J12 "Sissy" (pronounced SI-see) was an approximately 61-year-old female Southern resident killer whale.
Early Life[]
Sissy was estimated to have been born in 1935 to J2 "Granny".[1]
Calves[]
Sissy was thought to be the mother to J24 "Eltanin" (also known as Canuck), a young male captured on March 12th, 1972 from Carr Inlet in Washington. He died at SeaWorld Orlando two years later.[2] Sissy gave birth to another calf, J14 "Samish" in 1974.[1]
Death[]
In February of 1996, Sissy was observed looking thin. Her condition deteriorated over the next few months and she was last seen in late September of that year.[3]
Galleries[]
- Photos of J12 Sissy