Lolita, the oldest orca held in captivity, died on Friday — less than five months after the Miami Seaquarium announced plans to release her back into her native ocean waters. The Seaquarium said ...

Officials announced Thursday plans 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.

Lolita, a 57-year-old orca, was captured in 1970 in a cove off Seattle The plan to return Lolita to her natural habitat requires federal approval Seaquarium's previous owner, SeaWorld ...

Lolita, a.k.a. Tokitae, is on track to be released from the Miami Seaquarium to her native waters on the West Coast. Her journey is a story of humans devaluing animal life.

Lolita the Orca Will Return to the Sea After 50 Years in a Tank She's spent a half-century at an amusement park. Soon, one of the world's most iconic orcas will return to her native habitat.

More than 50 years after an orca known as Lolita was captured for public display, plans are in place to return her from the Miami Seaquarium to her home waters in the Pacific Northwest.. Lolita ...

Lolita, an orca whale who served as a main attraction at the Miami Seaquarium, died Friday just as plans were in motion to free her from five decades of captivity.. In social media posts, the ...

SEATTLE — An ambitious plan announced last week to return Lolita, a Southern Resident orca held captive for more than a half-century, to her home waters in Washington’s Puget Sound thrilled ...

Tokitae, also known as Lolita or Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut, the last surviving southern resident killer whale in captivity, died in Florida on Friday afternoon, the Miami Seaquarium said. Tokitae ...

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 ...