Gender: FemalePod: N/A (Mother was Gudrun)Place of Capture: Captive BornDate of Capture: Born Decemb

Gender: FemalePod: N/A (Mother was Gudrun)Place of Capture: Captive BornDate of Capture: Born December 31, 1993Age at Capture: Captive born On December 31, 1993, Icelandic female Gudrun gave birth to her second calf at the Orlando park. The calf was a female later known as Nyar, sired by the Icelandic bull Tilikum. A female named Katina was present with her calf, Taku, assisting Gudrun in the birth - Nyar appeared to be healthy. Some months after her birth, trainers began to notice that Nyar didn’t seem to progress in training as opposed to the other calves her age, and also had issues swimming correctly. Gudrun seemed to notice these issues as well, and attempted to drown Nyar on several occasions. This resulted in the pair being separated permanently. Blood tests performed on Nyar revealed that she suffered from a weakened immune system, meaning she was extremely susceptible to seemingly harmless illnesses. It was believed that she also suffered from several psychological issues, and was not used in shows. Instead, she was mostly kept out of public view. She would either spend time alone or with her father, Tilikum, who “treated her with great gentleness”. On February 21, 1996, Gudrun gave birth to a stillborn - though it had to be manually winched from her body. As a result, she hemorrhaged for some time before remaining virtually motionless in one corner of her pool for 4 days. Four days later, on February 25, Nyar was reportedly watching her mother from the gate. Gudrun swam slowly over, nudging Nyar through the gate as if to ask for forgiveness. Gudrun died hours later. After her mother’s death, Nyar’s health began to deteriorate and she had trouble breathing. On April 1, 1996, less than a month after Gudrun’s death, Nyar also died after her immune system finally gave out. Her official cause of death is listed as Suppurative Encephalitis and Osteoarthritis. x | x | x | x | x | x -- source link

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