‘Ulysses’ the killer whale ‘will never return to Barcelona zoo’

July 16, 2007 on 8:18 am | In Uncategorized |

In response to a question raised by PP councillors at Barcelona Town Hall yesterday, it was confirmed that ‘Ulysses’ the killer whale, who was loaned by the council to Sea World in San Diego (USA) back in 1994, “will finally never return to Barcelona.”

PP council representative, Alberto Fernández Díaz, proposed yesterday that the new marine zoo should have a whale park to complement the planned dolphinarium, and that ‘Ulysses’, who is now in her thirties and reaching the very end of her maximum expected life span, should be the star attraction.

The killer whale was initially loaned to the American facility on a four year contract, renewable every two years thereafter.

The only Spanish zoo with killer whales is in Tenerife, although Valencia are hoping to acquire one for the city’s new zoo complex being built at the end of the River Turia gardens, in Mislata.

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