Some orcas that were caught by man escaped or were released. This section reviews all sixteen of them in general detail.

Sources: Orca Homepage and Orca Catalogue

Name	Mother	Gender	Origin	Captured	Released	Held At	Misc. Fact
Hyak	?	Male	Pacific NW	2/1968	rel. 2/1969	Pender Harbor, B.C.	He only spent one year in captivity.
Irving	A5 Pod?	Male	Pacific NW	4/1968	esc. 8/1969	Pender Harbor, B.C.	He is also known as Skookum or Cecil.
Ishmael	J, L Pod	Male	Pacific NW	10/1968	esc. 2/1971	U.S. Navy, Hawaii	He was caught along with Haida II*, Cuddles*, Mamuk, and Ahab.
T1/Charlie Chin	T2/Pointednose Cow?	Male	Pacific NW	3/1970	esc. 10/27/1970	Pedder Bay, B.C.	He is rumored to be last spotted June 6th, 2003 near Vancouver Island.
T2/Pointednose Cow	T?	Female	Pacific NW	3/1970	esc. 10/27/1970	Pedder Bay, B.C.	Estimated to have been born in the year 1950, she is now over 50 years old.
K1/Taku	K7?	Male	Pacific NW	8/1973	rel. 10/1973	Pedder Bay, B.C.	He passed away during the winter of '97-'98. His probable mother K7 (born around 1910) lives on.
T13/O4	T?	Male	Pacific NW	3/1976	rel. 4/1976	Budd Inlet, WA	He is estimated to have been born in 1964.
T14/O5	T13?	Female	Pacific NW	3/1976	rel. 4/1976	Budd Inlet, WA	She was last seen in 1998 and is presumed dead.
?	?	?	Iceland	11/1978	rel. 2/1979	Saedyrasafnid, Iceland	*No fact.
?	?	?	Iceland	11/1978	rel. 2/1979	Saedyrasafnid, Iceland	*No fact.
?	?	?	Iceland	11/1978	rel. 2/1979	Saedyrasafnid, Iceland	*No fact.
Keiko	?	Male	Iceland	11/1979	rel. 7/2002	Taknes Bay, Norway	More commonly known as "Willy" he spent 22.5 years in captivity before he was set free. He died in Norway on December 12th, 2003.
?	?	?	Japan	2/1982	esc. 1982	Taiji, Japan	*No fact.
?	?	?	Japan	2/1982	esc. 1982	Taiji, Japan	*No fact.
A73/Springer	A45/Sutlej*	Female	Pacific NW	6/2002	rel. 7/14/2002	Manchester, WA	Springer is the first wild orca to be sucessfully rehabilitated and returned to her pod by humans. Her mother is dead, so Springer is now in the care of A11/Yakat, Sutlej's aunt.

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