female Pacific walrus (O. r. divergens)
wild caught on July 10th, 2004
deceased on December 17th, 2007
No known related animals.
capture 2004-Jul-10 in Barrow, Alaska
transfer 2004-Jul-11 to Alaska SeaLife Center
transfer 2004-Jul-17 to SeaWorld San Diego
death 2007-Dec-17 at SeaWorld San Diego
No images available at this time.
04123B (SeaWorld)
#72 (Association of Zoos and Aquariums)
The images found here have all been gathered either from this facility's official resources or news articles.
SeaWorld has stated Tessa's date of death to be December 17th, while the 2018 studbook has December 15th listed.
2018-Jan-08. Lisa Oland. AZA Regional Studbook.
2005-Apr-25. Jodie Baker. 2004 North American Regional Walrus Studbook.