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Sunday, August 29, 2004
JAPAN — A female orca named Ran died at Nanki Shirahama Adventure World, Japan, after almost 15 years in captivity. Three days ago, she had given birth to a premature calf that died yesterday. The gender of the calf is not known. Ran was captured off Iceland in October 1989, together with three other whales. Among them were Ai and Yamato/Tanouk, who died in 1995 and 2000, respectively. The only surving whale of that last capture in Icelandic waters is Sharkane at Marineland Antibes in France. At Nanki Shirahama Adventure World there are now just two male orcas left, Goro from Japan and Kyu from the Taiji capture in 1997.
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