From Niagara This Week:
Kandu, a killer whale who entertained customers at Marineland for decades, has died, Niagara This Week has learned.
Marineland marketing manager Ann Marie Rondelli confirmed when contacted by This Week that the orca whose name was synonomous with the entertainment park died Dec. 21. The park is awaiting the results of a necropsy, an autopsy for animals, to determine the cause of death.
Killer whales in the wild are believed to have a life span of about 50 years. Rondelli said staff at the popular marine park believe Kandu was in his late thirties.