Amaya - orca
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Sex: Female
Pod: N/A
Place of birth: SeaWorld San Diego, California, USA
Date of birth: December 2nd, 2014
Location of death: SeaWorld San Diego, California, USA
Date of death: August 19th, 2021
Mother: Kalia
Father: Unknown / Ulises
On December 2, 2014, captive born female Kalia gave birth to her first calf; a female later named Amaya and possibly sired by the Icelandic male Ulises.
Due to Kalia having only been 9 years old when her pregnancy was announced, some controversy and intense criticism ensued and some began questioning what kind of a mother she would be at this age, as well as why SeaWorld had been artificially inseminating such a young whale.
Amaya died unexpectedly on August 19th, 2021, from an unspecified gastrointestinal disease.