Moana, a 12-year-old cetacean, died in October at Marineland d'Antibes. The death of the orca in October was due to “sepsis”, the Marineland zoological park in Antibes announced on Wednesday.
French justice had demanded an expert opinion on his state of health and that of one of the three other orcas in captivity. A 2021 law against animal abuse will ban orca and dolphin shows in France from December 2026.