Free Lolita! A Whale Story

I think Loltia should not be kept in the small enclosure where she has NO freedom watsoever and she should be free in the oceon 2 rome wild and make her life happy and it will not be happy like has been in the last 40 YEARS ! :( .... its disrespectfull 2 all nature has given us and its cruelty 2 Lolita knowing that she has no happyness amony her life and no animal or creatcure should be treated like that it makes my so upset because she should be romeing free out there where she belongs so all i want 2 say is . Lolita be FREE!!!! If you dont let her have what her heart desiers shame on you . Make her upset and think shes away from her family nobody to play with and to love.:) All i am asking for is tht you let her FREE!

Loovvee Caitlyn Robinson x

Who could keep such an amazing creatcher in an extremely small encloshure i am a realy big fan of whales and all sea life and that is not good respect for them and lolita should not be kep in that condition she should be free with all of her kind and be free to swim in the oceon. Wy should people be doing this 2 our world of nature it is just dredfull wat they are ding and thats putting them in captivity ! Who gave us human beings 2 do this 2 them they don't deserve it and we shouldn't treat them like it ever! She should have her own life romeing free amouncts the other wildlife out there in the world. And have her life 2 herself and nobody shold disrupt her and i say we let her FREE! ...... :) ......... :D! Live the rest of ur life in peace Lolita ! x x x x x x


Luv Caitlyn Robinson x

Who gave us the right to do this to other living creatures. The arrogance of human beings is so patently offensive. As a species, we deserve plagues, war, and ourselves. It is just to bad that other living beings on earth must suffer as they try to co-exist with humans.

The only way to create awareness is to have a way for people to related to the animal- going to the seaquarium gives people that...

My feelings about Lolitta are complex and mixed. Since I grew up living on Miami Beach, i have wonderful memories of going to seeing Lolita and falling in love with her. At my most recent visit to Miami Seaquarum about 5 years ago, it was obvious that it could not compare too the better conditions of a larger operation like Sea World. I have no doubt she is well cared for but in need of a larger pool. But setting her free may not be the answer either. Given the reason in the article. (ie, hunting, length of travel, keeping up with pod, use to people) Why dont they raise funds for a better pool

She needs to be set free it is wrong what they have done and makes me very angry and up set to see her like that. She is a wild animal and therefore should be released or put into a pen like keiko at least to give her the taste of freedom she deserves.

Why cant she be put into the tank keiko was put into, the big one they built for him to help build his strength up? thats another option if being released isnt approved.......don't you think?......

i think the people should set her free her best friend killed him self hundreds of orcas died while they were being captured triing to help oneanother HER CAGE IS 18 FEET DEEP AND SHE IS 22FT LONG she only lives with a couple of dolphins and when she is retired her owner will probaly sell her for money and then they will kill her and they promised a bigger tank but i dont see eany thing PLEASE SET LILITA FREE hang in there Lolita
hang in there Lolita

I think it is obvious as to what is right in this particular case and that is to release that poor orca back to home and her family. Yes it has been a long time for her and she is going to have a tough road ahead, but if Lolita could talk I bet allshe would say is, "I want to go home!" When I first heard of the Free Lolita Campaigne and about the the circumstances surrounding her capture I cried; to think that people could do this to these magnificent creatures and never look back is horrible beyond belief to me. The spokes people for the marine parks say that it would wrong to release and subject her to unhealthy situaltion, but if you ask me isn't that what they have already done? If these people really care about the health and well being of this orca then why didn't Lolita have a bigger tank a long time ago? Orcas in captivity don't live as long as orcas in the wild and there is a reason for that and aside for all the scientific health reasons, I believe simply that
they die of a broken heart. I look forward to playing a part and doing all that I can do to hopefully one day be a part of Lolita's healthy and safe return to her family!

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Mr. Hertz you are the most "GREEDY" person that exists, "LOLITA" has generated over 100 million for your pocket do the right thing let the poor whale go , the whale will die will never grow and it is better to die in the ocean to die in that smelly tank.....be the Hero do something good for the animal !!!!

Mr. Hertz you are the most "GREEDY" person that exists, "LOLITA" has generated over 100 million for your pocket do the right thing let the poor whale go , the whale will die will never grow and it is better to die in the ocean to die in that smelly tank.....be the Hero do something go

Lolita you are very close to be home just hang !

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Lolita is an Orca Whale surviving at the Miami Seaquarium. She lives in the smallest and oldest tank built for killer whales and she has been there for nearly 40 years, the past 25 years she has been alone. Her previous mate killed himself 25 years ago, by thrashing his head against the wall of their tiny tank. Lolita is a 20 foot long Orca whale living in an 18 foot deep tank, imagine living inside a bathtub all your life. She has no protection from the hot Miami sun, and other than two performances a day, no exercise. Lolita often spends time in between shows expressing signs of boredom and depression. This petition aims to bring Lolita to a better, more suitable home.

Lolita is an Orca Whale surviving at the Miami Seaquarium. She lives in the smallest and oldest tank built for killer whales and she has been there for nearly 40 years, the past 25 years she has been alone. Her previous mate killed himself 25 years ago, by thrashing his head against the wall of their tiny tank. Lolita is a 20 foot long Orca whale living in an 18 foot deep tank, imagine living inside a bathtub all your life. She has no protection from the hot Miami sun, and other than two performances a day, no exercise. Lolita often spends time in between shows expressing signs of boredom and depression. This petition aims to bring Lolita to a better, more suitable home.

Lolita is an Orca Whale surviving at the Miami Seaquarium. She lives in the smallest and oldest tank built for killer whales and she has been there for nearly 40 years, the past 25 years she has been alone. Her previous mate killed himself 25 years ago, by thrashing his head against the wall of their tiny tank. Lolita is a 20 foot long Orca whale living in an 18 foot deep tank, imagine living inside a bathtub all your life. She has no protection from the hot Miami sun, and other than two performances a day, no exercise. Lolita often spends time in between shows expressing signs of boredom and depression. This petition aims to bring Lolita to a better, more suitable home.

I should note that the information below on pilot whale releases was included in a list of all known cetacean releases compiled in 1995 by Ken Balcomb at the Center for Whale Research. Balcomb is the primary biologist studying the Southern Resident orca community, which is Lolita's extended family.
The list can be found at http://www.rockisland.com/~orcasurv/releases.htm.

Orky, you may have a point about Bubbles. Pilot whales are much like orcas in their lifelong matrilineal family bonds and group-specific vocalizations. I don't know if Bubbles is in good health like Lolita, or if the location of her capture is known, as Lolita's is. If so I'd recommend you start a campaign to do just that, and I'll support you.

Following rehabilitation from stranding events, pilot whales (Globicephala melaena) have been reintroduced to the ocean environment on numerous occasions throughout the world (Robson, 1984 lists six successful pod rescues around Australia and New Zealand). Rarely has there been any followup. Below are a couple of examples where there has been followup, and we would would appreciate learning of any others.

1991. Two pilot whales were rehabilitated by the Miami Seaquarium from a stranding which occurred on the Florida coast in 1991. They were satellite tagged by Dr. Bruce Mate and released in the vicinity where they had stranded. These two whales were resighted off the coast of Florida in February 1994 by the US Coast Guard, and their tag harnesses were still attached, although the batteries had died.

1987. Three pilot whales were rehabilitated at the New England Aquarium in Boston, MA from a stranding which occurred on Cape Cod in December, 1986. They were released at sea off Cape Cod on June 29, 1987. One whale was fitted with a Telonics-built Argos transmitter (satellite tag), and one was fitted with a conventional radio tag. "The satellite-monitored whale was tracked by Argos for 95 days, as the whale swam at least 7,600 kilometers. Just three weeks after tagging, this Argos-equipped whale was spotted in a group of more than 100 pilot whales, suggesting that its movements and dive patterns were typical of normal pilot whales." (Mate, 1989). Three whales; Captive 6 months; followup successful.

In 1967, after almost eight years of captivity at Marineland of the Pacific, a twenty year old pilot whale named Bimbo was successfully reintroduced to the wild. Captured in 1960 at a length of 17' 6", he performed well for about three years. When his female pilot whale and dolphin companions died, Bimbo's behavior changed drastically. "One day he would be as friendly as ever, the next in a wildly agitated state or apathetic and apparently depressed" (Valentry, 1969). It was decided to keep him as an attraction whether or not he performed. After four years of treatment including antidepressant drugs and tranquilizers, Bimbo smashed into a window, flooding spectators. He was released in August, 1967 at a length of 20' 6", "...after much planning and weeks of isolation in a tank for physical tests to make sure he was fit for fending on his own at sea" (op. cit.). He was resighted in 1969 near Santa Barbara, CA by a U.S. Navy collector, and again in 1974 near San Clemente identified from photographs by L Cornell and J. Prescott (pers. comm., John Prescott.) Captive 7.5 year

Mister Garrett,

Since Doctor Mukhametov doesn't have the guts to answer my question...how about you?
Why do you have no interest wanting to free Bubbles the Pilot Whale from Sea World in San Diego? She has been in captivity longer than Lolita. What makes Lolita any more special than Bubbles? It sure looks good in the public eye to free an attractive looking animal like a killer whale and not waste effort with a pilot whale that's not attractive looking. That shows how shallow you activist are. Why is there no Free Bubbles Group? Why isn't the Hollywood communitiy rallying to free Bubbles?
Can you answer me please?
Orky