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URBANDEOK.COM – Kiska, the last caged orca in Canada and best known as the loneliest orca in the world has died,

the Ontario government said Thursday and was told the news by the amusement park where Kiska lives.

Kiska is dubbed the loneliest orca in the world because he spent more than four decades in captivity at Marineland.

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zoo and amusement park in Niagara Falls, after being caught in Icelandic waters in 1979 with Keiko the killer whale who starred in the film Free Willy.

Marineland said Kiska’s health had declined in recent weeks,

“The marine mammal care team and experts have done everything possible to support Kiska’s comfort and we are saddened by her passing,” local media quoted the park as saying.

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Canadian non-profit animal rights group Animal Justice has called for an investigation into MarineLand’s treatment of killer whales.

The news comes four years after Canada officially banned whales, dolphins and porpoises from being bred or kept in captivity.

However, marine mammals such as Kiska, which are already in captivity, will remain in captivity, according to the new law.

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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA),

said Kiska “spent her last years isolated in a cramped tank, swimming in endless circles or sometimes floating aimlessly”.

Kiska’s continued isolation has led the Whale Sanctuary Project to describe her as “the loneliest whale in the world”.

Both animal rights groups reported that Kiska died of a bacterial infection. However, the real cause is still unconfirmed.

Kiska encountered some difficulties at the amusement park, according to PETA.