A dataset containing whales and dolphins that spent some period of time captive in the US between 1938 and May 7, 2017. See: https://pudding.cool/2017/07/cetaceans/
Format
A tibble with 2194 rows and 20 columns:
- species
The common name for an individual's species
- id
Identification numbers assigned to an animal
- name
An individual animal's name
- sex
An individual animal's sex
- accuracy
The accuracy of an animal's birth date, a = actual date, e = estimated date, u = unknown
- birthYear
The year that an individual animal was born
- acquisition
The method through which an animal was acquired
- originDate
The year that an animal entered captivity
- originLocation
The location that an animal originated from
- mother
The name of an animal's biological mother
- father
The name of an animal's biological father
- transfers
A list of facilities that an animal was transferred to, with the approximate dates that they were transferred
- currently
The location where a living animal currently resides or last known location
- region
The region of the world where the animal either currently or most-recently lived
- status
The current status of an animal.
- statusDate
The date that an animal's status changed
- COD
The animal's reported cause of death.
- notes
Additional notes e.g names
- transferDate
The date an animal was transferred into the US
- transfer
The types of transfers that an animal has been involved with
- entryDate
The date that an individual animal entered the US captive population.