The Amigos de Lolita association, which oversees the well-being of the orca with that name, which
has been in captivity in Miami for more than 50 years,
announced Wednesday that a "historic initiative" will be unveiled tomorrow that has to do with the return of the popular cetacean.
to the waters where he was born.
The announcement will be made at a press conference attended by Miami Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, representatives of
The Dolphin Company
, the Miami Seaquarium concession company, Amigos de Lolita, and philanthropist Jim Irsay.
Lolita has been locked up since 1970 in a pool 18 meters long and with a maximum depth of 6.1 meters.
The call states to leave no doubt that it is about "joining forces for the return of the beloved orca Lolita to the Pacific."
This Thursday a "historic initiative" will be unveiled that has to do with the return of the popular cetacean to the Pacific, where his mother still lives.
Lolita has improved from the health problems that afflicted her during 2022, according to the last review carried out in February by two independent veterinarians.
After suffering a severe infection last year, the orca is showing signs of "significant improvement and better health," according to the report.
His mother lives in the Pacific Ocean
According to data provided by animal rights activists, Lolita, who was sold in 1970 to the Miami Seaquarium for about $
20,000
, is confined to a pool
18 meters long
and with a
maximum depth of 6.1 meters.
For years people have been asking for his release (EFE).
"Lolita should be taken to the area of the sea where she was captured,
her mother is there
," Charlene Aleck, a representative of the Tsleil-Waututh indigenous nation, said last December, for whom
orcas have religious significance.
Since September 24, 1970, Lolita has been at the Miami Seaquarium, which was opened in 1955 on an island in Biscayne Bay and was the setting for the famous television series "Flipper".
EFE Agency.
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