{"id":10311,"date":"2011-10-24T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T13:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/?p=10311"},"modified":"2014-02-18T12:25:01","modified_gmt":"2014-02-18T17:25:01","slug":"canadian-park-sues-seaworld-to-keep-killer-whale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/24\/canadian-park-sues-seaworld-to-keep-killer-whale\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian park sues SeaWorld to keep killer whale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/business\/os-seaworld-marineland-killer-whale-fight-20111019,0,4005751.story?track=rss&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+orlandosentinel%2Fbusiness+%28OrlandoSentinel.com+-+Business%29\">Orlando Sentinel<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Canadian theme park Marineland has sued SeaWorld Parks &amp; Entertainment in U.S. court, in the latest chapter of an international custody battle over a killer whale.<\/p>\n<p>In its lawsuit, filed last week in Orlando, Marineland asks a federal court judge to issue an injunction that would prevent SeaWorld from retaking possession of an 8-year-old killer whale that SeaWorld loaned to Marineland five years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Marineland says SeaWorld executives repeatedly assured it that the loan would extend for so long as Marineland was able to care for the whale, which is named &#8220;Ikaika&#8221; but nicknamed &#8220;Ike.&#8221; The park, located in Niagara Falls, Ontario, also says the purpose of the loan was to allow Ikaika to breed with Marineland&#8217;s only other killer whale, a female named Kiska, and that Ikaika became capable of mating only late last year.<\/p>\n<p>Marineland suggests that SeaWorld wants to end the agreement now because one of its few other breeding-age males \u2014 a 12-year-old killer whale named Sumar \u2014 died last year at SeaWorld San Diego.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I also saw similar articles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wellandtribune.ca\/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3342637\">Welland Tribune<\/a> &#8211; Marineland sues SeaWorld over killer whale<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.610cktb.com\/news\/local\/Story.aspx?ID=1559300\">610 CKTB<\/a> &#8211; Marineland sues SeaWorld<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2011\/10\/20\/marineland_sues_seaworld_over_orca_custody.html\">The Toronto Star<\/a> &#8211; Marineland sues SeaWorld over orca custody<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Orlando Sentinel: The Canadian theme park Marineland has sued SeaWorld Parks &amp; Entertainment in U.S. court, in the latest chapter of an international custody battle over a killer whale. 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