International scientists confirm that the orca Morgan, rescued in Holland in 2010 and moved to Loro Parque in 2011 at the request of a Dutch judge, suffers a hearing loss that could be very severe and even absolute. This is the conclusion reached by the experts, having made multiple hearing tests that took place last week at the facilities of Orca Ocean.<\/p>\n
The research team, composed of experts from the Netherlands Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Study (IMARES), the National Foundation for Marine Mammals of the U.S.A., and also from the Office of Naval Research for the U.S. Armed Forces (U.S. Navy ), studied the hearing of several orca individuals at the park. As a result they found that in all of them they could record brain responses to sound stimuli, except for Morgan. This study confirms the suspicions of our trainers and veterinarians, who had warned that the animal did not seem to respond to sound signals.<\/p>\n