Five Things You Should Know About Loro Parque
1. A Trainer Was Killed There.
In December 2009, a 6,600 pound orca killed trainer Alex Martinez at the park. Keto was a Sea World orca who had been transferred to the Tenerife park. Alexis was crushed to death by the jaws of Keto. He had compression fractures, bites on his body and tears to vital organs.
Recommended Link: Blood In The Water
2. Another Trainer Was Nearly Drowned.
In October, 2006, apprentice trainer Claudia Vollhardt was attacked and nearly drowned by an orca called Tekoa. Claudia went to hospital with a badly bruised chest and a broken arm. Tekoa was never used in water work again.
Recommended Link: The Trials Of Tekoa
Morgan was a young orca who was seen distressed of the coast of Netherlands in 2010. She was rescued by the nearest captive dolphin facility, under a: “rescue, rehabilitation and release permit.”
Sadly, Morgan was never released. Instead, she was flown to Loro Parque and now performs in shows everyday, despite the fact this was never meant to be the plan. Morgan has suffered over 600 injuries at Loro Parque. Morgan is bullied and attacked on a regular basis.
I seriously recommend having a look at the Free Morgan Foundation. This video is also very informative, and this one is very well shot.
4. The Orcas Had To Endure Painful Endoscopies
Reportedly, Loro Parque was not ready for the orcas it was going to receive in February 2006. As a result the pools were not ready, and the orcas ingested large amounts of paints they had peeled off the side. The orcas then had to go through endoscopies (which as you can see from the gif are extremely stressful and painful).
5. The Orcas Were Too Young When They Were Sent Over
Loro Parque received six orcas from Sea World in 2006. Kohanna was only four and Skyla was only two. You don’t have to be a marine expert to realise that separating a two year old from her mother and sending her thousands of miles away is not a good idea (or ethical in anyway).
Social structure is extremely important in the wild. Calves often stay with their mothers their whole lives, males and females. Calves stay close to their mothers but also learn from other pod members. Sending a two year old thousands of miles away from her family is not only horrific, but detrimental to her development and learning.
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