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Lolita died Aug. 18, and activists say their fight is far from over. They plan to continue fighting for the release of other orcas in captivity and other sea mammals, such as bottlenose dolphins.
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Animal rights activists had been fighting for years to have Lolita freed from her tank at the Seaquarium.
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The mammal scientist who headed up the effort to transport the whale to a sea pen in Puget Sound insists all precautions were taken to ensure the whale’s health and that her death from renal failure was unexpected.
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An ambitious plan announced last week to return Lolita, a killer whale held captive for more than a half-century, to her home waters in Washington’s Puget Sound thrilled those who have long advocated for her to be freed from her tank at the Miami Seaquarium.
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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.
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New research suggests that inbreeding may be a key reason that the Pacific Northwest's endangered population of killer whales—like the Miami Seaquarium's Lolita— has failed to recover despite decades of conservation efforts.
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The company slated to take over the Seaquarium has agreed to retire Lolita, also known as Tokitae or Toki. She will no longer have to flip for food.
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A federal appeals court has blocked a last ditch attempt to free Lolita, the orca housed at the Miami Seaquarium, in a case brought by the non-profit…
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For nearly 25 years, the Miami Seaquarium’s killer whale, Lolita, has been the star of a sequel that has never been made.In 1995, inspired by the original…
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47 years ago, Lolita the killer whale was captured from the wild. It's high time for her to return to it, according to more than 40 protesters who…
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A 29-year-old New Zealand woman will soon be living in a bathtub for a month outside of the Miami Seaquarium. Danielle Daals says she was inspired to do…