Jumbo - orca
Sex: Male
Pod: Southern Residents
Place of capture: Penn Cove, Washington State
Date of capture: August 8, 1970
Age at capture: Approx. 5 years
On August 8, 1970, over 80 orcas were netted in Penn Cove during one of the most infamous captures in history. Very few were kept, including a young male later known as Jumbo.
He and another young male known as Chappy were soon purchased by Kamogawa Sea World in Japan, who aspired to be the first Japanese park to publicly display orcas.
The two seemed to adapt well to their new environment and soon became very popular, as they began to perform daily shows with dolphins. In April 1974, Chappy died and left Jumbo alone at the park.
In July 1974, Jumbo died due to liver dysfunction.