Baby killer whale born at controversial marine park sparking fears of a lifetime of misery - The Mirror

Baby killer whale born at controversial marine park sparking fears of a lifetime of misery - The Mirror

Morgan, a captive orca, has given birth for the second time and now face a lifetime in a aquatic tank, performing for tourists on the Spanish island of Tenerife

Orca Morgan, who was found in the Wadden Sea fifteen years ago, has given birth to a calf on the Spanish island of Tenerife. This was reported by marine mammal park Loro Parque, where Morgan lives. However, animal protection organizations are very concerned about the fate of the young animal. "Either it will be exploited its entire life, or it will die at a young age," the statement reads.

Future is bleak for orca calf at Loro Parque

Morgan, the only female orca at Loro Parque on the Spanish island of Tenerife, has given birth for the second time; this time, it’s a male. Morgan’s first calf, who was female and named Ula, was separated from Morgan shortly after birth and died at the facility before her third birthday. At Loro Parque, four orcas have died since 2021. The latest calf is yet unnamed, and this is an orca birth we are not celebrating as given time, if the youngste…

Orca Morgan has given birth to a second calf at the Loro Parque zoo in Tenerife. But animal rights groups are worried about the newborn orca. “This orca should never have been born.”

Morgan the "Dutch" orca has second calf at Spanish park - DutchNews.nl

An orca rescued in the Wadden Sea 15 years ago has again given birth to a calf at a Spanish...

The emblematic orca Morgan has given birth to her baby, in a natural birth and without complications. This was announced yesterday by Loro Parque, a space in which the animal has lived since 2012 and she also discovered the great peculiarity of this specimen: she suffers a hearing impairment that prevented her from communicating with the rest of orcas.