"[2] In October 1965, a female juvenile orca was captured from the southern resident pod in Penn Cove, Puget Sound, Washington by Ted Griffin.
After living at the Seattle aquarium for two months, she was sold to SeaWorld San Diego in California.
She became the park's flagship performing orca until April 1971 when she attacked Anne Eckis, a SeaWorld employee who was told to ride her as part of a filmed publicity event, and refused to release the woman until other workers came to the rescue.
[3] Ten orca calves had been born in captivity before 1985, but five were stillborn and the others all died within two months of their births.
The first "Great Grandbaby Shamu" was Keet's first calf, born on December 21, 2004 – a female named Kalia.