I am running the 2020 Brighton Marathon in support of these beautiful majestic marine mammals.

At least 166 orcas have been taken into captivity from the wild since 1961 (including Pascuala and Morgan).

• 129 of these orcas are now dead.
• In the wild, male orcas live to an average of 30 years (maximum 50-60 years) and 46 years for females (maximum 80-90 years).
• At least 166 orcas have died in captivity, not including 30 miscarried or still-born calves.
• SeaWorld holds 20 orcas in its three parks in the United States. At least forty-nine orcas have died at SeaWorld.
• One of the most infamous capture incidents saw over 80 whales from the Southern Resident population of orcas in Washington State rounded-up at Penn Cove in 1970. Seven were taken into captivity while as many as five whales died. Today this population is recognised as endangered. Only one captured whale, Lolita, is still alive, held at Miami Seaquarium.
• At least 19 orcas have been taken from the wild into captivity since 2002, most recently in Russia. 10 individuals illegally caught in 2018 and held in a holding facility in Srednyaya Bay near Nakhodka have been released back into the wild in June, July and August 2019.