Lolita the orca to return to home waters after 50 years in captivity
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- čas přidán 29. 03. 2023
- Lolita, a southern resident orca also known as Tokitae, will be returned to her home waters in Puget Sound after more than 50 years in captivity at the Miami Seaquarium. WTVJ Steve Litz reports.
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After 50 years in a tank, how will she ever know what home is supposed to be like? Let’s pray she finds a family in the sanctuary.
@OCFilmFan Orcas that been in captivity don't do well in the wild. Look up the story of Keiko. Keiko is the orca that play in free willy it's very sad.
She will be in a sea pen and then slowly re introduced to her family. She deserves to be free. #CaptivityKills.
@@DG-kf5cu watch again with the sound on this time. This whale is not being released into the wild. Sheesh! 😒
elsa the lion was set free after being years in captivity and did fine there are other dolphins to like that but she will stay in a seapen if nothing goes right
Some of her family members are still alive and she will be able to be exposed to them safely - hard to believe, but true. They live over 95-years. Look up "Lolita retirement plan".
I appreciate how they personify her. It's a pity she likely wouldn't make it in the wild, but cool that they are going to such lengths to provide a natural home for her twilight years.
she's not going to the wild, she going to a sanctuary
animals dont have to be personalized to feel pain and loneliness, even dogs and cats express those emotions
After the whale,made them billions of dollars in captivity they act so altruistic releasing to the wild . Balderdash. Stop all circus animal entertainment for the masses.
elsa the lion was set free after being years in captivity and did fine there are other dolphins to like that but she will stay in a seapen if nothing goes right
Released captive orcas can survive in the wild. There a video on yt BBC
Since they said they are going to continue watching out for her and letting her decide if she's ready to be on her own I'm not too worried. They will do this with her needs being the priority. My biggest concern is her being lonely. After 50 years of daily human interaction, suddenly being in an unknown environment with no companions or daily recreation could cause her to become depressed.
You are right she use to seeing people and cheering her on.
I think she'll be just fine. Most of her human interaction was just being forced to do the same tricks over and over for food. That's all she cared about was getting fed. Meanwhile she was just stuck floating around in a tiny tank anytime people weren't around. At the sanctuary she'll be able to swim around all day and night as she pleases and catch her own fish it'll be a whole new world after 50 years of captivity. She's probably gonna have a blast.
They say she'll be fed by caretakers (food + human interaction) and be tended and with continuing vet care, that she'll be able to communicate with her kind and kin through the netting, that her initial sea-pen will be the length of two football fields, and larger later on as she adapts. They also say that her companion in her present tank, the dolphin, will go with her, and another dolphin too. They say her travel expenses have been covered, but that agencies have to sign off on their plans for her. With the new room to swim, the sights and sounds and natural stimulation of moving ocean waves, I think we can have good hopes for her.
What makes you think she won’t have human interaction? How else will she get food?
She's way more lonely in that little itty bitty pool they've been keeping her in! She still speaks the dialect of her family. So, she will have communications with her own kind.
Its about time. Finally a rich person who actually did something for environment awareness. All those money he ever spend, this is probably one of the moment for him to quote "Money well spend". Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the good deeds to whoever involved in the rescue.
Nothing has happened and probably never will.
@@MotherOfDragon117true
Dipper: Mika are you ready to go home?
Smurflily: She said yes.
Dipper: Come on! Let's get you outta here.
I hope she flourishes in her new home. Much more space at least. This made me cry. What humans do to animals is horrific.
What humans do to unborn babies is horrific. I wish that got as much attention and sympathy as a whale. 😭
@@christopherandamandasmith6595 stop trivializing this
@@christopherandamandasmith6595 what humans do to sperm is horrific. Trillions upon trillions of potential life. I wish every sperm and egg got as much attention.
@@nuxkamina right!!?? Not every fertilized egg will grow to maturity. Why would anyone even want that to happen?
It sure is 🙏🏾 sometimes for entertainment we don’t realize how damning and cruel humans are ! The abuse is so extensive ! Praying Lolita will flourish ! Fly free beautiful one 🙏🏾♥️
Poor animals are just slaves.
It’s the hope Lolita has been waiting. Being released to a whale sanctuary after 50 years in captivity. She’ll be getting the freedom that Kiska didn’t get after her tragic passing on March 9 from bacterial infection and the stress of being alone. Prayers go out to Lolita for a safe journey to the sanctuary.
It will only end up badly they tried doing this years ago to kimiko another orca in SeaWorld the problem is when they've been in captivity for so long they won't have survival skills so releasing her she'll probably die within a week or two
@@retrowave9536 She is not going to be fully released she will be at a sanctuary where she will be fed and take care off, but she will be able to leave and come back if she wishes!
@@vickyp7345 they did the same thing to Keiko and then they tried to release him into the ocean 🌊 the Orca would die within a week or two
@@vickyp7345 oh very nice
@@retrowave9536 elsa the lion was set free after being years in captivity and did fine there are other dolphins to like that but she will stay in a seapen if nothing goes right
Thank you to the man paying for her happiness. 🙏
PunkRock101
I have it on good authority that he is a drunkard.
A big thank you to Jim the Indianapolis Colts owner for flipping the bill for making this possible🙏🙏🙏 when this beautiful orca is back her home water that’ll be a beautiful moment🙌🙌🙌
Geez look at the size of that pool. I grew up near Marineland in Ontario and used to go as a kid until my parents found out about their sketchy practices. The part where they forced breeding despite vets saying she wasn't healthy enough to try (not to mention she already had more babies than is generally safe or recommended for her age) got me. Not Lolita/Tokitae in particular but I'm sure the practices are the same given the lack of oversight to protect them from misuse
I am SO happy!!! Thank you so much!! You fought so hard to make that sanctuary!!! God bless you!! I fully understand why he got emotional!! He is fighting almost his whole !ife for these animals!! ❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍
About time....!!! Stop animal cruelty
We’ve been waiting for this day for so long. Can’t belive I woke up in the middle of the night to this. So happy she’s getting out of there.
You actually shouldn’t, this id certain death
same here I'm happy she getting out there too and I hope she will
This is like abandoning your old dog in the forest and hope freedom is better for him than survival. Sad
If you had watched the video you would know thats not what they are doing at all.
Sad thing that she couldn't wait for it to happen anymore. You will be forever miss Lolita. May you rest in peace.🤍🙏🐋🐳
I'm glad that Lolita has a a chance for a better life!
COME ON HOME LOLITA!!! Wow, thanks to everyone who made this happen and those who campaigned for so long and with such dedication on behalf of freeing Lolita. What a remarkably strong spirit to have survived five decades of horror in that scorched Miami pool after being ripped from family and home. I hope she not only makes it safely and survives in her home waters, but that we will observe signs of her finding some peace and connection again. I can hardly believe I just typed these words about the beautiful strong LOLITA!!!!! Tingly with shock, hope, and joy. 💙
This honestly brought me tear! 🥹 it gives me hope that this will be start of the end to the captivity of Orcas. Then hopefully and end to captivity of all cetaceans and end to the disgusting practices like at Taiji Cove 💙
she is going to die the second she gets out
Whilst this is certainly long overdue, I do think it's perhaps far too risky for her at her advanced age. This could end up like the Keiko situation where she can't form bonds with her own kind anymore and has become too dependent upon human care. I think she should be retired to a sea pen where she is still cared for 24/7 but in an enclosed netted area at sea where she has enough room to swim freely.
@@Romulan2469Did you not listen? That is exactly what they are doing. Letting her out in the ocean would guarantee death very quickly.
You guys know that she will die scared and will not be able to survive in the open sea. No captive animal that gets released survives the wild because their not used to it. What these idiots should do is work for future generations and teach humans not to do this anymore. I get sick of how many ignorants there are. It all sounds nice until they die. Great for making this happen (really?) You guys don't know this but she's most likely going to die aline amd scared because we're to stupid to make the right choices and not en prison these beautiful creatures or any others
I saw Lolita on my first family holiday aged 7 to the USA in 1980 - it feels like an unimaginably long time, so I hope she enjoys her retirement back on her home turf.
She's home.
Finally.
I love you.
Me and someone I was really close too had a magical type of time with this orca, when the show was over we found a back window and she swam up started waiving and trying to communicate with us , you can tell she wanted out of that fish tank , glad she will be in a bigger place ..
I read somewhere else that they have found her original pod who actually live close to where she will be moved- including the female who they think is her mother (who they think is an amazing 90+ years old). How wonderful it will be for her to be able to hear and speak her own language again (each pod has their own dialect and this is one of the reasons whales in captivity don’t get along, they cannot speak to one another) as well as the possibility of seeing her mother again. I am praying for her
Lolita died in captivity before she was released unfortunately
This is such good news!!! Thank you to all the humans who have been working and/or donating to make this happen!
the woke mob should use their efforts for animal rights
good news in a week she'll die and yall will be wondering why. Dumbos
Thank you for all your hard work and being a voice for Lolita !!
a whale sanctuary/open ocean pen makes all the difference- she will survive,learn&be protected
RIP Lolita... finally free...😢
At last🙏💔💙
This is reminiscing of the news I'm used to growing up. Love stories like this.
Finally free but never freed Rest in Peace beautiful girl ❤
I'm happy for her, the poor girl has suffered so long
she gonna die in the wild XD
I have followed Tokitae's, aka, Lolita's story for over 10 years, and when I heard the news I was overcome with happiness it brought me to tears. This means so much for so many, but most of all to the amazing being that Tokitae is. If more understood her history and that of our resident orcas here in Washington state, they would understand what this really means. It's overwhelming...
Your Southern Resident orcas are starving. They do not need another mouth to feed.
@@tessdurberville711 I see you like to spread negativity. Well, you obviously don't know what you're talking about, but thanks for the feedback.
@@alexiscondit898
No, I like to spread the truth. Just because you do not agree with me, does not mean that I do not know what I am talking about.
Without concerted effort to protect and restore habitat, history suggests they also are at risk. Today, 14 population groups of steelhead and Chinook, coho, chum, and sockeye salmon in Washington State are listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act.
@@tessdurberville711 FYI, I have a degree in fisheries and aquaculture sciences, and live in northwest Washington. I also have worked in salmon habitat restoration. Yes, our salmon and orcas are struggling. But bringing Tokitae home will not impact any of that. You saying it will is just dumb, you are only trying to be negative about her return.
@@alexiscondit898 No, I am trying to be realistic, unlike anyone involved in, and supporting this fantasy.
Omg… he’s amazing… thank you so much for donating to her freedom!!!!
Poor baby 💕
That tank... yikes. Tokitae deserves to be closer to her natural habitat, where her relatives and ancestors have been for thousands of years. Many have been planning for this day for years, so I'm sure they're working out all the details to give Tokitae the best chance at an enriching life. It's not risk-free, but I'm on Team Sanctuary for Tokitae 🖤
I hope things turn out all right. What comes to mind is that scene from Shawshank Redemption where Brooks didnt fit in the outside world because he spent his whole life in prison and had become institutionalized.
That's most likely what's going to happen. She's been in captivity for 50 years, and she's been raised by humans she won't survive. Maybe a few months to a year, but eventually, she'll die.
At the very least, she will be in an ocean pen in her home waters. I hope Corky will be able to join her. She is a member of the Southern resident orca pods as well.
As long she “retires” yo a very safe place I am truly grateful for her care.
Google says that Orca Whale lifespan is 50-90 years (in the wild), while those in captivity only have an average lifespan of 30-50 years. So how many years does Lolita have left?
Most likely, not many. It's sad what humans do to animals for entertainment. I am glad to hear that she will be in a protected environment in the ocean but what about companionship? I hope she will be able to bond with other orcas like herself, to form a new family.
@Missys Domain If you watch the video they are not letting her go that way. They're just putting her in a bigger area with netting around her so She will not be set free in the ocean.
If you think this was done as a good deed by the Sea Aquarium, you don't understand their true intent. They only got rid of her because she's reached her life expectancy and won't be able to perform and make them money. She will go down hill and she will cost them in vet bills and money. And that is the only reason they are doing this. They would not have done this is the Orca was 15-20 years of age. People in America are just in it for the money. Think of it this way, (them) "Hey! We're finally freeing that coal miner at the pleasant age of 80 years old after all these years of enslavement. Don't come back because we're not paying any hospital treatment now that you're health will deteriorate at anytime. That's something we're no longer obligated to pay for. Have a great day, and bring the camera crews and news to PR this as a good deed. Look at us everyone!!!!
unfortunately she will die alone in the wild like keiko
There's simply no way to know. It's possible the damage is already done and she won't live much longer, but it's also possible that a sudden change in environment where she's actually free to move around and there are fish swimming around etc. could re-ignite a spark in her and she might be around for a while. There's just no way to know.
Crying happy tears!!! Thank you!!!!
So glad shes going home and that they found her pod!❤ thank you for saving her!!❤❤❤❤
She never got to
i cant wait to hear more about this development 😢😢 omg i am so happy
Is it safe to put her back in the, waters when she has been locked up for 50 years? I hope she makes it. God bless her. 🙏 💖 🌹
No, it isn't look up the story of Keiko and you'll understand.
She wont be released into open ocean. It will be the ocean but a protected area, meaning there will be barriers she can't pass but at least she will be able to swim naturally and for long distances. It's an ocean sanctuary. I hope things go well for her. It's terribly sad she was used for so many years, living in a bathtub basically.
elsa the lion was set free after being years in captivity and did fine there are other dolphins to like that
Watch again and pay attention this time. I mean wtf!
@@magna116 agree
this makes me wanna hug my dog.....best of luck in her future life to this wonderful Tokitae.
😂😂😂😂😂😂 free your dog
@@amineouamalich5087 i tried that but she always comes home, she loves my cooking to much and her bed. lol
Also these people in the comments seems confused...as usual. y'all, she's not being released into the ocean without any help, they literally said she's in a sanitary and might be released if she seems capable of living in the wild someday
Finally some good news for a change.
It was a crime to keep such intelligent and beautiful creatures locked in a cage. Glad we're finally waking up!
Where she will be dead within the year bc she doesn't know how to feed herself. Good job.
Right! Whoever thought, Hey lets get a whale and keep it in this swimming pool, we’re gonna make SO MUCH MONEY 💰 💰 💰 , and then we’ll say its all donations and non-profit so we don’t pay taxes
intelligent? when was the last time they invented an iPhone
I can't even feel happy about this, I'm worried about whether or not she can survive on her own in the wild. That's so freaking long in captivity...
A sea sanctuary didn't u listen
It’s better to die free then in a cage first off. Second they found her family
@@Iam-vr3po 😂
I am truly happy for the beautiful Lolita!! ❤️
She should be given a chance to go back to her natural habitat. A small tank can never make these creatures happy. At least, Keiko got a chance to enjoy the freedom and hang out with trainers and local people without being forced. Though she had to experience loneliness. We tortured them for our happiness and entertainment. So it’s our responsibility to take care of them. Let the poor thing unite with her mother.
Salute to the team, trainers, and funders, for taking care of Keiko. Praying Lolita will also be blessed with good care and affection.
😢
How wonderful!!!!!!
Someone decided that Lolita's blood won't be on their hands at the end of her life. Disgusting
Not the end of her life she could easily live another 35 years.
Lolita seems that she was well care taken, her dorsal fin is straight unlike other orcas in captivity who have their dorsal fins down, it is an stress signal, but Lolita seem to be the opposite case.
The dorsal fin collapse happens mostly with the males. Probably because they're much bigger than the females
The dorsal fin collapse isn't from stress it is from gravity outside of the support of water. In captivity these animals spend significantly longer periods of time at the waters surface so gravity weighs down on the fin giving it that distinct collapse you refer to. But as the previous response states you see this more with males who have a much larger dorsal fin than females.
I explain all of this to make sure no one can ever try to say these poor animals are not stressed by captivity based on the set of their fins. Because all of them most certainly are stressed.
Wanna switch places with her then? Go sit in your bath tub
Im so sorry Tokitae. 😢😢😢😢😢😢 we love you.
So many years went by - but I'm still glad for Lolita's life, which started too late.
Animals needs their natural lifespace.
Wow, 50 years in that tank and it took them this long to do something about it. The size comparison is no different to a person in a gaol cell, but she can't get outside, so to speak, like prisoners do when going into the yard outside. Sounds like she'll be a helluva lot happier 😊
Honestly "they" didn't even do anything, it was someone else volunteering to foot the multimillion dollar bill to have her moved that made them finally say ok.
Thank you to all that have been involved in freeing this poor animal into a healthier sanctuary.
Orcas live 30 to 50 years in wild, you all just killed this orca.
@@besllu8116 agreed
@@besllu8116 Orca's in captivity die on average in 20 years.
Wild orca male around 50, and females around 100 years.
Toki's mother is now matriarch of L pod and is 98 years old.
@@besllu8116 male killer whales in the wild live to be 30 to 50 years old and female killer whales in the wild live to be 50 to 90 years old. And her mom is still alive on the Pacific coast.
@@besllu8116 What are you, a SeaWorld simp?! 😂😂😂
Poor baby 😢 these poor babies….
It's a delicate matter. After 50 years in a tank, how will she ever know what ocean is supposed to be like? she might thinking the tank is her home and what she doing everyday is the part of her life supposed to do, same as a human we enjoys doing the same same thing almost everyday as a routine and most of people are comfortable with doing the same thing and see the same group of people and scaring to change it, she think the trainers are her family member who feed her, look after her, care for her and give her love and she use to interactive with human all the time, the energy of the eyes, smiling, cheering of people who watched the show are became a part of her life already, same as a singer, he will happy every time when he sing and happy when see people enjoyed his sing, one day if he can not sing he will be suffering and do not know why he want to be a live for, same as Keiko the orca that die after 1 year lived by himself in the free ocean, even we tried to train him to be a wild, what I thinking is he lonely and orca are a social animals, I think he thought the tank and the trainers are his home and family and one day why the family do not want him any more, put him away to the big outside world that he never been before since he could remember, you understand the feeling of homeless??? Yes by nature orca should live in the free ocean but in this case totally different, they do not know anything about the ocean , they must feel safe in the tank and scaring the free big ocean same as human we use to live in the house, one day we do not have a house we sleep out side under the sky how we feel, we are fear and lonely, all kind of wild animals that she never met before around, for sure they need nature ocean water and bigger space for healthy but let's they stay some bay safe that still can interactive with human for their healthy metal for their happy , and do not try to put them away from us, see Keiko always came back to see human and never go too far, this telling us some thing ...Please remember 20 years or 50 years only in the tank, by metal it's very hard for them to go back to be a wild orca, same as old people you want them to change, it's hard for them to change, and no one want to live in a big beautiful house with a lot money but lonely. and you think they are going to enjoys wide ocean ???? I am thinking about my cats even they are out door cats when they met other cats, they were not happy, they flight, they stressed, I always hop I can take my cats go out for walk by the beach with me for exploring the beautiful world, but they are not enjoyed it, they were stress. that some thing we have to concerned about too.
ocean should be their home But will 50 years live in the tank orca know it. and should have regulation about this kind of business to use only nature ocean water and how big size of the tank for them as well.
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This is awesome, but it's sad to think that since she's been there so long, it'll probably send her into shock. She wouldn't make it alone at this point, but this is definitely the best option (for this situation)
Dwayne
No, that would be SeaWorld Orlando. A larger (seawater) pool for her and her dolphins, plenty of fish, vet care, and a no performing clause.
@@tessdurberville711 SEA WORLD?!! 😂😂😂
Yeah, right. Massive advocates for orcas' rights. 😂
@@megazard5249
Let me guess, you were brainwashed by watching that unquestionably true mockumentary, "Blackfish"?
You anti-caps are even worse than hippies.
Oh my God! Our prayers have been answered. This is the most exciting story of the decade.
That’s like releasing someone from a 50 year sentence they won’t know how to survive .
I hope she makes the journey! Feel like the stress of the move might due her in giving her hold age. Good luck!
Welcome home, girl. We missed you. Just saw your cousins cruising in the bay yesterday. I hope you'll get to meet them some day soon.
its cool to hear about her pod and I hope she meets her pod someday too.
This is the right thing to do. I hope we keep doing it!
She is free now. May she rest in peace 8/18/2023
Poor Lolita 50 years in the tank ...what a shame 😢...I'm very happy for her now ❤
Lolita is so cute. ❤
Rest in peace Lolita 😢❤
Thank god they finally realice that she need a better home #love lolita
I saw a post that she passed away is this true
Yeah she died, but she's finally free from being stuck in that small tank for 50+ years
It's funny cause the character Lolita's real name is Delores, which means pain.
Lolita was her stage name, the first name she got when she was captured was Tokitae and her native name is Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut.
@@natasjadirken5633 Reeeeeeally don't care.
@@creaturesamongcreatures Why don't you shut up than?!
i don’t understand how people can’t see that this is like locking an innocent person in a cell for their entire life
It's proven animals live longer in captives then in the wild..
Quand je la regarde j'ai le cœur en miettes 😢 😔 enfin elle va pouvoir retrouver sa liberté
only 50 years too late "we man are wretched things"
She won't know how to survive anymore
elsa the lion was set free after being years in captivity and did fine there are other dolphins to like that but she will stay in a seapen if nothing goes right
@@GinoChaviano19 lolita is not sick
She's not going to be chucked into the deep end just like that. She'll be rehabilated in a safe environment that will be much better that the concrete prison She's currently being held captive in.
To the guy paying to have her released from her 50 year prison is a real hero
What about our fellow man kind who is locked up who are innocent. 20 million bucks would help free many of them
What a shame she lived and died in captivity.
I remember a story where the South Koreans decided to free their dolphins after years of captivity.
While reconditioning them to the ocean in outdoor sea pens, one figured out how to swim under the sea pen via a weak spot and vamoosed.
Apparently years before she had been caught by fishermen, and purchased by the aquarium. So unlike the other dolphins she had been wild, not captive born.
Just over a year later, she was spotted and confirmed via photo, to be alive, looking good, and swimming with a baby dolphin! Most likely her own baby!
Kiko the Orca may of at a disadvantage since he was male, and many male Orcas apparently are mamas boys in the wild, while females are more independent.
At the very least she can go home, and not die in a lonely tank!
vamoosed...haven`t heard that in a while....
She’s already extremely elderly and sick…. The best thing to do is just give her the best treatment in her last few years of life
It's sad she's been in that tank for 50 yrs. I am nervous for her though cause she's been hand fed for 50 years. Hopefully they been prepping her for her release by putting live fish in her tank to see if she eats. I just saw on the news where they are taking her that her mom is still there swimming and she's 90 years old.! What a reunion it will be from not seeing her mom in 50 years ! I'm so glad no one can capture or breed these beautiful creatures in this country anymore. GO SEE YOUR MOM LOLITA.....SWIM AND ENJOY YOUR FREEDOM !!!!!
Toki will be in a seapen in the ocean in a netted area 250 feet. Her own trainers are coming along, they will have a medical bay and after acclimation they will try to get her instints to wake up and catch her own food.
Her twilight years in a more open environment is the least they could do and im glad they're letting her but I'm just saddened by the fact she has lived 50 years in captivity
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Crying happy tears. This should have happened years ago. ❤️
Should have never happened in the first place!
@@HondaRidea i agree 1000%
I cannot wait! I’m so happy for her!! Lolita, your going home!
a home polluted by greed. its like owning a mansion and a family all to return to a dump all alone
@@mr.erikchun5863 They aren’t gonna dump her in the ocean, their taking her to a sanctuary in Washington.
Best of lucks, Lolita! We love you!
i hope she finds her olds friends and i hope they remember her
Thank goodness for small mercies. Poor Lolita has been imprisoned in her tank for so long she probably doesn't know she's an orca.
The fact she's going Home is wonderful but it's heartbreaking that her family is not there to greet her. Hopefully she will meet some lovely orca who will befriend her and teach her how to be free again. Teach her to be herself.
❤
They say her family pod does swim through the planned sea-pen area, and that she'll be able to communicate with them from there. They say she will also be accompanied by the dolphin that has been her companion, and a second one.
Also, her mother is possibly still alive in her 90s. She will definitely want to see her since she was taken from her at an age she would "remember"
@@lostwanderer6649 It would be nice to get the chance to see if Ocean Sun does remember the calf taken from her 50 years ago.
Well, Jim Irsay's earned a little respect with me. Wish he'd do such for some humans I know, but...at least, this is something that's also worthwhile.
as a floridian from miami, I am so glad she's going to live the remainder of her years where she belongs
I pray she lives to see that day, as she is already of considerable age for a captive orca.
OMG, LOLITA!!! Ok I’m so happy for her, Lolita needs her home back! She was so lonely, all the time. She finally gets to spend the rest of her life in the ofean. I used to orcas, it’s so great to see Lolita away from that prison that is her home ❤
This is one of the happiest things I have heard in my life.
Hopefully, she will do well. It sounds like how people are treated around the world 🌎. The plan of returning her to the ocean sounds logically. Hopefully, it will all work out. 🙏
It's about time. Bless you, lolita💕🙏
Yayyyy thank you 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Anyone seen Blackfish, set the whales loose sea world has made enough money off them
давно пора запрещать цирки и зоопарки на всей планете, держать в неволе зверя это как посадить человека в тюрьму
Zoos are sanctuaries and helps to repopulate animals . Nothing wrong about it.
Period
Lol like they don’t give birth in wild .You are the type of person who loves to watch this creature in zoos.
It's so so sad, she should never have been in captivity in the first place. I really hope this works out for the poor girl, she has had a long lonely life without her own kind. I saw an ariel shot of Lolita in her tank......truly heart breaking.
They probably think she is old, there is no way they do it because they love her.
So because she's old, they're gonna spend tens of millions on her?! 🤣
Wow some day I hope we can find billionaires that care as much about people
it is so cute ！
Praying that she lives to see her new home
I really hope this is going to happen. I cannot believe these places still do this, it is unbelievably sad to me.
They named her after a character known for being a victim of abuse... Just how shameless can they be?