Ramu III (known as "Ramu," and later renamed "Winston") was an Orca ("killer" whale) who resided at the now-defunct Windsor Safari Park between 1970 and 1976, and later, at SeaWorld San Diego in California between 1976 and 1986. An adult male, Ramu (actually Ramu III) was caught on August 8, 1970, after his pod of eighty orcas was 'corralled' in Penn Cove, off Washington (six others were also caught, while four died and the remaining sixty nine e...
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Ramu III (known as "Ramu," and later renamed "Winston") was an Orca ("killer" whale) who resided at the now-defunct Windsor Safari Park between 1970 and 1976, and later, at SeaWorld San Diego in California between 1976 and 1986. An adult male, Ramu (actually Ramu III) was caught on August 8, 1970, after his pod of eighty orcas was 'corralled' in Penn Cove, off Washington (six others were also caught, while four died and the remaining sixty nine escaped capture). At capture, Ramu was 13.32 ft (4.06 m) long and a member of 'L pod' of Orcas. It is assumed his family members still survive off the coast of the San Juan Islands.
Ramu was then transferred to Windsor Safari Park, where he became the star attraction in the park's Sea World exhibition, (not to be confused with SeaWorld, where he would later move) splashing people with the beating of his tail against the water, along with a small number of dolphins, with whom Ramu co-habited. Over the next six years, Ramu matured into a bull...
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