Lolita the killer whale dies after 5 decades of captivity

The beloved whale had been in medical distress before she died Friday.

[@MrsOverthetop341]

Y’all killed her, kidnapped her, made money off her and let her die alone. Shame on all of you. She should of been FREE!!!! 😢

[@artbeyond3706]

I agree what these theme parks and circuses do is complete animal abuse. Poor whale!

[@tmartinez1948]

I haven’t been to that place since the 90’s bc my son when little when we went he used to ask why why animals were held in captivity not in their homes where they belong.

[@Steve-mp7by]

What a sick society. It makes me sick to my stomach

[@4SunnyinMiami2]

What a coincidence that she dies so short of being relocated to a new sanctuary.

[@nodmblnd]

@@4SunnyinMiami2 , yeah a little TOO "Coincidental". I think this is too suspicious. It was easier to kill her, than to pay millions to move her to a seapen. Someone should look into the insurance policy on Lolita. Miamai Seaquarium kept her in that hell hole, I don't believe their lies.

[@auntlynnonline6206]

I’m 61 years old. This beautiful Being has been stuck in that tank since I was in 2nd grade. Think about that. I believe in the Golden Rule… do you?

[@alt0255]

Whoever has the gold makes the rules? Absolutely.

[@auntlynnonline6206]

@@alt0255 ‘Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.’ Some capitalists will burn in Hell. ✨🔥✨

[@alt0255]

@@auntlynnonline6206 Average person: "Is this a good idea?" Wealthy or tech mindset: "the public be damned!"

[@jacobwasano2543]

I believe in using the meat for chum

[@Maria-nz4iw]

The pool looks disgusting. Can't believe she was forced to live there.

[@tammyirwin703]

I came here to same thing. That is beyond horrifying living conditions and they should be more than ashamed of how they made her live.

[@CoreyMillionaire2029]

@@tammyirwin703 That pool will soon be drained and that stadium TORN TO THE GROUND!!!

[@tammyirwin703]

@@CoreyMillionaire2029 should’ve been done many many many years ago

[@scottcharney1091]

@@tammyirwin703It might be because of her death (body fluids).

[@roxanneweichinger9318]

@@CoreyMillionaire2029, Yes, this prehistoric park needs a big wrecking ball to flatten it!

[@katieblakeslee1788]

Rest in peace 🙏🏻💔 we failed you.. I’m sorry Lolita

[@Romulan2469]

Well she got her freedom after 5 decades of cruel captivity, but it wasn't the freedom any of us wanted to see. RIP!

[@DukeLandstalker]

No... Miami Aquarium failed her....

[@CoreyMillionaire2029]

​@@DukeLandstalkerTell me she's not gonna be dumped in a landfill like Hugo and Tilikum were, right?! She's BETTER than that!

[@prahalladbehera8991]

@@CoreyMillionaire2029Tilikum was not thrown into a landfill. SeaWorld still has his ashes and ashes of even more deceased whales.

[@prahalladbehera8991]

@@CoreyMillionaire2029Hugo was thrown in the landfill though…..

[@KarliandTommytheBoxer9526]

Her body may never have been free. But her spirit is finally free. R.I.P Toki and your spirit swim freely.

[@blancarey7990]

❤

[@dawndallas6117]

❤

[@elizabethlacky6068]

❤

[@iso-didact789]

@karliedwards9426 Animal souls do not survive the death of their bodies.

[@neonpoison3201]

​@@iso-didact789That would mean nobody has a soul when they die df lol

[@theElvenPig]

Yeah she was super unique animal, that you took from the sea, from her family, took her freedom and put her in a small tank. 53 years??!!!???!??!? 53 years. I couldn't even begin to imagine what you people made her go through. And to what end? MONEY, If you're not ashamed to the cellular level by this incident, you're not worth to breathe the same air she was. I hope your hearts explode from hurting. R.I.P Lolita

[@hsoe574]

Agreed. That's all I have to say.

[@xten1111]

She was fond of her long time trainers, Just like kunta kinte was fond of his slave master, smh

[@trinaroni]

Agreed

[@anndaniels3545]

THIS !!!! THANK YOU👈❗️❗️❗️

[@JC-db8cd]

😭

[@EquineMetalhead]

I learned about her death two nights ago, I fell to the ground hysterical. I was heartbroken. And I’m so mad that she had to live such a terrible life, she didn’t deserve the life she had. The tank was too small and she shouldn’t have been there IN THE FIRST PLACE. R.I.P Lolita/Tokitae, your finally free.

[@smariegalski3641]

❤

[@janjones4536]

thank u for your comments--i felt the same way--we just lost kiska too

[@trishaferreira2309]

One should not have to die to finally gain freedom. Her “trainer” claims that the slightest “change” bothered her. How could he watch as she had to “change” and adapt to filthy water that was not temperature controlled. How could he watch as she was given cheap disgusting food in order to save money, or not given shade during the heat of the blistering sun. HE and the Sequarium are to blame for this magnificent creatures demise. Did you see the small crappy pen she spent her life in? Why didn’t he do his utmost in trying to make her life better. SO very tragic and sad. Rest in paradise dear Tokitae. You were an angel on earth and did not deserve to be ripped away from your mother, penned up for decades and forced to do stupid tricks in order to be given rotten fish to eat. Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut was her name in the Lummi Nation. Tokitae is a Coast Salish colloquial greeting that means “Nice day with pretty colors.” She is indeed in a heavenly realm of pretty colors...finally away from her captors. Rest well dear Tokitae. Rest well my dear “Qwe ‘lhol mechen” my relation from below the waves. You will never be forgotten.💔

[@annebalderston2520]

Thank you for your beautiful words.💔

[@janjones4536]

oh, trisha, what a loving statement thank u so much love u, girl!

[@dawndallas6117]

Amen❣️❣️💙🙏♥️💔💔

[@faresalanzi-tk1uy]

هذا انتم يالغرب وهذا فعلكم القبيح وتتدعون بحقوق الحيوان تعال السعودية لن ترا ذلك ابدا

[@imalrockme]

That guy and his mannerisms were disgusting, "she wasn't a good candidate because she was habituated", I felt like punching his nose so hard 😠. Trainers really are creepy AF. I read an interview given to The Guardian by an orca trainer, she made absolutly no sense in their arguments ( lack of) defending captivity.

[@scrubjay93]

I was 9 years old when she was captured in Washington. This morning I watched some video presentations that were updates on her health and plans for moving her back home and I was filled with joy that it was finally going to become a reality. Now it's hard to believe she is dead a few hours later. I live in Olympia near the Puget Sound and have been following her story for over 25 years. She needed to come home. Her MOTHER IS STILL ALIVE wild and free. Screw this trainer's uninformed opinion on her move. I wish they would talk to the people who really cared about her instead of the ones who kept her a captive for their own greed and egos. This is not how it was supposed to end. 😥 We must empty the tanks. Fly free Toki.

[@h.louise4746]

My theory is that her mother has lived so long in hopes she will once again find Tokitae. She's holding on, and Toki was too. It's an absolute tragedy on all accounts and all those involved in her capture and prolonged torture will have to pay.

[@MattyNelson-rs3ik]

But what did we do? Nothing!!we banked on hope,hope is nit action

[@jessicasinclair323]

Saw her in 76. I was 12. I was filled with an overwhelming sadness that such a magnificent animal was kept in such cramped conditions for the entertainment of humans... So saddened that she never reached her home waters, kith and kin. But she is at least free in spirit. May she rest in peace.

[@CoreyMillionaire2029]

Think they should demolish that worn out stadium she was locked up in??

[@Makado14]

​@@h.louise4746They killed her. I'm sure that she was insured for millions. Had to get every last cent out of her. I hope and pray that those responsible go straight to hell and become Satan's favorite clients. For eternity.

[@strcs_]

Can you imagine living in the same small pool for 50 YEARS?????????? WTF

[@jacobwasano2543]

PRISON OR JAIL

[@animallovericeland]

That tank or should I say pool Makes Even SeaWorld look ethical in comparison💀

[@christidcr4703]

I'm so sorry... to her, her mom, and her long lost friend, Hugo, who died 40 years ago leaving her to carry on alone as the Aquarium owners ignored her and her need for, at the very least, a companion. Humans did this... heartless humans. If there's any true justice, they'll be left in a bathtub with almost no water, blistering under a searing sun while hearing their beloved relatives in another room they can't access. What that poor, dear whale lived through... it was hell.

[@Macch2275]

💯%, I couldn't have said it better!

[@belfiore_18]

Agreed! With many opportunities to free her also. Decades of captivity! I wish she had never been near the evil people that day. So sad beyond comprehension. They invaded her home!!!

[@sargeantfrog2632]

That's a tight space for such a large animal. RIP Lolita.

[@Almightycreator888]

Her pod is still alive while she dies in captivity, just shows whales aren't meant to be held captive

[@gailmaudsley6165]

She should have been free all her life, so sad to see a magnificent Orca being held in captivity. RIP beautiful 💔

[@nodmblnd]

This trainer disgusts me. He supposedly cared about her? Yeah, right. And 3 days ago she was healthy, now, so close to her release, she suddenly dies? A little TOO "Coincidental" and CONVENIENT. I was reading her medical reports every week and she was as healthy as a horse. I also saw aerial footage of her doing high energy behaviors. Honestly, I think that there was so much pressure on the new company to come up with millions of dollars to move her and get her into a sea pen along with pressure and bad publicity that they took her life so she wasn’t a burden anymore- what are the chances after 57 years they agree to let Lolita go home and she dies when she’s been SO STRONG in that horrific rotting tank. I know people who have visited her in Miami several times, she’s a big girl. The orcas off of the Washington coast, seem to have great genetics. I hope Lolita knows how so many tried to help get her home. But I’m suspicious there is something not right about this! We need a public autopsy to find out why she died. It said, "renal condition." That is vague and total BS. Lolta had regular blood work done and any renal issues would have appeared on the tests. Also, I hope the media looks into the insurance policy on Lolita. Miamai Seaquarium kept her in that hell hole al those years and did not care about her suffering. So , frankly, I don't believe their lies.

[@allison9123]

Same

[@damiansciberras]

I fully agree, it seems very strange!

[@LReed0115]

Who else thinks this was on purpose?! God knows they didn’t want to release her

[@rachelpodrat2598]

I think your absolutely accurate on this!

[@annebalderston2520]

None of them cared about her- she was their paycheck.

[@lolaacosta6114]

What they put this poor whale through. My God she didn't deserve this .

[@janjones4536]

none of them do--we just lost kiska now toki before it was tillicum man wont quit until hes wiped all the species out

[@lolaacosta6114]

@@janjones4536 I know people fought hard for Lolita but maybe we should fight more to end the captivity of Whales, dolphins etc . Just for entertainment it's inhumane

[@CoreyMillionaire2029]

@@lolaacosta6114 Freeing them to sea sanctuaries is the ANSWER to ending marine ABUSEment parks!

[@Melisande777]

That tank is disgusting. Shut that place down and sue the ceo for all the money he made on her and hugo. Send it to the reserve.

[@Romulan2469]

I agree. They continuously IGNORED calls for her to be released for decades, when she could have survived and lived out her remaining years having a "taste" of freedom in a sea pen but no, they did EVERYTHING to stall, stall, stall and then it was left too late. This is just heart breaking, especially after the Keiko project ended in failure, we WANTED TO SEE this succeed.

[@christerry1773]

How do u propose doing that exactly

[@TimOMara-hc3ve]

@Romulan2469 Perhaps you didn’t know that EVERY SINGLE marine mammal facility in America is under NOAA jurisdiction. NOAA would NEVER have allowed her to be moved! It would have been too stressful and would have killed her en route!

[@feywicks]

I'm devastated. I financially supported the goal to bring her back home and I had hope that she would at least spend a few years in freedom. This news absolutely broke my heart, she never got to return home and swim free.

[@sashascheherzade851]

Even after all they did, after their best efforts, the captive Lolita died. They just deprived a precious wild mammal of its natural habitat. Miami Seaquarium were the cause of its stressful life and death. Nothing they say can be taken for an excuse. Hightime they reflect on their best practices which are for the worst and shut down their moneymaking facility.

[@miamiwax5504]

How is the seaquarium even still open? Place is a dump.

[@annebalderston2520]

Florida is one of the worst states for the way they treat animals. Dog fighting, the manatees getting killed by boaters,, the poor whales and dolphins at this hell hole, etc.

[@lizzystar5346]

Absolutely devastating! Sorry we failed you and that you didn’t get to see your mom again. At least now you’re not living tortured.💔

[@SilentMovements305]

Who's we most of us didn't want her in the seaquarium they should of never took her frm her home jus for our entertainment

[@karenhardy7964]

I truly believe that all animals go to a realm in heaven. They are God’s creation, which He called “GOOD”. I believe she is free indeed. It’s a tragic thing, when humans think they can just take from the wild, whatever will gain them wealth. Money is the root of all evil. Some suffer for it, (Lolita), while others live their lives oblivious to the suffering they have caused. 😓

[@lizzystar5346]

@@SilentMovements305 we meaning humans

[@annebalderston2520]

There is only one Heaven. The Bible doesn’t refer anywhere to other realms of Heaven. Heaven is where God is and right now, this minute, that is where this precious animal is. Her spirit is there, with God. He is loving her and taking away all her memories of life on earth- because their is no more sickness, pain or suffering in Heaven. The animals are here with us on earth, they will all be there in Heaven because God created them and God loves them.

[@NightHawkLocket]

We didn’t fail her they killed her before she could be free

[@GRINDINGSOLO]

Just sad this is how it all ends and the only way she was gonna be free was not to be here anymore unbelievable, and disgusting with how long they let this go on.

[@Romulan2469]

It's very sad, she should have been moved to the sanctuary years ago. Sad she spent her whole life suffering in that disgusting bath tub. Lawsuits need to be raised against Miami Seaquarium for this.

[@pattimiller9157]

Rest in peace sweet soul...YOU ARE FREE NOW! 😭💔🙏😔

[@margui6224]

Rest in peace, sweetie. You didn’t deserve to die in that horrible place, you deserved to bê free and reunited with Ocean Sun, your mom, and the rest of your family. Those bastards never loved you, they loved the money you were making for them, and when you stop doing that, they killed you. Your suffering is over. No more rotten food; no more swimming in that filthy tank; no more blasting sun burning your skin, and no more encounters with hurricanes while being alone. You have crossed Rainbow Bridge and have reunited with Hugo, your mate. Together you are swimming in Paradise (Heaven) free from evilness of some humans.

[@ginadegomez1157]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭it’s heartbreaking 💔

[@imalrockme]

Man... 😟

[@jeannieg4440]

I'm so hurt about this news !! I seen Lolita when I was approximately 12 years old , never went back to visit. Look at that tank she once live in. How could she have move around in such a small tank, whales should not be in something that small period! Absolutely horrific and sad, unbelievable distress this whale when through for 50 years. I heard the story on Lolita how stress and medical distress in that tank!!!! was maybe a year or so ago. No she probably wouldn't have survive been so long in captivity. What is the reason for such a small tank for an animal so large, I just don't understand. Whales belong in the big ocean, they don't belong in captivity. Animal abuse is at its best, just unbelievable!!! Now she died. She could have live a long time in the right conditions. STOP THE ABUSE!

[@sue8237]

THERE NEEDS TO BE AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF THIS WHALE'S DEATH. I wouldn't be surprised if the Aquarium "planned" or at least hoped for it. She was a total liability to them now that she could no longer perform. They didn't even respect her enough to keep her tank clean - you wouldn't let a guppy live there, let alone this magnificent creature if you cared about and RESPECTED her. Reports are that they were giving her rotten food. How long can an animal live like this? Who does that to an animal and doesn't face abuse charges???? And now they were going to have to bear the huge expense of returning her to Puget Sound. I don't think they wanted to put one more dime into her. Her care alone must amount to animal abuse and the Aquarium should be held accountable.

[@damiansciberras]

This is awful, they failed her after saying they would release her. There are still plenty of Orca's in captivity that need our help - just look at what they are doing in Tenerife at Loro Parque, this should be a thing of the past, please stop spending your money at these places!

[@annebalderston2520]

Boycott these animal prisons now!

[@mr.mcpurrz3143]

This truly broke my heart. Horriffic. No less than torture.

[@vampkr3493]

Shame to Miami Seaquarium and to all those who pay tickets to see an animal suffering! Such a beautiful creature in a pool! 5 decades in jail!!!

[@artbeyond3706]

What a disgrace right!

[@virginiaoliva8655]

Couldn’t have said it any better

[@damiansciberras]

Totally agree!! Stop funding animal abuse - this is happening at Loro Parque to 4 orcas who need saving!

[@christerry1773]

So you’ve never paid to go into anytype of marine park?

[@tammyirwin703]

@@christerry1773nope I’ve never ever been to one

[@Rosalyahia]

Ugh, she should have never been there, no one should have been her trainer or supported her being there. Disgusting that people helped her stay a prisoner in that tiny pool. This trainer is evil, just like every other person who helped keep her in that cruel place.

[@imalrockme]

That guy's despicable and it showed really well.

[@jackiev4652]

Shame on Miami Sea Aquarium, she lived in a glass cup without having width to move gracefully. Captivity killed her 😢😢😢😢Miami’s disgrace. So heartbreaking!

[@lizadair1546]

Godspeed Angel Toki....your are free now and not being tortured in that tiny tank. Miami Seaquarium could have worked with Lummi 5 years ago to send her home. They have stolen her life from her. Karma is coming for them. What they subjected her to over 50 years is disgusting beyond belief. And all you people in Miami who went as kids to see her and then turned around and took your kids and all you teachers who took kids there you have a price to pay.

[@CoreyMillionaire2029]

Miami Seaquarium MUST BE SHUT DOWN!!!!!

[@tstewartfan626]

Shame on the people who put her in CAPTIVITY!!! She was a living, breathing whale who had a heart and a soul. Rest in peace and swim freely in your new home in HEAVEN 💔🫶🏻.

[@Paula_T]

Convenient that she died before all the expense of moving her to a sanctuary... Will the company give back the money that was donated to make the move possible???

[@annebalderston2520]

Sue them.

[@elianacapiotto_ingles]

Lolita was a miserable animal. She lived for 53 years in that disgusting aquarium. 53 years! She was a sentient being and she stayed in that filthy place for 53 years!!! Just imagine yourself living isolated in a tiny space for 53 years. And who's responsible for her suffering? We, normal citizens, are. We paid the aquarium to capture her and display her like an attraction. The tickets we pay are an encouragement to exploit more and more animals. We teach our children that zoos and aquariums are fun. We decide to not really think about what is going on. Other animals are not entertainment to us, my friends. When will we finally wake up and understand the suffering we are inflicting on those poor animals? Rest in peace, Lolita. We failed you. This is so heartbreaking.

[@imalrockme]

I did nothing of that whatsoever, I don't feel remorse, all I feel is pure anger against everyone who contributed to that ( and specially the hipocritical and creepy af trainers ).

[@oblongfan1]

never gave my money to this dump hole . sad about toki. rip

[@miriammcnabb8254]

Rest in Peace, your free now ❤ This can't happen again. They should always be free in the ocean. Devastated for her to ❤❤

[@damiansciberras]

There are still lots of Orcas in captivity around the world - just look at what's happening at Loro Parque - truly awful!

[@CoreyMillionaire2029]

@@damiansciberras We can't FAIL them now! We lost two orcas this year already, but Corky and Morgan can still be returned to their home waters next!

[@scottcharney1091]

*you're

[@luannbvanhelsdingen9120]

think its time to shut down places like this, if they were done with her to have killed her instantly would have been more humane that to isolate her and for her to die a slow lonely death, I truly hope that the efforts they were making to free her, will be done for all and any others held in captivity. Shame on you, humans showing again what a failure we are.

[@annebalderston2520]

And how cruel and selfish we are.

[@P.oliver380]

OMG that tank is so ridiculously small! This trainer giving the interview just lost his money making machine and what he said that Lolita wasn’t a good candidate to return to the ocean is the most cruel and selfish statement so far! She was not even given a chance of freedom! This is animal cruelty at its maximum! The Miami aquarium killed Lolita because they were under a lot of pressure to free her and didn’t want to pay for it! For a world where whales live free in the ocean and not in tiny filthy tanks as money making machines for corporations!

[@Sea-Monkeys-are-really-shrimp]

The trainer didn't lose his money maker because if you read the Title card he doesn't work there. He said she was a bad candidate because she didn't like change and wouldn't eat when she was stressed.

[@LunaBobbi]

That places should be shut down.

[@oilersnation739]

Less then 5hours to get her out once she passed. But took decades of fighting to get her released 🤦🤦 we humans are cruel and undeserving of the lifes we have, those that pushed for her releases are excluded obviously but life is so presious and to let any living thing die without a sense of love is so unhumain. Rip lolita

[@rachelpodrat2598]

Well said

[@annebalderston2520]

Yes, it is inhuman.

[@sarahlehl6741]

Her name was Tokitae. She suffered in a swimming pool sized tank seahellquareum should be ashamed. I am so sorry Tokitae, we have been trying so hard for so long to not have "trainers" stand on you, have no family, and made to do unnatural things for a whale. All for greed.

[@BadgerCheese94]

The nerve of this guy talking about how relocating her wouldn't have been good... Look at her now! She didnt die of renal failure, she died from 53 years of captivity. She would more likely than not, be thriving and perfectly healthy had she never been captured.

[@frostbitetheannunakiiceind6574]

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[@frostbitetheannunakiiceind6574]

It pissed me off

[@samanthathrower8069]

She is free now 😢

[@Dayna092]

They knew by keeping her waiting that they'd not have to move her. That she'd die in captivity.

[@truthbsaid1600]

And to think that Lolita's mother is still alive and enjoying the freedom these intelligent creatures deserve. A blatant example of animal abuse: she was kept in a small tank for 50 years for the sake of profits for the Miami Seaquarium. How can the owners enjoy that money? Having lived for 40 years close to the Seaquarioum, as a matter of principle, I never took my family there.

[@annebalderston2520]

They can enjoy it just fine-they don’t care one bit about her pain and suffering.

[@ashleysawyer9931]

Omg…. This is so heartbreaking, I can’t believe this happened to her!! She was so close to being home with her family!! We ❤you !!!!

[@playfulrainkeepingitcreepy]

This is absolutely horrible 💔so sad and once again she died no thanks to humans 💯

[@ilikeminecraftgaming9331]

This infuriates me.We had time.We had plenty of time.This could have been provented…

[@damiansciberras]

Yes - they failed her!

[@MeLiSsA-7884]

This is heartbreaking but there are approx 60 other killer whales in the same situation worldwide. There will be no happy ending. They think to get food they have to perform and don't know how to hunt. Their fins don't work because they spend their lives floating still in tiny tanks. Humans hurt so many animals to make a dollar, it's awful.

[@christerry1773]

60 in the same condition? Think u might need to do some research on that.

[@MeLiSsA-7884]

@@christerry1773 there are 60, after 5 orca deaths this year alone its down to 55 orcas in captivity. 29 of those are captive born orcas. When I said same condition I meant in captivity.

[@annebalderston2520]

Yes, millions of them.

[@christerry1773]

@@MeLiSsA-7884 they at least are not alone and have member from their own pod, not to mention in pools they can at least swim in vs turn circles

[@MeLiSsA-7884]

@@christerry1773 there are several of them alone in capitivty and often they are in separate tanks even if they there's more than one at a facility. Alot of calf or babies struggle to thrive being born in capitivty. They need to swim hundreds of miles of week, not sit still and Float for half a century.

[@normanalvarez5751]

I remember when I was just a little kid feeling sorry for her. Being in that tiny tank, I'm in my 60s now.

[@imalrockme]

That's bad, really bad whenever a show is sold as fun and pure bliss for the animal but they can't even fool a smart kid. Heartbreaking.

[@rupalikhairnar9358]

People who tortured you will definetely pay for their Sin. You deserved so much more Sweetheart. Surely you will get a Blessed life hereafter. You should have reunited with your Mother long before. Our Heart goes out for you. Love you Lolita. Sending Prayers for your soul.❤

[@scottcharney1091]

There should be a comma after "this." Otherwise, it seems as if she didn't deserve a sweetheart.

[@rupalikhairnar9358]

@@scottcharney1091 edited. Thanks

[@scottcharney1091]

@@rupalikhairnar9358Sure thing!

[@janjones4536]

yes they will pay hell is pretty hot all the time

[@154g]

Thats a damn shame to lock that animal up for that time. Dont give concern now, its dead. You should have boycotted until they closed that exhibit

[@jasperpearce8316]

Hypocrits. If u paid to visit her u didnt have a clue. Thats not caring thats funding the circus. The ONLY way this is put right is by boycott. The kindest thing u can do for these animals is stay TF Away which will force the hand of parks to change. Til then dont grieve for scenario which you caused.

[@154g]

BOYCOTT PARKS THAT HOLD THESE WHALES

[@MattyNelson-rs3ik]

AND THE GORILLAS

[@damiansciberras]

Loro Parque is the only place left with Orcas in captivity in Europe - I would love to see that pleace shut down, but people are still paying to visit, it's crazy!!

[@haplopatryn5586]

I am shocked that after Blackfish she was still performing up till 2022…this is just disgusting. Very sad and cruel. The trainer is a sociopath…..ok she was not good candidate to be in the wild… but great candidate for 50 years in a fishbowl.

[@troutfisher7182]

Shame on Sea Aquarium for not freeing her years ago. Shame on them. RIP Tokatae I wish you had made it home.

[@Romulan2469]

People need to STOP VISITING them. Shame won't be enough. Hit them where it hurts, deprive them of their income then we see this disgusting place eventually shut down forever.

[@jaymarancheta1077]

They killed her

[@annebalderston2520]

One way or another-yes they did.

[@amandabelrose6171]

That sucks so bad. Everyone worked so hard to get her re-released to the wild and they finally caved. She deserved so much better than that small pool area. How depressing 😢

[@hahafaelgrb]

Depois de morta ganhou a liberdade. Monstros existem basta ser humano.

[@Vivian-z1b]

CONCORDO com Voce. EU AMAVA a LOLITA OU TOKI E TINHA ESPERANCAS QUE ELA SE REABILITASSE GANHASSE SUA LIBERDADE MAS ACHO QUE DEPOIS DE TANTOS ANOS NESSE AQUARIO PRISAO ELA SE CANSOU E MORREU ELA LEVAVA UMA VIDA DE ESCRAVA COITADINHA CHOREI ATE NAO AGUENTAR MAIS

[@Vivian-z1b]

FIQUEI SABENDO AQUI NO BRASIL MAS ESTAVA MORANDO NA INGLATERRA FAZ MUITOS ANOS AMO ORCAS , SAO INTELIGENTES DEMAIS PARA SEREM ESCRAVIZADAS PELO HOMEM O HOMEM EXPLORA OS ANIMAIS POR DINHEIRO , ESSA INDUSTRIA DE SHOWS. DE. ORCAS , GOLFINHOS E BELUGAS E SUJA E. CRUEL. VAO TODOS PAGAR POR ISSO

[@RR_85]

They killed her. Poor soul. I hope seaworld closes for good.

[@damiansciberras]

This is Miami Sea Aquarium, but yes let's hope Seaworld closes too. If people stop funding it, then eventually it will be a thing of the past!

[@Graphics_Card]

@@damiansciberrasI don’t mind the shows closing, but my memories are literally with Seaworld, and I don’t want the rides to go away

[@Karma.is.a.cat.]

I love you Lolita and my heart is so broken, your spirit is finally free. I am terribly sorry we failed to free you in this lifetime. Everyone involved in her capture, and inhumane treatment, and resentment to release, will you be forever haunted. Amen

[@matthewosborn5490]

Imagine if it was the other way around, imagine that trainer was kept in a jail for 53 years, this was Lolitas jail but she didn’t know the full extent! How can he talk on live tv and to sound like he cares when it was all about the money. She should of been free long ago!! She’s free from the torture now that them so called humans put her through all these years!! She’s a whale of the deep blue vast ocean, not some swimming pool. I wish someone would put you in a jail for 53 years or longer, I don’t have pity on you but I think I speak from us all it shouldn’t of been like this from the getgo. Very very shocking. We’re all sorry Lolita that these monsters treated you like this! RIP you adorable magical animal ❤

[@monicalopez8634]

pathetic!...What gives us the right to jail a wild animal to spend THEIR life behind bars😢

[@Cruusher]

RIP. It was wrong how they kept you in that small tank all these decades. Miami Seaquarium can go to hell.

[@retirelolita9792]

I'm so sad for Tokitae that she didn't get out of if this dreadful tank as planned recently. Sadly only by Her Death. It seems so unreal! So many people have fought for You, Beautiful, Kind, Patient Toki. U are finally FREE. We hoped U would be Free & Retired to live out the rest of your days in your Home waters. I picture Tokitae's Spirit swimming next to her Mom, Ocean Sun & Family now. Love U Beautiful Tokiae ✨🌊🐳🌈🌅⭐💙

[@ThisisDanBell]

She’s swimming free now. What a horrible life she lived.

[@Youknowsanne]

5 decades to late to take you out of this pool ! I'm so sorry😢

[@Victoria-ht6tc]

They were never gonna move her back. It was a publicity stunt. She was costing them thousands on thousands and wasent worth anything to the aquarium anymore. They couldn’t even clean her water for gosh sakes, and they are going on about how she meant so much to staff. I’m sure depression hit Tokee after her little dolphin friend passed away in July. Very sadly the only way she was leaving there was dead.

[@leighbrownsmith1446]

She should never have been in there in the first place. What a hellish life to spend all that time in that hell hole. It’s devastating.

[@NathansWildLife]

What’s unfortunate she suffered the same fate as Keiko he made it further

[@solomit1]

Innocent Lolita was used by us humans, over 50 years in captivity this very heartbreaking humanity completely failed her, she was still such a gentle beautiful creature even though kept in captivity for so long💔🌈

[@brianstephen3512]

Rest in peace Lolita I'm so 😢sorry for your loss rest easy can't wait to meet you in heaven so we can hang out together

[@jwillow2642]

truly sad 😭💔 she was a good candidate her mother wants her home, whats he talking about, her body needs to still go back home

[@christerry1773]

What the…? A good candidate to return to the wild. Are u serious??

[@jwillow2642]

@@christerry1773 she be in a sanctuary a closed pen, the reasons they didn't let her go, cause they was scared it will be a success, your forgetting they kidnapped her in the first place

[@christerry1773]

@@jwillow2642 rather you want to see or not, she would have survived very long. Watch Shawshank redemption

[@slipstreamxr3763]

Her mother probably moved on from losing her a long time ago and had other calves to take care of.

[@CoreyMillionaire2029]

@@slipstreamxr3763 No Ocean Sun had no other children.

[@salca1041]

She lived in this puddle for more than 5 decades? Now THAT is sad! How can anyone support this madness? I really do not understand. At least she is free now, I‘m actually glad for her!

[@DaNiyaHodge]

Rip Tokitae, you will be missed

[@christerry1773]

Poor Lolita. This is truly a sad day. Does anybody know where they send her when it’s all said and done?

[@jakerodriguez6552]

To the sea where all the fish can plan her funeral

[@karenhardy7964]

She is free now. ❤

[@kerathompson7167]

Humans suck sometimes. I wish things would have been different for Toki. She deserved better. They didn't know what was best for her. She needed to be in her natural habitat. My heart is torn. She is free so I will rejoice in that.

[@MattyNelson-rs3ik]

Sometimes?

[@jessiejohnson6424]

Her west Coastal Salish tribal name is Tokitae, not Toki.

[@Charmcity199]

I just commented the same thing. These people just continue to disrespect her even in her death

[@frostbitetheannunakiiceind6574]

Isnt Toki just short for Tokitae? like how Dave is short for David, or how Bob is short for Bobby or something?

[@TT-js4jn]

Keyword, lifted out of the POOL that she's been living in for the last 50 years !!!!!!!

[@hortenciaacosta1815]

You failed her that’s I all I hear here😢

[@Makado14]

Actually we all failed her, including you.

[@annebalderston2520]

We all failed her because we let them keep doing this to her.

[@christygoldstandt9415]

I, we , love you, Toki. Our hearts are grieving. You will be forever in our hearts. I'm so sorry that humans stole you from your pod in the Puget Sound & took so much from your beautiful spirit in the name of entertainment & education..... no words can ever relate nor forgive unkind & greedy acts. Toki, so many people were praying & rooting for the best transition out of captivity. It seems your body, mind, & spirit were needed out of that cell called a pool. Now, your spirit is finally free to swim with wild abandon from now to eternity. 😢 you will never be forgotten and always in our hearts. ☮️ 🕊 🌎

[@Strongernurse]

This is so sad. Total negligence. They knew the right thing to do and chose not to. No coincidence that she died. It was cheaper and now they do not have to worry. Look at the conditions of that habitat. Disgusting!

[@nightlifesaskia]

rip lolita/tokitae, you were really close to see your family again, and now you’re gone. it hurts so much but i think you’re in an better place now and i hope you’re better now and happier. we love you 🕊️

[@skinbleaching125]

this beautiful animal DID NOT DESERVE to be held captive , these parks and seaquariums are murderers. Atleast in a safari you can see these lions and wild animals in their element ,this was not lolitas element at all that tank it was housed in looks disgusting

[@sarahstolworthy3127]

This has to stop!! Its wrong its cruel these mammals are not meant to perform, they are living wild animals and should be left at that, each and every one involved with her has blood on their hands you are disgusting

[@melissamcclain34]

Rest in Peace Toki! You are finally free 💔

[@latoyaleeperez2066]

She died of a broken heart 💔 it’s like being married too someone half your life and then he say ok time too go 😞

[@marinson]

I remember Hugo & Lolita at the miami sea aquarium....when I first moved to Miami in '75. Rest in peace toki

[@normanalvarez5751]

Me too I was just a little kid pretty sad day😢

[@MermaidMusings7]

This is heartbreaking.

[@lulabee384]

Wow-I am sitting here bawling yes I know it is sad that humans lives are more important than animals but my God I can’t imagine being pinned into something that size for 53 years and then dying there. I don’t know what it is that made us change but it seems to me that humans are killing animals, unknowingly and killing our entire planet. This makes me just so deeply sad for this creature, I hope it swims and jumps for joy in its new life in whale heaven somewhere and then it finds its mama that it’s been crying for for God knows how many years how freaking sad

[@annebalderston2520]

Nothing has made us change. Greedy humans who want to exploit animals have always existed. Animals can’t speak so they can’t defend themselves. If those humans who care about their suffering and pain don’t use their voices to speak up- nothing will ever change for these hopeless animals. God help us.

[@lulabee384]

@@annebalderston2520 I agree completely. I ran two thoughts/feelings together. Here is some clarification. (And first let me say that I STILL feel the humans with the good, kind, giving souls still exist)The change I’m referring to is, that I feel like since the “pandemic” in 2020, gigantic amounts of people have given up on compassion and/or having any sort of care and concern for others-no longer any “love for thy neighbor”. I get it that germs/virus’/disease is enough to scare people into not wanting to be around others any longer, but the hate and the violence against our most vulnerable is just unfathomable! It seems like anger/rage, violence, hatred, shaming and throwing people away have become the norm. That what I meant by “I don’t know what it is that made us change”. I guess it’s a myriad of things. Again, all just my opinion. Yes, the exploitation of animals has been going on forever and maybe it was beyond silly to hope for better, but honestly, with ‘ Lolita’ given all the numerous people who were onboard to witness change, I really held out hope. Maybe the process just took too long. I don’t know. I was headed to KZbin to watch a video on repairing a bathroom sink-saw this headline about her dying, and good lord-I just lost it. The more I thought about it the more I cried. All I could see in my mind was the recent videos that I’ve come across, showing the aerial views of her swimming in that tank when it was so dirty, and it just looked so wrong… so lonely-so unfair and so sad.

[@cewapaiget5734]

WHY didn’t they release her??? They had time to do it!

[@FeistyFins]

Permits were needed, it takes time to make a seapen as well and they werent planning to release her just keep her in a seapen, this was noted in the recent article about MSQ and lolitas care

[@cewapaiget5734]

@@FeistyFins ugh, they just dropped the ball hard for this poor girl.. she retired last March, and 4 months ago the new owners agreed to release her to a sea pen, which would take 18-24 months. They should’ve thought of all of this long before her retirement. It just saddens me that she didn’t get to taste the ocean before her death

[@NyanyiC]

They were surprised that she was in serious discomfort yet they had put her in that tiny pond. Gaslighters 🤬

[@ShortysShadow]

So sad poor baby

[@asnormalasitgets2819]

Free Corky. Lolita sadly passed away at the Miami Seaquarium, now it’s time to free Corky from San Diego Sea World. Please do not support whales and dolphins in Captivity.

[@mrxxbrian]

She lived in a prison for most of her life. Who are we as humans when we decimate every living thing on this planet?

[@susanwagner2595]

Life is so unfair... We failed this beautiful animal and her mother 💔 she's know almost nothing else than suffering and now... Only a few more month before she could reunite with her family again and be free she died alone. I'm crying for this beautiful soul that humanity destroyed for greed and money and useless antertainment

[@esthergreaves6258]

Lolita should have been freed years ago. That tank was an abusive prison. Listening to that trainer say she wasn't a good candiate - made me sick. He thought freeing her was a dream? So keep her locked up in her nightmare? Folks, stop going to Miami Seaquarium and Sea World. Money is the only language those guys speak.

[@J.C...]

What a Shame. 5 decades?! What a failure of Everyone involved.