page_title: Shamu (SeaWorld show)
section_title: Shamu shows
hierarchical_section_title: Shamu (SeaWorld show) / Shamu shows
caption_attribution_description: English: Shamu (Ulises) at Sea World San Diego. Photograph by Patty Mooney, Crystal Pyramid Productions, San Diego, California.
context_page_description: Shamu is the name used for several SeaWorld orca shows and is the stage name given to the "star" of those shows, beginning with the original Shamu in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The orca Shamu died in 1971, but the name Shamu was trademarked by SeaWorld and has been given to different orcas at different times when performing in Shamu shows.
  In March 2016, SeaWorld announced they are ending their orca breeding programs making their current orcas, "the last generation of orcas in SeaWorld's care." SeaWorld also announced they will be phasing out their theatrical orca whale shows and will introduce, "new, inspiring, natural orca encounters rather than theatrical shows, …[focusing] on orca enrichment, exercise and overall health."
context_section_description: Shamu shows have been presented at the following SeaWorld parks:
  SeaWorld San Diego in California
  SeaWorld Ohio (closed in 2000)
  SeaWorld Orlando in Florida
  SeaWorld San Antonio in Texas
  The orca performances have been held in SeaWorld's Shamu Stadium(s), which each seat 5,500, and all of the shows have involved a part where one or more whales splash the audience. The San Diego show has usually ended with a hangglider landing at or near the stadium.
caption: Shamu show, San Diego SeaWorld, 2005
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