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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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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 endangered killer whales of the Pacific Northwest live very different lives from orcas in captivity.
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A sea change has taken place at SeaWorld.The company announced Thursday it will end captive breeding of its orcas. Animal rights’ activists have called…
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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…
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Should chimpanzees -- humanity's closest living relatives in the animal kingdom -- have the same rights that you do?A South Florida attorney says they…
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For years, animal-rights activists have been trying to win freedom for the captive orca known to Miami Seaquarium audiences as “Lolita.” A recent…
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South Florida is at the height of sea turtle nesting season, the time of year when thousands of turtle hatchlings burst out of their nests and…
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Imagine you’re wrenched away from your mother at two years of age, transported thousands of miles away, put in the care of strangers then kept day and…