Efforts underway to liberate Lolita from Seaquarium and it's not the first time

[@samanthathrower8069]

I used to enjoy seeing them at these shows, but I was small and didn't know what I do now. I hate that these poor, beautiful and wondrous creatures are locked up like this; it's inhumane and cruel. If people want to see animals do tricks so much, watch them in their natural habitat; or better yet, have studios create animltronics that look exactly like real animals and use them instead. That goes for zoos and circuses too.

[@JimiBLong]

l totally agree with you, and have been saying the same thing for many years. ln fact, there's no reason why places like SeaWorld and Miami Seaquarium can't stay open and continue their Rescue/Rehab/Release programs and still turn a profit without the orcas, dolphins, sea lions..etc. They could charge tuition and train people to become certified in R/R/R. They could get their patrons involved in the care and rehabilitation of their rescued animals, such as manatees .sea lions and sea turtles. SeaWorld still makes very good money from all their other rides and attractions. Animatronics and Imax technology have come so far that you could sit in a theater and feel like you're kayaking or diving with a pod of wild orcas or dolphins. Most kids today are into that kind of stuff anyway. Lots of anti-captivity folks would love nothing more than to see all the SeaWorld parks bulldozed to the ground but I and many other anti-cap activist/advocates agree that they can still remain open and be a very valuable asset to conservation and "real education" and still be a fun place to visit. Monterey Bay in California has life sized replicas and they do great business.

[@MegaCoojo]

Well I still love these shows

[@socialmedia1276]

Give her back weve been saying it for 30 year's GIVE HER BACK!!!

[@dayggo1302]

There not gonna listen

[@laurenm7929]

I think it’s too late to give her back. She can no longer catch live fish or swim long distances like her relatives. The best option now is to send her to a sea pen where she can still be in open water and live out the rest of her life happily.

[@amazonjackson1278]

As long as people keep paying to see, she won't ever be released. It's pure greed at the expense of an innocent life.

[@sdmakeupandentertainment]

This is disgusting! Ban all Aquariums like this! Animals are not meant to be on display and I'm sick of seeing this and circus acts.

[@rachel-iv3ig]

Let’s save Lolita

[@solidsnort3757]

That business should be ashamed of themselves!!!

[@mmmayonnaise]

*STOP GIVING MONEY TO THESE BUSINESSES.* This is the only way we can free those poor animals. DON'T BUY TICKETS.

[@mf4741]

Release them they don't need us.

[@gloriap.7681]

I remember seeing Lolita at Miami Seaquarium as a little girl...I'm 24 now, to think she's still there breaks my heart. Free Lolita

[@robbydesana2400]

There is a special place in hell for those who imprison these intelligent orcas in what is practically a bath tub. This also applies to the ignorants who visit these torture chamber seaparks.

[@amandamarcus9819]

While she cannot be put back into the wild she has been in captivity for much too long, it would 100% kill her, I believe putting her in an enclosure like Keiko was in in Oregon for the rest of her days would be wonderful for her. She's safe in there and let's her be in a safe and almost wild like environment. Poor Lolita. It's horrible what she's been through. I hope she gets a happy ending

[@lizlaws3227]

I can't understand how its allowed for her to be in such a small tank!

[@12thdoctorwhoyt]

It's not, they ignored their own laws

[@nostalgic90s56]

It’s best summed up in the documentary about her: “how they’ve kept her is the equivalent to being on death row.” For 50* years now. That’s unimaginable. Free Lolita.

[@blueturtle3623]

Documentary?

[@disneyvillainrocket1]

Poor Lolita

[@robinsisson8013]

STILLLLLLLLLLLL?????? OVER FIFTY YEARS!! CRUEL BEYOND PROBABLY TO LATE this again is BS talk. It has been TALKED about for years And nothing done

[@etjetjtej5820]

Its never too late in life for anything. Also its believed orcas in the wild can live just as long as humans do but in captivity they tend to live way less, shes kinda special in that sense. With covid it must be worse for her because shes used to having stimulus but now shes just sitting.

[@geminiwaywardbound1229]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE send her home to her family they know exactly where they are, they had no wright taking her the way they did CRUEL is an understatement, reunite her before it’s to late 🐬🦈🐋🐳 her freedom is worth more than 💲where’s your ♥️

[@marquiskuhkieslaughter6481]

I know damn well yall aint have Lolita in that small tank for 50 years!!! Thats crazy!

[@gabeho9455]

😂😂 right these yt people sick af

[@Mickey007]

I hope they do Sue them!!! These buissness/ SLAUGHTER Parks need to be held Accountable for Cruelty to animals!!!!!😠😢

[@lukepeacock9282]

50 years of slavery and she is still going such strength

[@blakethomas3851]

These people have the strongest claim !!!!! And I really hope they sue and win . How can I donate to attorney fees?

[@williamtaylor8020]

Me to

[@beachangel1222]

at the is after all, a new USDA audit finds. For years, animal advocacy groups have argued that the Miami lone killer whale, , has been kept in a that woefully , allowing her to swim only a few yards in any direction.

[@sirmixalot1]

What is going on with this? I saw a story 7 years ago with a similar goal, and nothing happened.

[@andibowe6890]

Some dude in France owns the aquarium and does not care about her plight

[@andibowe6890]

She is not an animal. She is an intelligent non human being!

[@YUU_YUU_Y]

This is so f ed up. Let her retire already!

[@aydenchannel1435]

Set her soul free Free Lolita!!

[@DustinTheHuman]

These whales deserve better treatment

[@TheNameIsLisaBart]

Why is she still there :( she needs to see the ocean again

[@kynslieb1306]

FREEDOM

[@kaikashsiwityblackney4202]

Giving her the happiness to return where she was born beeing among other Orcas will be the best gift we can do for her ,as we know she won't be here too long now,let her live and die in peace and freedom

[@kimberlylohr2470]

Let Lolita go home to her family set her free before she dies in that fish bowl

[@danelfernandez6571]

I didn't even know orcas live that long

[@Chockitkat]

Come on it's just to free a damn whale. They have earned BILLIONS of dollars from her. LET HER GO and use the money they earned to save her! She is already 50 let her live longer

[@aydenchannel1435]

Thank you we'll said!!

[@jewelv]

They stole his life! May she be released by force! A law which obliges Seaworld to release it! People must stop to pay to encourage cruelty to animals!

[@nowistime8070]

I love this reporter!!

[@pamelaschaeffer7560]

FREE LOLITA!!! RETURN & RELEASE LOLITA BACK INTO THE OCEAN WITH HER FAMILY. WHO GAVE YOU THE RIGHT 2 IMPRISON HER. LOLITA HAS MADE YOU YOUR STINKING MONEY FOR 50 YEARS FREE HER!!!! THIS IS ANIMAL CRUELTY PLEASE MAKE IT STOP SHE HAS NO ROOM 2 SWIM WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR WORLD THIS IS ABSOLUTELY SICKENING FREE LOLITA!!!!

[@bigbiemacaw]

This has gone on long enough they've had there pound of flesh from her, and her mate who committed suicide yrs ago from stress and banging his head almost trough the glass there more than once ..rip hugo ..do the right thing before its two late for her as well...let her go home ..

[@thecringiestlord6294]

i swear people who captures animal while they try to live the peaceful life they want are the *monsters* who ever runs a zoo aqauriam or anything like that is asking for *death*

[@dawnyofthelight]

you wanna wanna know why they say it never happen bcause they don't wanna give up there chash cow.. its a shame they treat this poor wales in this manner just free her let live her peace

[@cloedythemedium]

Let her free now as her pod is still close by as her mother calls for her and she calls for her mother too!! FREE HER!! PEOPLE GO THERE PLEASE IF YOU LIFE THERE AND PROTEST UNTIL THEY HAVE TO LET HER FREE! I would stand there day and night even if I was alone standing there and fight for her freedom. I wished lived there.

[@hs3244]

Lolita will never be able to go back to the wild, everyone knows that. But an orca being kept alone in the smallest tank in the world is just wrong. I don't know how lolita would cope with a change in environment..but they need to at least try and make her living conditions better not just waiting for her to die so they don't have to deal with it.

[@circeackerman2390]

Actually she can go back to the wild if her pod is still swimming freely then there is a chance the she can easily reconnect with them after all orca live with their mother's for life in family units they can help adjust to her new environment in no time there is still hope she can return to the wild.

[@free_tokitae5742]

Her mother L25 is still alive out there US people should do the right thing before it's too late

[@mandacole8703]

How dare they say she's well cared for in that tiny tank 😤

[@niaaaxx]

free Lolita our relative

[@MissMarshall]

LOLITA IS ON A 24 HOUR WATCH. There is a crane outside her tank she is dying!!!

[@deliayang5217]

This is inhumane. These shows are sick, not fun and entertaining, knowing how an animal suffer.

[@jomurphy8034]

How has this not happened yet?

[@12thdoctorwhoyt]

Her tank violates the Animal Welfare Act, yet they continue to ignore this

[@synyparxis3862]

Let her free!!!

[@TeaTimeWElle]

The sad thing is, that she will likely not be happy to see the local pod, and releasing her will cause environmental havoc (diseases etc). So really there isn’t much of an option for her, but staying in captivity or euthanizing her from an environmental standpoint. It’s disgusting that they even brought them in captivity just for entertainment 🤢🤮

[@leeprochazka3705]

Let her go!!! Monsters!! Slavery doesnt only apply to humans! They are not our entertainment!!

[@spacebug30]

This animal is so old, moving her now would be incredibly cruel and stupid. She hates change in her environment so much that she'll often perform her show on her own if they change show times. She also seems to be in great physical condition despite the tiny tank and lack of fellow orcas. I agree her tank is really small, but ripping her away from her home and 'family' (the dolphins and trainers she's incredibly close with) now is only to boast the ARA's own agenda and not doing any good for this animal.

[@EditLivy]

What a bs! 😡

[@spacebug30]

@@EditLivy Please tell me how this specific animal's life would improve if you'd move her and how the pros will outweigh the cons of doing so.

[@UcHiHa2ImmorTaLs]

@@spacebug30 If you dont get why its important by now than there isn't any point in explaining it.

[@milirodriguez8493]

I completely agree she didn't deserve to be captive and away from her family in the ocean but if they release her now, she won't survive because she adapted a dependent life in the aquarium. I just hope there's another way she can live her last years in freedom

[@curtismartin2866]

@@milirodriguez8493 There is a sea pen that has been prepared for her. Her family swims by. If she speaks with them, and they speak back, she might be able to rejoin her family. Unfortunately, her mother did pass away a couple of years ago so that might be s problem. Worst case, she lives out her life in a giant sea pen being fed by hand.

[@freespirit605]

Free her!

[@lbabytutorials4852]

She can’t be freed she would die in the wild. Let her live out her last years. She needs a wayyyyy bigger pool though

[@justbecause2914]

People don't get this. I agree 100%

[@lbabytutorials4852]

@@justbecause2914 I’m sure you remember what happened to Willy aka Keiko everyone saw the film Free Willy and found out he wasn’t really free.. People were out raged and demanded he went back to Iceland where they captured him when he was two years old. Mind you He’s been with his trainers, Hollywood in motion pictures, he has been training for people for 25 years & he LOVED his fans. They had to raise $20 million to get him out of Mexico they had to build him a brand new tank in Oregon which was beautiful by the way I think he should have lived out his last year’s in Oregon.. Instead it took four or five years to get him healthy and ready for “the wild” You know how stressful it is to get an 8000 pound orca from the United States to ICELAND 😳 it cost soooo much money - finally Keiko was freed. He Immediately traveled 900 miles to Norway he was swimming up to boats Frantically looking for a human companionship, he was also showing up to people that had a oceanfront backyard and he would never leave. We didn’t ask HIM if this is what he wanted? The ocean is a scary place! He cried for his owners, his home he Eventually died four months later after being freed, he died of pneumonia and loneliness, starvation. If Lolita is freed The same thing will happen to her because she’s triple his age, I’m sure she loves her owners and trainers. Where she lives is unacceptable, people have swimming pools bigger than where she lives. Miami Seaquarium makes big bucks all year around instead of trying to free her they need to find better resources of getting her in a bigger tank. She also need shade from the Miami sun, I live in Miami and I’m gonna visit Lollita on Thursday. But People need to calm down about this whole freeing the orcas, its like kicking A five-year-old out the house and say get it together, you’ll figure it out!

[@angeliquefiorentino4012]

Please retire Lolita, is time!!!

[@andreatone5642]

FREE LOLITA🙏🙏🙏🙏✨✨✨✨ 💎 ❤️

[@truebeardedlion8619]

brake everything so people can’t enter she’s a living thing but people have no heart kidnap the guy and let her free

[@Mel-se7vt]

Liberate her NOW!!!!!

[@roylandbailey928]

The first part of this video thats wrong is the news report or said this animal.... It is a living being. Not animal. The animals r the people who captured her and took her from her Pod...aka family...so my question is ..who is the animal

[@hannahramsey7213]

Take her home she was stolen from her family she has paid enough SEND LOLITA HOME STOP BEING SO CRUEL BECAUSE YOU CAN

[@biancahand7266]

Set her free!!!!!

[@beewalk34]

This should be illegal

[@kaikashsiwityblackney4202]

I believe it is illegal

[@EdenianRoyalty]

It’s so sad but releasing her is probably going to hurt her just as bad as capturing her. How is she going to learn to be in the wild? Is her pod gonna know who she is... it’s a mess...

[@vph7]

Alright chill out

[@santarnatemata6909]

💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@tinab802]

She couldn’t survive in the wild, that is a death sentence for her.

[@chrismore5956]

I agree she could not survive the move at her age. Honestly I feel it be nice for her to join Kiska but that’s not an option as well as having her moved to sea world be like putting my grandma in a young persons concert. Same with Lolita she doesn’t like change. Miami seaquarium owns Lolita as if Miami seaquarium were to decide to move Lolita it be where they decide like an adoption center decides who to have their cared for child to in state or out of state. These people are on a non realistic mission. The southern resident killer whales are in poverty and having a sea pen should be for their use as for Lolita they attack her to her death same to an orphan child going back to a town of poverty. When in the state of poverty they don’t think right and kill for survival. Moving Lolita would make no sense at all whether she lives or dies is no change on her life or the southern resident killer whales.

[@UcHiHa2ImmorTaLs]

That's a damn excuse. There's a whole plan in place to help her transition back into the wild. They won't just dump her in the ocean. Orcas are very intelligent creatures, she will be just fine. Either way it's better to die free than to live in captivity. Especially in a tank that size.

[@UcHiHa2ImmorTaLs]

@@chrismore5956 what the hell are you talking about?

[@chrismore5956]

@@UcHiHa2ImmorTaLs there may be a plan but that don’t mean it’s gonna happen just like you want to adopt a child from a different state the agency has that decision to consider if they feel is best for the child’s future if they want to consider placing a child with a family in another state or if they want the child to be adopted with a family in state then that’s the way they would go. Same with this so called plan as if the park that owns the whale wanted her to be moved it be where they decide not what the people with this plan want to do doesn’t work that way. The sour herb resident killer whales are in poverty and need more the help than Lolita does as she is too old to be moved unfortunately. As if she dies which the damn people don’t care whether she lives or dies and if she died what would they show for it nothing. Hate to disagree but there’s a truth to this while thing as they need to help save the wild whales from poverty than to being a whale to poverty which makes no sense

[@aigataur]

@@UcHiHa2ImmorTaLs i agree!!!!

[@walkerjerrie94]

50 years in captivity? She would not survive in the wild.

[@jac7198]

cant you hear? she would be retired to a sea pen and teached by very skilled marine biologists how to hunt. she can enjoy the waves, tides of the ocean and finally the world of sound. thay tell that literally in the video. it's not the wild. its a sea pen. and if shes ready when shes ready she can try to reconnect with her family. if shes not ready, thats also fine. but we owe it to her to at least try. or she will die the loneliest death ever

[@UcHiHa2ImmorTaLs]

@@jac7198 I swear this world is full of idiots. It's like they deliberately ignore all the details provided in the video. Maybe their brains cant process it all. "SHe WoUld NoT sUrvIve in ThE WiLd 🥴".... 🤦‍♂️ idiots.

[@daniellemccloud9540]

What a shame

[@oishiikayo7635]

Let her go

[@dayggo1302]

Just saying if they release Lolita shes gonna die just like keiko because she’s so used to being cared for by humans and is used to being around them all the time. It’s gonna take a crap ton of money to do a project like this again and it’s most likely gonna be a failure just like keikos mission.

[@aydenchannel1435]

Keiko lived for 5 yrs after being freed I'm sure her soul would rather have 5 minutes of freedom after 50 yrs of imprisonment Miami Seaquarium should be held responsible for the crap ton of money it will cost to rehabilitate her and do the right thing out of the crap ton of money they made from imprisoning her!!

[@thezemag]

FREE LOLITA

[@zenithkillera1966]

Pull it out the aquarium and put it straight into the wild could bring new information to big mammals like orcas on how well they do after captivity

[@charlottepiper8401]

They have a plan to put her into a cove that will be netted off, it'll be 100x bigger than the enclosure she had now and will help her learns how to do everything she would be able to do if she wasn't taken. When she learn the vital survival skills she needs she'll be released into the wild with the skills she should've learned decades ago. Just throwing her back into the ocean is selfish and unnecessary. She's been through enough and us putting her in a dangerous situation because of science is horrendous and unthinkable. The fact you would even be onboard with her suffering more than she already has is just stupid. P.S she isn't an it she's lolita and deserves a retirement that won't stress her out. Thank you

[@zenithkillera1966]

@@charlottepiper8401 I know I read into it I was being sarcastic to being live mammal from captivity to the wild is for just for scientific reasons for idiots out there who think captive animals can be reintroduced into the world I'm not on either side but i think were evolved species and most people in prison that's reintroduced into society is hard to accomplish and think how other animals would react even with primal instinct isn't enough

[@spacebug30]

There is information on that. They figured that out with Keiko, who had been in captivity for a way shorter time (17 years vs 50 years for Lolita), they spent 6 years trying to rehabilitate him, they released him and he was dead after a year because he couldn't readapt to the wild. There's no way they'd be doing this old animal any good by throwing her in the ocean or even a netted off bay.

[@zenithkillera1966]

@@spacebug30 I'll read into it. Sounds horrible

[@spacebug30]

@@zenithkillera1966 The problem with Keiko's story is that some perceive his release as succesful and other don't. So there is a lot of conflicting information on it. (Keiko is the orca from the Free Willy movie btw) He was doing pretty okay in the seapen, but his caretakers (some of his former trainers and cetacean experts/researchers I believe) said he couldn't be released after they worked on rehabilitating him for a few years, but the activists who funded the project wanted to release him. They fired the experts and trainers and took up rehabilitating him themselves. They tried to introduce him to wild orca pods in the area (they trained him to swim after a boat so they could lead him to them), but he would never try to interact with them or the other way around. Eventually he did swim away (although I also heard stories that they lead him miles off-shore and quickly turned around and left him, not sure how true that is), he was lost for 3 months (tracker fell off). He eventually turned up in Norway after following a boat back to shore (same as they taught him in Iceland). They examined him and he hadn't eaten in those 3 months, clearly a sign that he was not capable of hunting on his own. They decided to just go back to feeding him dead fish again in Norway and let him live out his days there. He eventually died about a year later from pneumonia. Many claim his release was succesful, but I really don't see how they can call it that after 6 years of rehabilitation efforts, him getting lost for 3 months alone in the ocean without eating anything, and then going back to the old routine because the rehad efforts clearly didn't work. They will also often point to Springer's story when talking about reintroducing orcas back into the wild. Springer was found alone and emaciated 250 miles from her family. They had her in captivity for only one month for medical treatment, during which human contact was limited to the bare minimum. She was succesfully reintroduced to her pod. Of course this can't be compared to Keiko's or Lolita's situation where they have been in captivity for decades and formed very close bonds with people. We do know who Lolita's family is, but she's a Southern Resident orca, who are facing really harsh conditions in the wild rightnow. There are only about 70 left in the wild and their numbers keep going down due to overfishing of the Chinook salmon, which is their main diet. They also have a lot of trouble reproducing with calves dying just hours after birth or later dying of starvation. (Okay, this comment turned out waaaaay longer than I expected)

[@AnhBoyDad]

American? LOOOOL

[@РадиГрандеГомез]

whay these stupid people still by thikets, please, SeaWorld by Lollita,at least she will swimm in bigger tank whit others

[@joelmartinez-zr3zm]

Sending this animal to a sanctuary is not the answer she needs to be sent to a better facility where she could have a lot more room and be with other killer whales

[@morgetha]

I think SeaWorld Orlando is a good option. The pools are huge. And She will have female companion in Katina and young pods.

[@horse24draws9]

She needs to be with her family not strangers who can’t communicate with her.

[@Atlashoss]

@@horse24draws9 exactly. People dont realize that Orca do NOT communicate with other Orca Pods in the wild. Southern Resident Orcas like Lolita stay with their family their entire lives. The bare minimum she needs to be relocated to Sea Pin the Puget Sound. Ideally, she gets the strength to meet up with her family when it is all said and done. The second she in the water and calls, her family with recognize her presence and come. I guarantee it

[@horse24draws9]

@@Atlashoss agreed a while ago the abc actually played sounds from her pod and she spy hopped and seemed to recognise the language

[@EditLivy]

@@morgetha Bullsh*t. No other prison is a good option. Do you "SeaWorld-loving-people" ever do your own research, using multiple sources on this topic, or are you really so dumb and ignorant to believe everything SeaWorld tells you?

[@SavanahTheStirlingite]

I like seaworld but I simply think Miami sea aquarium should build a bigger pool for Lolita then I’ll support them to

[@nomaam9797]

Stop zooing mammals!!!!

[@MegaCoojo]

Just leave her there

[@rockyfantainehawkins7078]

How can she reconnect with her family what she going to reach out to them on Facebook??? I'm so sick of these Lummi people and PETA!!!! THEY DESTROY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES!!! I MISS RINGLING BROS!!!!!

[@jac7198]

honey, the located her family. they know by the sounds she make and the location she was taken from. actually they know precisely who her mother is, and that yes she still alive. im sorry but i think your childhood memories are way better than hers, so i think its time now we return the favor and retire her in a sea pen. where she can volutarily try to reconnect with her pod as they speak the same language when she's ready. and if she's not ready, she will be looked after by humans still

[@greenpath26]

your childhood memories, is her permanent kidnap and separation from her family at a tender age of 4.. its really sickening.

[@UcHiHa2ImmorTaLs]

F your childhood bruh. It's gone

[@bdcmxsyjds8935]

You should watch the documentary about Lolita her family is still there they are waiting for her return... It's horrible how those people kidnapped her and others and at the same time those people killed other babies whale... It's heartbreaking😢😔

[@Atlashoss]

Southern Resident Orcas like Lolita stay with their family their entire lives. The bare minimum she needs to be relocated to Sea Pin the Puget Sound. Ideally, she gets the strength to meet up with her family when it is all said and done. The second she in the water and calls, her family with recognize her presence and come. I guarantee it

[@halojames1]

These people are crazy it’s just an animal

[@Laura-li8sw]

It’s inhumane. Her tank fails the regulations for being too small. Have a heart

[@greenpath26]

well.. animals feel pain, both emotional and physical just like humans, so nothing crazy about advocating for species who unfortunately cant speak for its own kind.

[@UcHiHa2ImmorTaLs]

This.... this is exactly what's wrong with the world. "Just an animal" 🤦‍♂️

[@glossyncap]

your a psychopath..you have no empathy 🤷‍♀️

[@Atlashoss]

That Orca is a Non-human person with a brain 3xs the size of humans. They have a higher capacity to feel and relate to each other than humans. Her captivity today is a not unlike slavery.

[@РадиГрандеГомез]

whay these stupid people still by thikets, please, SeaWorld by Lollita,at least she will swimm in bigger tank whit others