Delfinariu Constanta · Dolphins (Current Holder)

The information in the table below represents the living or current population of belugas held at this facility (excluding killer whales). If you’re having trouble finding a specific animal, check the tabs above, they may have transferred or died. Italics indicate a deceased individual.

Note: If you have a correction or would like to submit information please contribute@cetabase.org or use our contact form!

Last Updated: January 15, 2025 6:49 pm

Image	Species	Scientific	ID #'s	Name	Sex	Born	Origin	Origin Date	Origin-Sort	Captured / Born at:	Mother	Father	Transfers	Current / Last Facility:	Status	Status Date	Stat Sort-Ref	Cause of Death	Notes	Keyword column (invisible)
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus gilli	-	Chen Chen	F	2003-Jan-01 (-) 22.0 years old	Capt	xxxx-xxx-xx	20000101	Taiji, Japan	Wild	Wild	Japan, Pacific Ocean to Beijing Aquarium (??-???-????) to Constanta Dolphinarium (29-May-2010)	Delfinariu Constanta	-	-	-	-	Documents claim that this animal was born in captivity but that seems unlikely	public display, constanta, living, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus gilli	-	Ni Ni	M	2006-Jan-01 (-) 19.0 years old	Capt	xxxx-xxx-xx	20000101	Taiji, Japan	Wild	Wild	Japan, Pacific Ocean to Beijing Aquarium (??-???-????) to Constanta Dolphinarium (29-May-2010)	Delfinariu Constanta	-	-	-	-	Documents claim that this animal was born in captivity but that seems unlikely	public display, constanta, living, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus ponticus	-	Marusya	F	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) ?? years old	Unkn	xxxx-xxx-xx	20120701	Unknown	??	??	Unknown History to Delfinariu Constanta (2022-May-11)	Delfinariu Constanta	-	-	-	-	-	public display, constanta, living, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus ponticus	-	Maya Майя	F	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) ?? years old	Unkn	xxxx-xxx-xx	20120701	Unknown	??	??	Unknown History to Delfinariu Constanta (2022-May-11)	Delfinariu Constanta	-	-	-	-	-	public display, constanta, living, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus ponticus	-	Kiki Кики	F	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) ?? years old	Unkn	xxxx-xxx-xx	20120701	Unknown	??	??	Unknown History to Delfinariu Constanta (2022-May-11)	Delfinariu Constanta	-	-	-	-	-	public display, constanta, living, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus ponticus	-	Breeze ветерок	M	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) ?? years old	Unkn	xxxx-xxx-xx	20120701	Unknown	??	??	Unknown History to Delfinariu Constanta (2022-May-11)	Delfinariu Constanta	-	-	-	-	AKA "Veterok"	public display, constanta, living, dolphin

The information in the table below represents the deceased population of belugas held at this facility. If you’re having trouble finding a specific animal, check the tabs above, they may have been transferred or lost to follow up. Italics indicate a deceased individual.

Note: If you have a correction or would like to submit information please contribute@cetabase.org or use our contact form!

Last Updated: January 15, 2025 6:49 pm

Image	Species	Scientific	ID #'s	Name	Sex	Born	Origin	Origin Date	Origin-Sort	Captured / Born at:	Mother	Father	Transfers	Current / Last Facility:	Status	Status Date	Stat Sort-Ref	Cause of Death	Notes	Keyword column (invisible)
	Common, Short-beak	Delphinus delphis	-	???	U	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) ?? years old	Capt	1972-xxx-xx	19720101	Black Sea	Wild	Wild	Black Sea to Constanta Dolphinarium (??-???-1972)	Delfinariu Constanta	Died	xxxx-xxx-xx	-	-	Collected for the park's opening, may have lived until 1986?	public display, constanta, died, dolphin
	Common, Short-beak	Delphinus delphis	-	???	U	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) ?? years old	Capt	1972-xxx-xx	19720101	Black Sea	Wild	Wild	Black Sea to Constanta Dolphinarium (??-???-1972)	Delfinariu Constanta	Died	xxxx-xxx-xx	-	0	Collected for the park's opening	public display, constanta, died, dolphin
	Porpoise, Harbor	Phocaena phocaena	-	???	U	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) ?? years old	Capt	1972-xxx-xx	19720101	Black Sea	Wild	Wild	Black Sea to Constanta Dolphinarium (??-???-1972)	Delfinariu Constanta	Died	xxxx-xxx-xx	-	-	Collected for the park's opening.	public display, constanta, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus ponticus	-	Mark	M	1979-Jan-01 (-) ?? years old	Capt	1986-xxx-xx	19860101	Black Sea, Russia	Wild	Wild	Black Sea, Russia to Holding, Russia (??-???-1986) to Constanta Dolphinarium (28-Aug-1986)	Delfinariu Constanta	Died	2009-Jul-02	20090702	-	Reported to be an aggressive animal that killed at least one other dolphin	public display, constanta, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus ponticus	-	???	U	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) ?? years old	Capt	1986-xxx-xx	19860101	Black Sea, Russia	Wild	Wild	Black Sea, Russia to Holding, Russia (??-???-1986) to Constanta Dolphinarium (28-Aug-1986)	Delfinariu Constanta	Died	xxxx-xxx-xx	-	-	-	public display, constanta, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus ponticus	-	???	U	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) ?? years old	Capt	1986-xxx-xx	19860101	Black Sea, Russia	Wild	Wild	Black Sea, Russia to Holding, Russia (??-???-1986) to Constanta Dolphinarium (28-Aug-1986)	Delfinariu Constanta	Died	xxxx-xxx-xx	-	-	-	public display, constanta, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus ponticus	-	???	U	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) ?? years old	Capt	1986-xxx-xx	19860101	Black Sea, Russia	Wild	Wild	Black Sea, Russia to Holding, Russia (??-???-1986) to Constanta Dolphinarium (28-Aug-1986)	Delfinariu Constanta	Died	xxxx-xxx-xx	-	-	-	public display, constanta, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus ponticus	-	Alina	F	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) ?? years old	Capt	1986-xxx-xx	19860101	Black Sea, Russia	Wild	Wild	Black Sea, Russia to Holding, Russia (??-???-1986) to Constanta Dolphinarium (28-Aug-1986)	Delfinariu Constanta	Died	xxxx-xxx-xx	-	-	Died sometime after 2002	public display, constanta, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus gilli	-	Pei Pei	F	2005-Jan-01 (-) ?? years old	Capt	xxxx-xxx-xx	20000101	Taiji, Japan	Wild	Wild	Japan, Pacific Ocean to Beijing Aquarium (??-???-????) to Constanta Dolphinarium (29-May-2010)	Delfinariu Constanta	Died	2013-Jun-08	20130608	-	Documents claim that this animal was born in captivity but that seems unlikely	public display, constanta, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus ponticus	-	Alina's Calf	U	2000-Jul-25 (A) ?? years old	Born	2000-Jul-25	20000725	Delfinariu Constanta	Alina	???	-	Delfinariu Constanta	Died	2000-Jul-25	20000725	Strangled by umbilical cord during birth.	-	public display, constanta, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus ponticus	-	Alina's Calf	U	2002-May-21 (A) ?? years old	Born	2002-May-21	20020521	Delfinariu Constanta	Alina	???	Constanta Dolphinarium to Constanta Dolphinarium (21-May-2002) to () to Black Sea (??-???-1972) to Constanta Dolphinarium (??-???-1972) to Constanta Dolphinarium (??-???-????)	Delfinariu Constanta	Died	2002-May-21	20020521	Died during labor.	-	public display, constanta, died, dolphin
	Common, Short-beak	Delphinus delphis	, ,	-	U	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) ?? years old	Resc	2009-Jun-xx	20090601	Unknown	Wild	Wild	Black Sea coast to Constanta Dolphinarium (??-Jun-2009)	Delfinariu Constanta	Died	??-Jun-2009	20090601	-	Rescueed and died sometime in June 2009, died 2 hours after arrival to the park	rescue, rehab, constanta, died, dolphin
	Porpoise, Harbor	Phocaena phocaena	, ,	Survivor	U	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) ?? years old	Resc	2011-May-23	20110523	Unknown	Wild	Wild	Black Sea coast to Constanta Dolphinarium (23-May-2011)	Delfinariu Constanta	Died	??-May-2011	20110501	-	Died in May 2011 (estimated)	rescue, rehab, constanta, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops sp	-	Baby	M	2024-Mar-08 (A) ?? years old	Born	2024-Mar-08	20240308	Delfinariu Constanta	Chen Chen	Breeze	-	Delfinariu Constanta	Died	2024-Jul-xx	20240722	-	-	public display, constanta, died, dolphin

The information in the table below represents the historical population of belugas held at this facility. If you’re having trouble finding a specific animal, check the tabs above, they may have been transferred or lost to follow up. Italics indicate a deceased individual. This list includes both public display animals and rescue rehab cases. To exclude them, type either “public display” or “rehab” in the Filter box.

Note: If you have a correction or would like to submit information please contribute@cetabase.org or use our contact form!

Last Updated: January 15, 2025 6:49 pm

Image	Species	Scientific	ID #'s	Name	Sex	Born	Origin	Origin Date	Origin-Sort	Captured / Born at:	Mother	Father	Transfers	Current / Last Facility:	Status	Status Date	Stat Sort-Ref	Cause of Death	Notes	Keyword column (invisible)
	Common, Short-beak	Delphinus delphis	-	???	U	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) ?? years old	Capt	1972-xxx-xx	19720101	Black Sea	Wild	Wild	Black Sea to Constanta Dolphinarium (??-???-1972)	Delfinariu Constanta	Died	xxxx-xxx-xx	-	-	Collected for the park's opening, may have lived until 1986?	public display, constanta, died, dolphin
	Common, Short-beak	Delphinus delphis	-	???	U	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) ?? years old	Capt	1972-xxx-xx	19720101	Black Sea	Wild	Wild	Black Sea to Constanta Dolphinarium (??-???-1972)	Delfinariu Constanta	Died	xxxx-xxx-xx	-	0	Collected for the park's opening	public display, constanta, died, dolphin
	Porpoise, Harbor	Phocaena phocaena	-	???	U	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) ?? years old	Capt	1972-xxx-xx	19720101	Black Sea	Wild	Wild	Black Sea to Constanta Dolphinarium (??-???-1972)	Delfinariu Constanta	Died	xxxx-xxx-xx	-	-	Collected for the park's opening.	public display, constanta, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus ponticus	-	Mark	M	1979-Jan-01 (-) ?? years old	Capt	1986-xxx-xx	19860101	Black Sea, Russia	Wild	Wild	Black Sea, Russia to Holding, Russia (??-???-1986) to Constanta Dolphinarium (28-Aug-1986)	Delfinariu Constanta	Died	2009-Jul-02	20090702	-	Reported to be an aggressive animal that killed at least one other dolphin	public display, constanta, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus ponticus	-	???	U	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) ?? years old	Capt	1986-xxx-xx	19860101	Black Sea, Russia	Wild	Wild	Black Sea, Russia to Holding, Russia (??-???-1986) to Constanta Dolphinarium (28-Aug-1986)	Delfinariu Constanta	Died	xxxx-xxx-xx	-	-	-	public display, constanta, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus ponticus	-	???	U	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) ?? years old	Capt	1986-xxx-xx	19860101	Black Sea, Russia	Wild	Wild	Black Sea, Russia to Holding, Russia (??-???-1986) to Constanta Dolphinarium (28-Aug-1986)	Delfinariu Constanta	Died	xxxx-xxx-xx	-	-	-	public display, constanta, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus ponticus	-	???	U	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) ?? years old	Capt	1986-xxx-xx	19860101	Black Sea, Russia	Wild	Wild	Black Sea, Russia to Holding, Russia (??-???-1986) to Constanta Dolphinarium (28-Aug-1986)	Delfinariu Constanta	Died	xxxx-xxx-xx	-	-	-	public display, constanta, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus ponticus	-	Alina	F	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) ?? years old	Capt	1986-xxx-xx	19860101	Black Sea, Russia	Wild	Wild	Black Sea, Russia to Holding, Russia (??-???-1986) to Constanta Dolphinarium (28-Aug-1986)	Delfinariu Constanta	Died	xxxx-xxx-xx	-	-	Died sometime after 2002	public display, constanta, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus gilli	-	Chen Chen	F	2003-Jan-01 (-) 22.0 years old	Capt	xxxx-xxx-xx	20000101	Taiji, Japan	Wild	Wild	Japan, Pacific Ocean to Beijing Aquarium (??-???-????) to Constanta Dolphinarium (29-May-2010)	Delfinariu Constanta	-	-	-	-	Documents claim that this animal was born in captivity but that seems unlikely	public display, constanta, living, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus gilli	-	Ni Ni	M	2006-Jan-01 (-) 19.0 years old	Capt	xxxx-xxx-xx	20000101	Taiji, Japan	Wild	Wild	Japan, Pacific Ocean to Beijing Aquarium (??-???-????) to Constanta Dolphinarium (29-May-2010)	Delfinariu Constanta	-	-	-	-	Documents claim that this animal was born in captivity but that seems unlikely	public display, constanta, living, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus gilli	-	Pei Pei	F	2005-Jan-01 (-) ?? years old	Capt	xxxx-xxx-xx	20000101	Taiji, Japan	Wild	Wild	Japan, Pacific Ocean to Beijing Aquarium (??-???-????) to Constanta Dolphinarium (29-May-2010)	Delfinariu Constanta	Died	2013-Jun-08	20130608	-	Documents claim that this animal was born in captivity but that seems unlikely	public display, constanta, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus ponticus	-	Alina's Calf	U	2000-Jul-25 (A) ?? years old	Born	2000-Jul-25	20000725	Delfinariu Constanta	Alina	???	-	Delfinariu Constanta	Died	2000-Jul-25	20000725	Strangled by umbilical cord during birth.	-	public display, constanta, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus ponticus	-	Alina's Calf	U	2002-May-21 (A) ?? years old	Born	2002-May-21	20020521	Delfinariu Constanta	Alina	???	Constanta Dolphinarium to Constanta Dolphinarium (21-May-2002) to () to Black Sea (??-???-1972) to Constanta Dolphinarium (??-???-1972) to Constanta Dolphinarium (??-???-????)	Delfinariu Constanta	Died	2002-May-21	20020521	Died during labor.	-	public display, constanta, died, dolphin
	Common, Short-beak	Delphinus delphis	, ,	-	U	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) ?? years old	Resc	2009-Jun-xx	20090601	Unknown	Wild	Wild	Black Sea coast to Constanta Dolphinarium (??-Jun-2009)	Delfinariu Constanta	Died	??-Jun-2009	20090601	-	Rescueed and died sometime in June 2009, died 2 hours after arrival to the park	rescue, rehab, constanta, died, dolphin
	Porpoise, Harbor	Phocaena phocaena	, ,	Survivor	U	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) ?? years old	Resc	2011-May-23	20110523	Unknown	Wild	Wild	Black Sea coast to Constanta Dolphinarium (23-May-2011)	Delfinariu Constanta	Died	??-May-2011	20110501	-	Died in May 2011 (estimated)	rescue, rehab, constanta, died, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus ponticus	-	Marusya	F	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) ?? years old	Unkn	xxxx-xxx-xx	20120701	Unknown	??	??	Unknown History to Delfinariu Constanta (2022-May-11)	Delfinariu Constanta	-	-	-	-	-	public display, constanta, living, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus ponticus	-	Maya Майя	F	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) ?? years old	Unkn	xxxx-xxx-xx	20120701	Unknown	??	??	Unknown History to Delfinariu Constanta (2022-May-11)	Delfinariu Constanta	-	-	-	-	-	public display, constanta, living, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus ponticus	-	Kiki Кики	F	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) ?? years old	Unkn	xxxx-xxx-xx	20120701	Unknown	??	??	Unknown History to Delfinariu Constanta (2022-May-11)	Delfinariu Constanta	-	-	-	-	-	public display, constanta, living, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus ponticus	-	Breeze ветерок	M	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) ?? years old	Unkn	xxxx-xxx-xx	20120701	Unknown	??	??	Unknown History to Delfinariu Constanta (2022-May-11)	Delfinariu Constanta	-	-	-	-	AKA "Veterok"	public display, constanta, living, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops truncatus ponticus	-	Marusya's Calf	U	#VALUE!	Unkn	xxxx-xxx-xx	20220701	Delfinariu Constanta	Marusya	Breeze	-	Delfinariu Constanta	Unknown	xxxx-xxx-xx	20221231	-	Marusya was reported as pregnant, the park later claimed it was a false pregnancy	public display, constanta, dolphin
	Bottlenose	Tursiops sp	-	Baby	M	2024-Mar-08 (A) ?? years old	Born	2024-Mar-08	20240308	Delfinariu Constanta	Chen Chen	Breeze	-	Delfinariu Constanta	Died	2024-Jul-xx	20240722	-	-	public display, constanta, died, dolphin

The information in the table below represents the rescue/rehab population of belugas held at this facility.  These animals are held off exhibit in quarantine or hospital pools.  The rescue/rehab inventory will include all historical rescues in addition to current patients (if any). If you’re having trouble finding a specific dolphin, check the tabs above, they may have moved or died.  Italics indicate a deceased individual.  

Last Updated: January 15, 2025 6:49 pm

Image	Species	Scientific	ID #'s	Name	Sex	Born	Origin	Origin Date	Origin-Sort	Captured / Born at:	Mother	Father	Transfers	Current / Last Facility:	Status	Status Date	Stat Sort-Ref	Cause of Death	Notes	Keyword column (invisible)
	Common, Short-beak	Delphinus delphis	, ,	-	U	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) ?? years old	Resc	2009-Jun-xx	20090601	Unknown	Wild	Wild	Black Sea coast to Constanta Dolphinarium (??-Jun-2009)	Delfinariu Constanta	Died	??-Jun-2009	20090601	-	Rescueed and died sometime in June 2009, died 2 hours after arrival to the park	rescue, rehab, constanta, died, dolphin
	Porpoise, Harbor	Phocaena phocaena	, ,	Survivor	U	xxxx-xxx-xx (U) ?? years old	Resc	2011-May-23	20110523	Unknown	Wild	Wild	Black Sea coast to Constanta Dolphinarium (23-May-2011)	Delfinariu Constanta	Died	??-May-2011	20110501	-	Died in May 2011 (estimated)	rescue, rehab, constanta, died, dolphin

The information in the table below represents animals that have transferred out of this facility with the date of transfer and the location where they moved to.  This entry only represents the most recent transfer date of of this particular location.  If a beluga has transferred back and forth multiple times, only the latest transfer is listed, however, the complete transfer history can be viewed by expanding the row.

Last Updated: December 16, 2024 8:22 pm