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The Story of Keiko, the Orca that Starred Free Willy, but Did Not Have the Happy Ending of the Film

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On Sunday, December 14, from Mundo Marino reported the death of Kshamenk, the last orca in captivity in South America. She had been rescued in 1992 after a rodamiento and, as they explained, died due to a cardio-respiratory arrest due to her “advanced age.” After this fact was known that shocked wildlife lovers, many remembered the end that Keiko, the protagonist of the film Free Willy, had. Then, find out about his fatal outcome that they assoc…

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Kshamenk, the most solitary orca in the world, died at the age of 36 in Argentina. The death occurred on Sunday 14 in the Mundo Marino water park in Argentina. The male specimen was recognized as the last orca in captivity in South America.The park administration reported that internal investigations were opened.However, the foundation in charge indicated that the cause was a cardiorespiratory heart attack.According to the institution, death was…

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On Sunday, December 14, from Mundo Marino reported the death of Kshamenk, the last orca in captivity in South America. She had been rescued in 1992 after a rodamiento and, as they explained, died due to a cardio-respiratory arrest due to her “advanced age.” After this fact was known that shocked wildlife lovers, many remembered the end that Keiko, the protagonist of the film Free Willy, had. Then, find out about his fatal outcome that they assoc…

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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She died on this Sunday (14), the Kshamenk Orca, the last of her species in captivity in South America. The male Orca became known as the “most lonely of the world”. At 36 years, she lived in the water park World Marine, Argentina, which claimed that the cause of death was a heart attack. The foundation was rejected from the animals in the social networks by telling her story. She was saved in 1992 in the Bay of Samborombón. See this publication…

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The Orca Orca who lived in the village of Am rich in the South died on the late Sunday (14) in the river Mundo Marino, Argentina. According to the institution, the cause of death was a heartiorespirat ria. Read more (12/16/2025

·São Paulo, Brazil
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UOL broke the news in Brazil on Tuesday, December 16, 2025.
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