I was there the day she got captured in Penn Cove when I was only 7 years old my grandma was furious ! I was at Penn Cove tonight when I heard she died & I looked out into the water tonight where she was caught & imagined her being free. We loved you Toki , you are now free . May all whale captivity be illegal & all captive whales be set free.
I, we , love you, Toki. Our hearts are grieving. You will be forever in our hearts. I'm so sorry that humans stole you from your pod in the Puget Sound & took so much from your beautiful spirit in the name of entertainment & education..... no words can ever relate nor forgive unkind & greedy acts. Toki, so many people were praying & rooting for the best transition out of captivity. It seems your body, mind, & spirit were needed out of that cell called a pool. Now, your spirit is finally free to swim with wild abandon from now to eternity. 😢 you will never be forgotten and always in our hearts. ☮️ 🕊 🌎
Yes,shut them all down,the zoos and those holding the primates also,,the Gorillas need to be set free the chimps,and the monkeys too.all the caged animals in the world set them free wicked mankind,has no heart
@@Anonymous-im9ob They stopped the shows a while ago and we’re taking their sweet ass time “getting her out” so basically she spend times there with her dolphin friend
There should be criminal charges against those involved. There is NO upside to this story; this beautiful creature paid with her life. The shot of her languishing in her filthy pool is nauseating. They were giving her rotten food and making her perform despite orders not to? I'm telling you - they all need to be criminally charged, fined and put out of business. And people need to start insisting these captive shows cease. Quit taking your kids to them! We've done it with the circus; now let's do it with these aquariums. There is no justification whatsoever for these horrible, inhumane and barbaric practices. Special place in Hell I hope.
Don't feel defeated, do your part in other sectors like the cow for meat industry, don't eat meat, don't drink milk, don't eat chicken. These animals suffer horribly too. You can also give a dog or cat at a shelter a chance if you haven't already.
@@SkyNetGeneral- thank you!I was going to point something similar out.I do agree with the cats and dogs in shelters though,got my two kittens from a foster home.
It's the news I've been dreading. I was hoping she could see her mother L-25 (Ocean Sun) for the first time in 53 years. I've been going to San Juan Island almost every year since 1996, and it saddens me how we treat our beautiful oceans. I hope they don't throw her body into the landfill like they did to her tank mate, Hugo. It would be very disrespectful. Hopefully, her body will be treated with the respect she deserved. 😭Godspeed, beautiful Toki!♥️
They need permits and approvals to take her back home but they didn't care about that when they took her away from her family. All of this is just so sad
My heart hurts😭😭 RIP dearest Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut you can now swim free.. I was looking forward to your return home. We love you, your people the Lummi Nation will truly miss you and love you, they fought for your return home. We will see and feel your spirit in the Salish waters, dear Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut🙏 1:37
Miami Sea Aquarium put out a puff piece 5 days ago saying she was in good health now she’s gone. An independent autopsy as well as a proper burial by the Lummi Nation needs to be done on the dime of The Dolphin Company aka Miami Sea Aquarium.
Disgusting how they kept that animal in that puddle. I hope she's at peace in death. I'd rather die than live in a literal cage. Its why I don't keep animals.
I agree. Strangely suspicious how close she was to getting out of that hellhole. This is beyond heartbreaking. But .. there is still an orca in captivity! Her name is Corky she is 59 and was captured off the coast of BC when she was just 4 years old (like Toki). Go search Google for the petition you can sign (also on PETAs website) to help get Corky sent to the whale sanctuary that Took was going to be sent to.
But .. there is still an orca in captivity! Her name is Corky she is 59 and was captured off the coast of BC when she was just 4 years old (like Toki). Go search Google for the petition you can sign (also on PETAs website) to help get Corky sent to the whale sanctuary that Toki was going to be sent to.
Shut down the Miami aquarium and they do not deserve to stay open for the miss treatment. Miss Karen, miss appropriate actions against our beloved whale.
Oh Tokitae, I’m truly sorry that you were forcibly taken from your home and denied a normal healthy life, you deserved so much better than this, RIP. 🍃🌹🍃🕯️🥀🕯️🍃🌹🍃
Miami Sea Aquarium put out a puff piece 5 days ago saying she was in good health now she’s gone. An independent autopsy as well as a proper burial needs to be done on the dime of The Dolphin Company aka Miami Sea Aquarium.
Imagine if men treat other humans the way they do trafficking people,400 years of trafficking Black people in this nation, Imagine they can ever care for an orca?it's all about money and fleshly pleasure..
She wanted to be set free. My heart is heavy. She needed interaction with her family, not trainers!. Wake up people. You did her no favor, by capturing her.
Young me thought it was so great that my stepdad dated one if the members of the Wolfson family that owned that place back in the day because my brother and I were there most weekends and were granted access to areas of the “park” others couldn’t access. 48 year old me is horrified over the conditions those majestic animals were and are kept in. Why do some humans feel that the lives of other animals are for our entertainment? This needs to stop.
The KILLED HER,I knew this was going to happen as soon as they said “she was set to go free”!!! It was all to shut everyone up. This poor baby is was also know as the whale in the bathtub because that “pool” is so small and she was no longer performing or doing anything but being in that tub with a dolphin all day,every day! My heart is broken! Her mother is still alive and they located her pod,I’m just sick!
They could not move her for ages...she dies and removed immediately. This is such a cruel world. Of course she died...swimming alone for years. That would kill me too. So sad.
There needs to be an investigation into this! I’m convinced Miami Seaquarium did something to her. She was healthy and a good candidate for release and now she’s dead!? Something is not right! My heart is broken.....Rest peacefully sweet girl 💕 you deserved so much better
Life is truly unfair 😭💔 the poor animal. And that's when she was finally to be released and reunited with her family. This is heartbreaking. I hope she can at least rest in piece now... Human cruelty apparently knows no end
we love you toki ❤️ fly high you beautiful angel. They didn’t deserve you. those cries for help went unnoticed but i knew. you deserved none of it. poor baby. they were never going to let you go. swim freely with hugo my love ❤️ They didn’t deserve you.
I watch all the material I can get my hands with all the whales in captivity, it's just so sad, atleast now the suffering of the chlorine water burning the eyes the awful diet of dead fish and the sun burning down the whale and lasting the small confined tank is over, so sad, it really is
Sea aquarium needs to be punished. This took way to long. 50 years wasted for a terrible show in a small tank. All that money needs to go to the tribe and the reserve they stole her from.
I wanted to be a marine biologist, working w/ whales, dolphins, sharks, etc in the wild. Mankind can be so terribly cruel. The superiority & elite complex needs to be humbled. Just a reminder, in the moments when we find ourselves on our righteous platforms, just remember, as long as we bare our rears, sit, grunt our crap, & wipe, every one of us needs humbling. . . RIP Tokitae & may we learn to never intentionally abuse & have compassion for life . . .
How disgusting that they were finally able and willing to wrap a harness around her body and take her out of that HELL HOLE and she is DEAD!!! Her beautiful body - now a carcass!!! There are no words. I am heartbroken, ANGRY, FURIOUS, DISGUSTED
I'm a big ORCA fan and lover of these smart and intelligent creatures I saw this on the news when they did that I was devastated to see the part of when they used bombs to keep the mothers away from their calfs it made me 😭😭 the AQUARIUM is responsible for her death ❤
Neither should gorillas be held captive..look at that chimp,they released the other day.30 years living in a cage never saw sunlight,did you see her or his expression when she was set free,jump out if the cage,hugged another chimp, so happy looked up,lips trembling,roaming the seeming natural habitat, I wish they could all go back to their natural habitat.
Tokitae's trainers and caregivers are Soley responsible for her death and should lose their license to practice with marine wild life. They allowed her to live in poor living conditions and this is disgusting that more isn't being done.
Read the article in WP, and came away feeling that, no one involved with this story, is anything less than a coward, and deserves what, Mr Browning, invented.
LEAVE THESE ORCAS WHERE THEY BELONG..DAMMM IT PPL HAS DONE ENOUGH DAMAGE TO THE OCEAN.....MOTHER EARTH ....EVEN ORBIT!!! FEED THE LESS FORTUNATE...HELP THE SICK, THATS WHERE ALL THAT SPACE MONEY NEED GO..... SERIOUSLY!!! NOBODY IS GONNA ESCAPE WHAT WE ALL GONNA DACE DEAD OR ALIVE!!!!!!!
She was never going to be released, probably couldn't be. Most of you probably would've watched one of her shows anyway. Get over it people and focus on more important things in life, than a dead killer whale!
There was nothing but facts in this. What else would you have them say? The only opinion I heard was that her death was "sad", which should he true for everyone anyway.
@@nightcritterz There was no follow up on the answer given, sounded like she was reading a statement that was composed by the Aquarium people. She didn't ask a any vets any questions , I meant nothing disrespectful nor hateful just my opinion.
I was there the day she got captured in Penn Cove when I was only 7 years old my grandma was furious ! I was at Penn Cove tonight when I heard she died & I looked out into the water tonight where she was caught & imagined her being free. We loved you Toki , you are now free . May all whale captivity be illegal & all captive whales be set free.
I, we , love you, Toki. Our hearts are grieving. You will be forever in our hearts. I'm so sorry that humans stole you from your pod in the Puget Sound & took so much from your beautiful spirit in the name of entertainment & education..... no words can ever relate nor forgive unkind & greedy acts. Toki, so many people were praying & rooting for the best transition out of captivity. It seems your body, mind, & spirit were needed out of that cell called a pool. Now, your spirit is finally free to swim with wild abandon from now to eternity. 😢 you will never be forgotten and always in our hearts. ☮️ 🕊 🌎
It’s disgusting that she died there, that abusive place needs to get shut down
Yes,shut them all down,the zoos and those holding the primates also,,the Gorillas need to be set free the chimps,and the monkeys too.all the caged animals in the world set them free wicked mankind,has no heart
Was she still performing? Or just being held in that tiny tank, alone?
@@Anonymous-im9ob They stopped the shows a while ago and we’re taking their sweet ass time “getting her out” so basically she spend times there with her dolphin friend
@@DT-qk7ptif u really think that, you Can immediatly go to hell
they aren't paying you anything@@DT-qk7pt
heartbreaking she didn't get to die at home -- sickening that capture in 1970 was ever allowed to happen -- shame on us
Yes, shame on us. 😭
There should be criminal charges against those involved. There is NO upside to this story; this beautiful creature paid with her life. The shot of her languishing in her filthy pool is nauseating. They were giving her rotten food and making her perform despite orders not to? I'm telling you - they all need to be criminally charged, fined and put out of business. And people need to start insisting these captive shows cease. Quit taking your kids to them! We've done it with the circus; now let's do it with these aquariums. There is no justification whatsoever for these horrible, inhumane and barbaric practices. Special place in Hell I hope.
all Floridians should be punished and their governor should be removed from United States.@@DT-qk7pt
They killed her. Rest well, Tokitae.
I’m so pissed and devastated right now…She was so close to being set free…I feel like we failed her…😢
let’s be real. they were never going to let that poor baby free.
Don't feel defeated, do your part in other sectors like the cow for meat industry, don't eat meat, don't drink milk, don't eat chicken. These animals suffer horribly too. You can also give a dog or cat at a shelter a chance if you haven't already.
@@SkyNetGeneral- thank you!I was going to point something similar out.I do agree with the cats and dogs in shelters though,got my two kittens from a foster home.
@@DT-qk7pt I advocated for her life when she was alive.I wanted her to be sent to the sea pen.Don’t judge a book by its cover.
@@DT-qk7pt also do you really think I’m upset by that comment?No.
It's the news I've been dreading. I was hoping she could see her mother L-25 (Ocean Sun) for the first time in 53 years.
I've been going to San Juan Island almost every year since 1996, and it saddens me how we treat our beautiful oceans.
I hope they don't throw her body into the landfill like they did to her tank mate, Hugo. It would be very disrespectful. Hopefully, her body will be treated with the respect she deserved.
😭Godspeed, beautiful Toki!♥️
@@DT-qk7pt You're being a troll to just get attention, so you're a hypocrite.
They need permits and approvals to take her back home but they didn't care about that when they took her away from her family. All of this is just so sad
This! All of that red tape bs wasn’t there when they enslaved her.
This must stop !!!
These mammals deserve to be treated with More Respect!!!
God forgive us. 🙏
It's too late
My heart hurts😭😭 RIP dearest Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut you can now swim free.. I was looking forward to your return home. We love you, your people the Lummi Nation will truly miss you and love you, they fought for your return home. We will see and feel your spirit in the Salish waters, dear Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut🙏 1:37
I wish she could have made it back here. Heartbroken.
Poor baby . So sad. Should have never been there.
Miami Sea Aquarium put out a puff piece 5 days ago saying she was in good health now she’s gone. An independent autopsy as well as a proper burial by the Lummi Nation needs to be done on the dime of The Dolphin Company aka Miami Sea Aquarium.
What better way to make this problem dissapear....just kill her.
Totally agree
So sad I Renner last seeing her in the 80s on a school field trip. Never went back since hope the Seaquarium finally gets shut down.
Disgusting how they kept that animal in that puddle. I hope she's at peace in death. I'd rather die than live in a literal cage. Its why I don't keep animals.
My heart is broken. I'm sorry for her. For her very sad life. Like many I was waiting for the day I'd see her released back to her home.
She didnt die, this was a Hit to make this problem dissapear.
I agree. Strangely suspicious how close she was to getting out of that hellhole. This is beyond heartbreaking.
But .. there is still an orca in captivity! Her name is Corky she is 59 and was captured off the coast of BC when she was just 4 years old (like Toki). Go search Google for the petition you can sign (also on PETAs website) to help get Corky sent to the whale sanctuary that Took was going to be sent to.
This is making me sick. That aquarium is so small for her. My heart is breaking. So sad!
Why couldn't a billionaire somewhere just sponsor a new bigger tank? If I had the money I would have.
Maybe the same mindset as when people see factory-farmed chickens. They don't feel anything.
But .. there is still an orca in captivity! Her name is Corky she is 59 and was captured off the coast of BC when she was just 4 years old (like Toki). Go search Google for the petition you can sign (also on PETAs website) to help get Corky sent to the whale sanctuary that Toki was going to be sent to.
Shut down the Miami aquarium and they do not deserve to stay open for the miss treatment. Miss Karen, miss appropriate actions against our beloved whale.
Oh Tokitae, I’m truly sorry that you were forcibly taken from your home and denied a normal healthy life, you deserved so much better than this, RIP.
🍃🌹🍃🕯️🥀🕯️🍃🌹🍃
Some people think she was killed. The captive industry couldn't have her going home.
Miami Sea Aquarium put out a puff piece 5 days ago saying she was in good health now she’s gone. An independent autopsy as well as a proper burial needs to be done on the dime of The Dolphin Company aka Miami Sea Aquarium.
Imagine if men treat other humans the way they do trafficking people,400 years of trafficking Black people in this nation, Imagine they can ever care for an orca?it's all about money and fleshly pleasure..
@@siennad587 I agree but I doubt a truly independent autopsy will happen, regardless of any claims they may make
My heart is broken
She wanted to be set free. My heart is heavy. She needed interaction with her family, not trainers!. Wake up people. You did her no favor, by capturing her.
They killed her.she didn't deserve this.
Man that is just sad and wrong. May she be at peace and swimming free in heaven.
@@DT-qk7ptagreed. It's just a animal, why should we care?
(sarcasm btw)
Sue Im so angry that it was delayed. Medial people should be charged!!!
She was so close to going home and possibly seeing her family one last time 😭😭😭
Sk'aliCh'elh-tenaut was finally brought home 4 days ago. Rest in power beautiful sister
Didn't take them long to move her when she had died.
One thing I hates about growing up in Miami was seeing all those beautiful animals captured and held in captivity within a stones throw of the Ocean.
I am so very sorry for what we had done to you Tokitae
Rest in Peace Toki you're finally free 💔
Young me thought it was so great that my stepdad dated one if the members of the Wolfson family that owned that place back in the day because my brother and I were there most weekends and were granted access to areas of the “park” others couldn’t access. 48 year old me is horrified over the conditions those majestic animals were and are kept in. Why do some humans feel that the lives of other animals are for our entertainment? This needs to stop.
Taking her away from her pod did more damage than most people understand , it was a horrible thing they did here in the sound it’s sad!!!
The KILLED HER,I knew this was going to happen as soon as they said “she was set to go free”!!! It was all to shut everyone up. This poor baby is was also know as the whale in the bathtub because that “pool” is so small and she was no longer performing or doing anything but being in that tub with a dolphin all day,every day! My heart is broken! Her mother is still alive and they located her pod,I’m just sick!
Probably not a coincidence, like when witnesses just disappear before they testify in court.
I'm sick to my stomache and in tears about this!!
I’m so sorry, Tokitae. Now you are truly free.
the animals that did this to her should be fed to sharks.
Swim free pretty girl. Your home now. The waters in heaven are endless. Enjoy✝️
The suffering is over. Anyone working at that animal prison should be ashamed of themselves.
Like most human atrocities one day ppl will look back in utter disgust of what we did to these animals.
They could not move her for ages...she dies and removed immediately. This is such a cruel world. Of course she died...swimming alone for years. That would kill me too. So sad.
it is never different, the thugs will always be thugs
There needs to be an investigation into this! I’m convinced Miami Seaquarium did something to her. She was healthy and a good candidate for release and now she’s dead!? Something is not right! My heart is broken.....Rest peacefully sweet girl 💕 you deserved so much better
Well I couldn’t pick her up and take her to the ocean myself.... it still means I can care about her and want the best for her
Don't believe them they are lying they killed her
I'm so sad
Great piece honoring Tokitae and her story. Very well researched. But so sad about her end. She was so close to becoming free!
Remove the word heartbroken from this story. This orca whale 🐋 was confined for 53 years a tragedy!!! 😢😢😢😢😢
They had 53 years to make wrong right again, but nothing was done, and is there timing a coincidence??
Rip Tokitae, you will be missed
Poor animals
Life is truly unfair 😭💔 the poor animal. And that's when she was finally to be released and reunited with her family. This is heartbreaking. I hope she can at least rest in piece now... Human cruelty apparently knows no end
Shut this place down!
we love you toki ❤️ fly high you beautiful angel. They didn’t deserve you. those cries for help went unnoticed but i knew. you deserved none of it. poor baby. they were never going to let you go. swim freely with hugo my love ❤️ They didn’t deserve you.
After 54 years of abusive. They decided to release her because she is not performing as they like. Shame on you 😢
I watch all the material I can get my hands with all the whales in captivity, it's just so sad, atleast now the suffering of the chlorine water burning the eyes the awful diet of dead fish and the sun burning down the whale and lasting the small confined tank is over, so sad, it really is
It's probably a good thing that she died there, otherwise they would have blamed her death on her release.
No it’s not. Better to have tried than died a slave! According to Miami Sea Aquarium and their puff piece 5 days ago she was healthy!
Is her death a coincidence though? I wonder how come the timing of it is very suspicious, just when there was plans to have her released
You will be in our hearts forever
R.I.P TOKITAE 😭😭😭💔💔😔😔😔
😢
Sea aquarium needs to be punished. This took way to long. 50 years wasted for a terrible show in a small tank. All that money needs to go to the tribe and the reserve they stole her from.
They probably poisoned her.
No wild animal should be kidnapped from their home and forced into captivity for human entertainment. Deplorable.
May she finally rest in peace.😔
So sad RIP LOLITA this whale like the others should've ever been taken away from its.natural environment 🙏🙏🙏
Free now,.. and home..
😭💔 Leave them here.
Weird hote she was doing just firn and suddenly died before she could be moved. They killer her for the life insurance policy. She was murdered.
I wanted to be a marine biologist, working w/ whales, dolphins, sharks, etc in the wild. Mankind can be so terribly cruel. The superiority & elite complex needs to be humbled. Just a reminder, in the moments when we find ourselves on our righteous platforms, just remember, as long as we bare our rears, sit, grunt our crap, & wipe, every one of us needs humbling. . . RIP Tokitae & may we learn to never intentionally abuse & have compassion for life . . .
How disgusting that they were finally able and willing to wrap a harness around her body and take her out of that HELL HOLE and she is DEAD!!! Her beautiful body - now a carcass!!!
There are no words. I am heartbroken, ANGRY, FURIOUS, DISGUSTED
i m so sad 😪😪😪 i hate you all who did this to her, shame on you, you deprived demons. LEGAL RIGHTS FOR ANIMALS WORLDWIDE
They didn't want to spend the money quote-unquote it was quoted it's just a f****** well kill it I'm not spending that money to put it back
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I'm a big ORCA fan and lover of these smart and intelligent creatures I saw this on the news when they did that I was devastated to see the part of when they used bombs to keep the mothers away from their calfs it made me 😭😭 the AQUARIUM is responsible for her death ❤
They should be shut down.
Worker leaked out information they killed her
It's not fair that she didn't get to be with her mom in the end 😭😢😢
Leaked out information that they killed her
Their lying she was not sick they killed her
So wait Toki and Lola both died??!!
@@SkyNetGeneral- got it! I thought I may have been something along those lines
Now lets free Kiska!
Let’s end this cruelty asap💪
An era of great entertainment is long gone
Tokitae was killed!
Disgusting! These beautiful animals should not be held in captivity! Shame on humans!!!!!!
Neither should gorillas be held captive..look at that chimp,they released the other day.30 years living in a cage never saw sunlight,did you see her or his expression when she was set free,jump out if the cage,hugged another chimp, so happy looked up,lips trembling,roaming the seeming natural habitat, I wish they could all go back to their natural habitat.
Tokitae's trainers and caregivers are Soley responsible for her death and should lose their license to practice with marine wild life. They allowed her to live in poor living conditions and this is disgusting that more isn't being done.
Shut these parks down.
Read the article in WP, and came away feeling that, no one involved with this story, is anything less than a coward, and deserves what, Mr Browning, invented.
Expect me 🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸
Sea world should be shut down. There should be No animals taken from the wild for our entertainment purposes!!! Shame on us all 🤬💔
Vile cruelty . Shame on all those involved with this
Maybe we should take aquarium owners to a place they can't leave, provide them food, and let them die in that place.
Poor animal ⚰️⚰️⚰️⚰️
😭😢💔 Rip Lolita wished they had let you back to your native and natural habitat.
❤
They are lying and they killed that whale
They did it on purpose. If they couldn't have her, no one would. Many such cases for those who care to see.
Thank goodness.
LEAVE THESE ORCAS WHERE THEY BELONG..DAMMM IT PPL HAS DONE ENOUGH DAMAGE TO THE OCEAN.....MOTHER EARTH ....EVEN ORBIT!!!
FEED THE LESS FORTUNATE...HELP THE SICK, THATS WHERE ALL THAT SPACE MONEY NEED GO.....
SERIOUSLY!!!
NOBODY IS GONNA ESCAPE WHAT WE ALL GONNA DACE DEAD OR ALIVE!!!!!!!
She was never going to be released, probably couldn't be. Most of you probably would've watched one of her shows anyway. Get over it people and focus on more important things in life, than a dead killer whale!
Shame on NOAA and Joe Biden
For you guys who re suppose to deliver the news , you sure like giving your opinions. just the facts mam....
There was nothing but facts in this. What else would you have them say? The only opinion I heard was that her death was "sad", which should he true for everyone anyway.
@@nightcritterz I am sorry the way you saw that peace apparently is not how i seen it , but thats ok.
@@cheecheemen so you can't answer my question about what they should have said instead of all of the black and white facts. gotcha.
@@nightcritterz There was no follow up on the answer given, sounded like she was reading a statement that was composed by the Aquarium people. She didn't ask a any vets any questions , I meant nothing disrespectful nor hateful just my opinion.