52 years after capture, Lolita the orca may return to the Pacific
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More than 50 years after Lolita, also known as Tokitae, was captured for public display, plans are in place to return her from the Miami Seaquarium to her home waters in the Pacific Northwest, where a nearly century-old, endangered killer whale believed to be her mother still swims.
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The world’s second-oldest captive orca, Lolita, will be going cross-country and returning to her home waters in the Pacific Northwest with the help of Jim Irsay, owner of the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts.
MIAMI (AP) — An unlikely coalition of a theme park owner, animal rights group and NFL owner-philanthropist announced Thursday that a plan is in place to
Lolita had fallen ill in recent years, with the company taking over the Miami Seaquarium, MS Leisure, announcing last year that the roughly 7,000-pound orca would no longer be put on display in the whale stadium.
The nearly 5,000-pound orca is now believed to be around 57 years old and was taken along the Washington State coast in 1970 when she was about 4 years old.
Plans to return an orca known as Lolita to her home waters in the Pacific Northwest are underway after she has been in captivity in Florida for more than 50 years.
More than 50 years after Lolita, also known as Tokitae, was captured for public display, plans are in place to return her from the Miami Seaquarium to her home waters in the Pacific Northwest, where a nearly century-old, endangered killer whale believed to be her mother still swims.
More than 50 years after the orca known as Lolita was captured for public display, plans are in place to return her from the Miami Seaquarium to her home waters in the Pacific Northwest, where a ne…
More than 50 years after the orca known as Lolita was captured for public display, plans are in place to return her from the Miami Seaquarium to her home waters
The plan is to transport Lolita by plane to an ocean sanctuary in the waters between Washington and Canada, where she will initially swim inside a large net.
The 57-year-old orca was captured over 50 years ago at the age of 4 from the Pacific coast near Seattle. She retired last spring from performing in exhibition shows.
The killer whale known as Lolita appears one step closer to returning to its natural habitat of the Pacific Northwest, after performing at a Miami tourist attraction for decades.
An unlikely coalition involving a Miami theme park’s owner, an animal rights group and an NFL owner-philanthropist announced a plan for the killer whale.
50 years after orca Lolita was captured, plans are to return her from Miami Seaquarium to Pacific Northwest, where it's believed her mother still swims.
The killer whale, also known as Tokitae, has been in captivity for more than 50 years. Amid increasing pressure, the Seaquarium has agreed to release her.
Plans are to return Lolita from the Miami Seaquarium to her home waters, where a nearly century-old killer whale believed to be her mother still swims.
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