Lolita the Orca

Visit www.SaveLolita.com or http://www.freewebs.com/let_toki_go_free/ for further information and ways to help Lolita the killer whale at the Miami Seaquarium.

Email the USDA and ask them to fine Seaquarium and take Lolita to a more natural place: ace@aphis.usda.gov
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- All pictures from 4/8/09
- Audio provided by audioswap program
This video was formerly titled "39 Years"

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Pets & Animals

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• Miami
• Seaquarium
• The
• Cove

[peepchick101]

Please, everyone who is touched by Lolita's story, boycott the Miami Seaquarium for her sake. I know we can have her successfully retired.

[raptormarlins211]

its sad to see that i tried to get her out with a lawsuit but failed miami seaquarium is to tought

[peepchick101]

What kind of lawsuit did you attempt? Were you with an organization? If you'd like to try again, you should contact ARFF (animal rights foundation of florida). They have dealt with Seaquarium before and they're a good animal organization.

[sparklywindsield88]

They moved the dolphins that were there with her!? I know that it was way smaller but at least she wasn't completly alone!

[peepchick101]

They actually added dolphins to her tank. They brought in two dolphins from Shedd Aquarium in Chicago (where I live) for breeding purposes. So Kri, Tique, Loki, Lii and the new calf will all be in the same tank when the calf is done nursing. Ohana the dolphin was sold to Shedd though.

[SweetMe001]

yeah well... how do we know its not a diffrent whale?

like... the real Lolita could have died years & years ago.

they could be replacing the whale =/

but i agree, free lolita (:

[peepchick101]

Lolita's markings - the saddle patch behind her dorsal fin, her dorsal fin itself, and the black spots on her chin - are the marks we can use to identify her. Judging by pictures from her capture, pictures of her and Hugo, pics of her in the 80s/90s and the ones from today - she is the same whale, which almost makes it even sadder because she's been there that much longer, alone :(

[eamber729]

it is very sad to say the least, but i wouldnt want her to die like sweet Keiko. They should just relocade her to a bigger pool for the rest of her life, shes been captive for so long there is not way she can survive in the wild for long.

[brittboo858]

@fairplay9449 Not necessarily animals are very intelligent and can often adapt very well. Even if she dies a year or two later. I think it would be better to have her die with her family then in a small tank.

[TroWu]

she was in that tank when I was born 24 years ago.... that is so freaking sad!!!

[krystalj13]

i went to miami this past labor day weekend and i did go and see the lolita she is in a small tank.... they need to build her a bigger tank or give her to sea world that she would be care of and swim in a bigger tank.... now she has 4 other dolphins in her tank with her....sharing it is so sad....

[WolfPark101]

I don't see why everyone feels so sorry for Lolita and yet they support SeaWorld. SeaWorld is no better than Miami Seaquarium, SeaWorld puts chemicals in the water that are highly dangerous to the orca's health, they put different breeds of orcas in with eachother that is also dangerous to their health, captive orcas have a reduced lifespan of up to 70%, the orcas are forced to swim in small circles day in and day out that is also hazardous to their health. If you have a heart, AGREE TO STOP SW!

[leanne4orcas]

It is absolutely horrible that they have Lolita in a kiddy pool. She is now at least 21 feet long and her tank is only 20 feet deep. I just went to the San Juan Islands, Washington where Lolita was captured and much of her family is still alive, even the whale they believe to be Lolita's mother. In the past 30 years there has been much research on orcas. The orcas in that area will not go to the cove where Lolita was captured; they passed the story to their young. Send Lolita home to L-Pod.

[fairplay9449]

is it possible to let her free? wouldnt she die out now? im guessing after 39 years your instincts arent as good:( poor whale

[LaFloful]

170 million dollars.... it only takes max. 2-4 million dollars to build a new tank for her, or free her

[bipolarbat]

"Children see mere shadows of animals, defeated beings who are not behaving as they should and cannot do what nature intended for them. And these parks teach all the wrong lessons: that it is acceptable to imprison animals; to deprive them of freedom of movement and thought; to forbid them the chance to establish their natural territory and explore; to breed and separate them as we, not they, please; and to let them go insane from loneliness." -PETA

[raptormarlins211]

this is sad. i feel bad for lolita. i bet you she dreams about being released and seeing her/his parents.