Lost Freedom; 10-20

• No name, unknown, died at Seattle Marine Aquarium. 

• Kilroy, captured in 1967 less than 1 years old, died 11 years later at SeaWorld San Diego - pneumonia. 

• Skana/Walter, captured in 1967 at 4 years old, died 13 years later at Vancouver Aquarium - fungal infection. 

• Ramu, captured in 1967 at 4 years old, died 15 years later at Seaworld Orlando - heart failure.

• Orky, captured in 1967 at 4 years old, died 2 years later at Marineland California - pneumonia. 

• No name, unknown, died at Seattle Marine Aquarium. 

• Hugo, captured in 1968 at 3 years old, died 12 years later at Miami Seaquarium - brain aneurysm. 

• Corky, captured in 1968 at 3 years old, died 2 years later at Marineland California - abscess. 

•  Kianu/Clyde, captured in 1968 at 8 years old, died 12 years later at Adventure World Japan - gastrointestinal disease. 

• Orky 2, captured in 1968 at 6 years old, died 20 years later at Seaworld San Diego - kidney failure and acute bronchopneumonia.

Their Story; Lolita.

Picture from www.grayline.com

     My name is Lolita, I'm 20 feet long and I weigh 7,000 pounds. I live in the Miami Seaquarium and I've been here since 1970. I was captured from my home on August 8, 1970, in Puget Sound, Washington. At first, they named me Tokitae, but renamed Lolita from some novel. I lived with a whale named Hugo for 10 years in an 80-35-20 foot pool in Miami, Florida. Hugo was captured two years before me but he passed away on March 4, 1980, and I've been in this pool all by myself since. 

     I have a lot of attention on me, I am known as the loneliest Orca in the world. I was part of a documentary called "Lolita; Slave To Entertainment." A lot of people fight for me and want me to be released back home, some have even started a protest at the Seaquarium where I live and started a hashtag online called "#FreeLolita." 

     I really like that people fight for my freedom, my tank is too small, to begin with. My tank violates Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services for size requirements. My tank should be at least 48 feet wide but mines only 35 feet wide; that only gives me 15 feet to swim. My tank is also very shallow and I get sunburns all over my body. 

     In November 2011, Animal Legal Defense Fund, PETA and a few others filed lawsuits against National Marine Fisheries Service to end the exclusion of me and my state of life from the Endangered Species Act. As of February 2015, I am now included in the endangered species list. My whole pod back home is also endangered.

     I am currently still living in the Miami Seaquarium all by myself. I still have to perform in shows and behave well. Please help me. 

Visit this website to learn more about me and how to help: http://hope4lolita.com/

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