Photos: Tokitae the killer whale will return to the Pacific after 53 years at Miami Seaquarium
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Free Lolita FILE - Trainer Marcia Hinton pets Lolita, a captive orca whale, during a performance at the Miami Seaquarium in Miami, March 9, 1995. 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. (Nuri Vallbona/Miami Herald via AP, File) (Nuri Vallbona)
Tokitae Tokitae the killer whale, also known as Toki or Lolita, lives at Miami Seaquarium on Key Biscayne. (Miami Seaquarium)
Retiring: Lolita performed two shows daily at the Miami Seaquarium for more than 50 years. (Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Lolita Lolita in the 80’ long x 35’ wide x 20’ deep tank in Miami. (Orca Network)
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Lolita has been performing in Miami.
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Tokitae Tokitae the killer whale, also known as Toki or Lolita, lives at Miami Seaquarium on Key Biscayne. (WFTV)
A protest for Lolita was held at Alki on Saturday.
FILE -- In this March 9, 1995 file photo, trainer Marcia Hinton pets Lolita, a captive orca whale, during a performance at the Miami Seaquarium in Miami. NOAA is deciding this month whether Lolita is a member of the small endangered population of killer whales that hang out in Washington state waters. But the decision isn’t likely to end fierce debate over what should be done with the whale. (AP Photo/Miami Herald, Nuri Vallbona, File)
