Urai

Name: Urai ( meaning patient, meticulous and enjoys working in a very detailed, systematic way) 
Species: Orcinus orca
Subspecies: 100% Southern Resident 
Sex: Male 

DOB: ~ 1990 (25 years old) 
Date of capture: 1993 
Place of Capture: san juan islands 

Length: 21.3 ft 
Weight: 12,100lbs 

Characteristics 

-Dorsal fin is half collapsed 
-Eye patches are wide with a couple of freckles 
- open saddle
-Freckles on various parts of his body
- scar markings near/on saddle 

Secondary Reinforcers 

-Vocal praise
-whistles
-Ice
-Bucket pour
-Hose play
-Kelp

Finds Aversive 

-Redundant training sessions /asked behaviors
-AI Sessions, 
-Medical sessions

Behavioral Tenancies 
Urai 
-High energy behaviors
-Fast learner
-Playing on slide outs
-Loud and frequent vocalizations 
-gets board easily 
- being separated from Ciel (commersons dolphin) 
Behavioral Incidents 

None

Transfers 
2000 - Transferred from ocean world Dolphinarium to wild ocean Dolphinarium
2001 - Transferred from Wild ocean Dolphinarium to Cetacean park 
2004 - Transferred from cetacean park to free ocean Dolphinarium
2005 - Transferred from free ocean Dolphinarium to Cherry Blossom Dolphinarium and has resided there ever since

Enclosure: 

Cherry Blossom Dolphinarium orca enclosure 


Personality: Urai is a wild caught southern resident killer whale from the Z-A5 Pod and has been moved 4 times during his life in captivity , Urai was a good target for the females and other males to bully as Urai is very shy and withdrawn and has got permanent scars on his body , so the trainers have decided to keep him with the commerson's dolphins but there is one that he has bonded with very closely and seems to protect her and watch over her constantly he gets separation anxiety when he cannot see her and uses loud distress vocals , Urai interacts well with the trainers and has never been seen showing aggressive behaviors  and is the best whale for first time trainers due to his patient and lovable personality. 

Tank Mates:

Commerson's dolphin enclosure 

-Ciel
-Zak
-Hitachi
- Tua
-Moani