Lolita, a beloved orca who spent decades in captivity, died at the age of 57. She spent all but four years of her life at the Miami Seaquarium and was set to be released to a netted sanctuary within the next two years. NBC News’ Marissa Parra has the story.
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Thanks Obama
Lolita was from the L pod of the Southern Resident orca population.
Rip
This is why I refuse to go to zoos!!! Animals belong in their natural habitats. Not in prisons for profit 💰
Very sad to have never been free.
Would had died in the wild anyway
People dont realize what prison actually does to people or animals. Its really sad. Heartbreaking really.
We need to do better than this. Absolutely as a society.
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Such bs! Process took way too long.
At 4yrs old, she was a child that was abducted, & trafficked( showed cased for money)… there's not difference what they did to her than what's happening to humans/children 😭😭😭😢😢😢😢
It lived long enough.
Her blood is on their hands.
Beloved 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Donate to wwf
Goodbye, Lolita 1969-2023.
At least make some sushi out of it
That figures. I don't think that they ever intended to release her. After all she made them boat loads of money and they cared more about the money then they did Lolita.
Only humans can be so cruel as to take a wild beautiful creature and keep it isolated. Please reconsider paying to visit Sea World, Zoos, circuses. May all wild animals be free. So mote it be 🙏🏼🤍
Miami should be ashamed
Rest in paradise Lolita 💔🙏💔
All those people who paid to see her perform are responsible. Her blood is on their hands as well as on the Miami Sea Prison’s.
Orca Trafficking is the same as human trafficking for big business greed! R.I.P. Tokitae 😢
Unacceptable! Shut it down! These majestic animals don't belong to selfish humans. They belong to the earth.
Now think what its like for our closest ancestors with even a more advanced thought process….A gorilla realizes he's locked up..There are animals born and abandoned by mom because they are born ill…Capture and save them…The ones that wont survive in the wild can be zoo animals….A zoo should be more of a rescue and not captivity ..You're here because you need medicine everyday or eye drops
WE KILLED HER
Selfish, selfish money grubbing humans.
So release them into the wild as geriatrics with no family or support system to care for them in old age. Seriously, can you hear yourselves, are all you completely mentally covid fd? Societal retardation cannot be clear to only myself.
Charges need to be filed for her death!
STOP DOING THIS TO THESE CREATURES!!! And to everyone… stop supporting this type of “entertainment” 😭😭😭😭💔
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That's Fuuuuuuuuuuuuu<kd UP!
Yes it's a shame to see rows of Americans heart broken over the death of an Orca. It's a Pity you can't be more pro-active about your gun laws and the amount of Children killed every year. Just saying!
Died in prison 😫
she needed to go to the moon and nobody understood
It’s time to ban all of these beautiful animals from being in captivity. We stopped circuses, how is this different ?
Goodbye Lolita i never meet you btw
Shut down the aquariums!
57 yrs a slave…
Held a bit too long…