![]() ![]() (Alie Skowronski/Miami Herald via AP) Alie Skowronski/AP Show More Show Less 5 of9 FILE - A water-tight container holding Keiko, a killer whale, and the star of the movie "Free Willy" is loaded into an Air Force C-17 cargo plane in Newport, Ore., on Sept. An unlikely coalition of a theme park owner, animal rights group and NFL owner-philanthropist announced Thursday that a 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. ![]() (Nuri Vallbona/Miami Herald via AP, File) Nuri Vallbona/AP Show More Show Lessģ of9 4 of9 The entrance to Miami Seaquarium is seen, Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Miami. 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. Kristin Gazlay/AP Show More Show Less 2 of9 FILE - Trainer Marcia Hinton pets Lolita, a captive orca whale, during a performance at the Miami Seaquarium in Miami, March 9, 1995. But it also called to mind the release of Keiko, who failed to adapt to the wild after being returned to his native Iceland and died five years later. An ambitious plan announced last week to return 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. 1 of9 FILE - Karen McRea feeds frozen fish to Keiko, star of the movie "Free Willy," in his pen off the coast of Westman Islands, Iceland, on April 22, 1999. ![]()
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