Hugo the killer whale died from a brain aneurysm after repeatedly ramming his head against the side of his tank at the Miami Seaquarium in Florida. He was the tank mate of another famous orca, Lolita, who 50 years since being captured is still subject to long running legal battles as activists rally for her release.
The 10,000lb whale was believed to have been around 15-years-old - half his natural lifespan. A necropsy report filed to the US authorities suggests he died of heat exhaustion and thrashing movements. It is unclear what happened to Hugo's body - but some claim he was disposed of in a landfill.
Dr. Ingrid Visser, a marine biologist, described the orca's behaviour as fundamentally wrong and disagree with the Spanish zoo's assessment that the behaviour was natural. Orcas do not do well when kept in enclosures, experts have said.
Orcas can self harm in captivity - but it is unclear if they are capable of suicide in the human understanding of the term. 25 per cent of all orcas in captivity have severe tooth damage, and 70 per cent have at least some teeth problems.
Ex-seaWorld trainers John Hargrove and Jeffrey Ventre claimed the whales regularly self harmed due to psychological trauma when speaking to The Sun Online.
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