An unlikely coalition of a theme park owner, an animal rights group and an NFL owner-philanthropist announced a plan to return Lolita, an orca that has lived in captivity at the Miami Seaquarium for more than 50 years, to her home in the Pacific Northwest.
FILE - Trainer Marcia Hinton pets Lolita, a captive orca whale, during a performance at the Miami Seaquarium in Miami, March 9, 1995. An unlikely coalition made up of a theme park owner, an animal rights group, a mayor and a philanthropist who owns an NFL team announced Thursday, March 30, 2023, that a plan is in place to return Lolita — an orca that has lived in captivity at the Miami Seaquarium for more than 50 years — to its home waters in the Pacific Northwest.
MIAMI — 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 nearly century-old, endangered killer whale believed to be her mother still swims. An unlikely coalition involving the theme park’s owner, an animal rights group and an NFL owner-philanthropist announded the agreement during a news conference Thursday.
“I’m excited to be a part of Lolita’s journey to freedom,” Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay said. “I know Lolita wants to get to free waters.” Lolita, also known as Tokitae, was about 4 years old when she was captured in Puget Sound in summer 1970, during a time of deadly orca roundups. She spent decades performing for paying crowds before falling ill.
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Agreement in place to bring Tokitae home from Miami Seaquarium to Pacific NorthwestIt’s official: An agreement is in place to bring Tokitae, a Southern Resident killer whale also known as Lolita, home to the Pacific Northwest after she was forcefully removed from a cove near Whidbey Island more than 50 years ago.
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It’s official: Agreement in place to bring Tokitae home from Miami Seaquarium to Puget SoundIt’s official: An agreement is in place to bring Tokitae, a Southern Resident killer whale also known as Lolita, home to the Pacific Northwest after she was forcefully removed from a cove near Whidbey Island more than 50 years ago. FOX13
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52 years after capture, orca Lolita may return to PacificMore 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 nearly century-old, endangered whale believed to be her mother still swims
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Agreement in place to return Lolita the orca to the PacificAn plan is in place to return Lolita, an orca that has lived at the Miami Seaquarium for more than 50 years, to her home waters in the Pacific Northwest. Moving the 57-year-old, 5,000-pound orca could take six to nine months and cost $12 million to $15 million. Jim Irsay is a philanthropist and owner of the Indianapolis Colts. He said Thursday that he's excited to be a part of Lolita's journey. Irsay is partnering with Eduardo Albor, who heads the company that owns the Seaquarium, and the nonprofit Friends of Lolita. The orca currently lives in a tank measuring 80 feet by 35 feet.
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Agreement in place to return Lolita the orca to the PacificColts’ owner Jim Irsay is partnering with animal rights activists to return Lolita — an orca that has lived in captivity at the Miami Seaquarium for more than 50 years — to her home waters in the Pacific Northwest.
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Lolita the orca could be returned to 'home waters' over 50 years after capture and being held at Miami SeaquariumLolita 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.
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