South Bay History | The Daily Breeze's Sam Gnerre looks at the way we were in the South Bay | Page 3: "HBJ sent the first shockwaves of outrage through the community when it loaded the park’s star attractions, Orky and Corky the killer whales, onto moving trucks in the late evening of Tuesday, Jan. 20, 1987. The whales were shipped secretly under cover of darkness to Sea World in San Diego, where they arrived at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday morning.
That move infuriated the park’s fans and the Rancho Palos Verdes City Council, which had been attempting to work with HBJ on Marineland’s problems. Both felt betrayed by the company’s deceptions"
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