned with help, the three other orcas had returned to the ocean. But Kshamenk was seriously dehydrated, unable to move, and in critical condition. A team organized by Mundo Marino was able to rescue him, bring him to their medical pool, and restore him to health over a period of months.[1]
However, animal protection organizations are skeptical of this story and suggest that Kshamenk may have been forced ashore by people with an interest in circumventing Argentine laws against the commercial capture of wild marine mammals.[1] Kshamenk is now the only orca living at Mundo Marino.[2]