Without sea world and zoos many endangered species would already be extinct. They are a necessary evil, in order to save animals from extinction. Much like how we humans need prisons in order to keep Molotov cocktail throwing hooligans off of our city streets and behind bars where they belong.
@timothyomara6303 zoos are sometimes necessary (with decent sized, enriching enclosures for members of threatened species), but “Seaworld” is utterly despicable. There is no excuse for that. Marine animals like orcas belong in the vast ocean, not in TINY tanks where they can hardly move, to be milked for profit year after year. Absolutely disgusting!
the guys that did it are now saying " O, it made us cry" Really--i didnt see tears in your eyes!!!U are still living, she isnt, and neither are the ones they captured 50 years ago!!They had us all fooled--as they laughed going to the bank. And dont let ANY of them fool u! A seapen? Really? Whos going to maintain that??? They killed her overnite is what they did--and then posted the gory pics on utube!!They should let God punish all of them!!! Fot he who casstedd the first stone, will find that stone return upon them!!!
you didn’t realize how cruel these parks were? I hope you’re less then 20 years old… because everyone older then that knows very well how cruel all this was.
They shouldn’t have ever taken her from the Pacific Ocean in the first place. The way she was treated, everyone involved should be looking at jail time !!!!!
@@melviasheppard8466 I agree she should never have been taken from her home and never should have been put in captivity, but how can we give anyone jail time? What would be the charge?
@@melviasheppard8466 But the problem is that Lolita is now dead, so why would anyone care? Also she was going to be released soon, so that makes it harder to press any charges of animal cruelty and abuse, especially when they tried to save her life and plans were already in the works to move her to a coastal sanctuary. I would like to see charges brought against Miami Seaquarium for imprisoning her for so long in that human equivalent of a bathtub, and ignoring calls for decades to release her to a sanctuary until it was too late, but sadly not much would come out of this as the captive breeding of orcas has already stopped.
There is an elementary school who had been doing fundraisers and trying to bring awareness to this situation as a community service project. There was speculation the Orca was getting sicker and older and needed to be put back with her family and clearly they waited too long. This is heartbreaking, those children will be devastated to learn she died alone in her tiny tank. That poor animal spent her entire life alone and isolated and forced to perform. Remember that when you guys take your kids to amusement parks where performing animals are.
@@annebalderston2520 oh I personally wasn't involved with the fundraiser I personally would think that maybe too rough of a topic for elementary school kids to handle but I know that there was an elementary school and in fact there was multiple schools that were rallying to free this animal in the Miami area and these schools are also rallying to free the other 60 orcas in the same conditions in captivity currently worldwide
THIS IS TERRIBLE.. IMAGINE BRING KIDNAPPED FROM YOUR FAMILY AND HELD CAPTIVE IN A BATHTUB ALL YOUR LIFE FORCED TO DANCE AND ENTERTAIN GAWKERS. SHUT DOWN ALL OF THESE PRISONS.
Poor dear. What a sad, aweful life she had. I hope taking baby orcas and dolphins from the wild will be banned if it isnt already, and all these tourist attractions will be shut down.
I think all the Orcas that have been captured to show people, they should leave them in the ocean or take them back. Look how small that container is they have her in. Sad.
I said when they announced she was coming home,she must have been sick because thats the only way those selfish pigs would let her go and well....here ya have it.... Poor girl didnt make it back but i assumed she most likely wouldn't have withstood the trip or would die from illness soon after. So sad..
Not true. Customer often are not aware of what they consume. A lot of people have little to no information about the issues. I went 15 years ago. It was part of the amusement park. Had no idea about the issue until years later. I was 16 at the time. People keep birds in cages . People keeping animals in cages before you eat them. While there is plenty of guilt to go around, most of it goes to people that profit from it while fully being aware of all the issues.
I DONT Think this is True Either. My Parents Took us to Sea World in San Diego!!! I Was a Teenager and my sister was a little girl. We Didn't Know Any better. We were from Mexico. We had Never seen Whales Before. If Someone HAD TOLD US THAT THEY HAD BEEN CAPTURED AND TAKEN FROM THEIR FAMILIES FROM THE OCEAN, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN DEVASTATED. WE LOVE ANIMALS. IM NOT SURE MY PARENTS KNEW ABOUT THIS!! THIS IS SO SAD!! I AM DEVASTATED NOW!!
The Miami aquarium should be shut down and fined! I don't believe this was a renal failure. I believe that aquarium killed her instead of just letting her go. Shame on them! I hope they all rot in Hell😢
My heart breaks knowing we humans failed her. It should never had taken so long to move her back home. Nobody can live well alone & confined with no company! In a spiritual way, I am relieved her suffering & loneliness is over. I am angry the Red tape & greed kept her in that situation so long! Why she couldn't have been transfered to a larger & healthier facility, while waiting for her journey home, were she could have had some interaction with another Orca, is beyond me! I am sorry for the suffering we put you through. 😔 May her body Rest in Peace! May her spirit be Free Forever!
they all lied to us ALL OF THEM DONT BELIEVE A SINGLE ONE OF THEM My sister in law is a psychiatrist, and she studied the utube videos and their body languauge. She said theyre all liars. and they killed her overnite
How are you capturing her, force her to live in limited captivity and when shes old and useless you send her back to the ocean. That makes perfect sense.
I hope we are able to stop putting animals on display for our entertainment. They don't deserve that. We really should move past that crap. It's awful. Rest in peace Lolita. **Edit**I cannot believe they were keeping her in a tank that size. That water had to be so hot, the space had to be so small, and that poor intelligent animal suffered so bad.
They also said that she had suffered skin burns over the years because there was nothing for to get under when the sun was beaming down on her and she couldn’t even swim down really. It’s so devastating
You can finally rest in peace Lolita it is a shame her freedom was not earlier you will always be remembered by many for being a very strong mammal well you were held and captured for many years
very sad. she spent her life imprisoned in that tiny tank for the amusement of people who have nothing better to do. and then dies before ever getting the opportunity of being let free.
She was held captive & abused for 50 years. Shame on Miami aquarium. All for freaking money. Animal abuse is horrific & these practices must end once & for all.
“Getting her trained for the move??? “ Did y’all train to move her after death ?????or did you expeditiously reMOVE her where she should not have been moved in the first place 🤷🏾♂️
They should have never captured her and brought her into captivity. She was unhealthy because of her small tank and horrible living conditions. Twenty feet? All by herself. So disgusted. She would have become stronger in the wild, she's a wild animal. That's where they belong. RIP Toki.
This is sad. The greedy corporate aquarium debated and "planned" to move her too long, waiting until Lolita couldn't hold out any longer. What a disgusting act by this greedy aquarium. Keep wild animals in the wild. Now you're going to transport her remains to the ocean? What BS. Shame on you.,
She surely showed serious signs of discomfort already fifty years ago - but who cares as long as the money flows?! I hope she is in a better place now!
Cruel to think of such a large and intelligent creature kept in a "bath tub" for 50+ years. And don't forget, there was once another whale in there with her (Hugo). It's like keeping a bird in a cage, just sitting there, in jail, for years or even decades simply for the pleasure of it's jailer. Odd that she would die just before she was slated to be returned to the sea, which would have been a very expensive process,......................very odd, indeed.
And to think that Lolita's mother is still alive and enjoying the freedom these intelligent creatures deserve. A blatant example of animal abuse: she was kept in a small tank for 50 years for the sake of profits for the Miami Seaquarium. How can the owners enjoy that money? Having lived for 40 years close to the Seaquarioum, as a matter of principle, I never took my family there.
What a sad way to live and unfortunately leave this world. She never had a good life after she was caught. Miami Seaquarium should be ashamed of themselves. Someone should sue them.
It's funny they were preparing to release her but she only started showing signs of kidney damage as the time to her release came closer, l wonder if the money that was raised ,will go where this wonderful being of the creators light ,is finally free, god bless her beautiful soul, how these ,monsters sleep at nite is beyond me, swim freely my darling ,lam sorry what they have done to you ,Keiko, and Morgan, may God have mercy l there souls, you are finally home, swim they can't stop you now, l love you lolita, there is more to this story, the truth will been shown , good bye for now,my precious one.
They were never gonna move her back. It was a publicity stunt. She was costing them thousands on thousands and wasent worth anything to the aquarium anymore. They couldn’t even clean her water for gosh sakes, and they are going on about how she meant so much to staff. I’m sure depression hit Tokee after her little dolphin friend passed away in July. Very sadly the only way she was leaving there was dead.
My God!!! And here I was hoping we could rehabilitate Lolita and repent for our cruelty and greed by returning her to the wild like we did with Keiko back in the 90s. WTF is wrong with us humans.
omg, I am so upset, poor baby, this is horrible, poor baby, poor whale ...... wtffff I was so happy to her prospects of being free. 😢 We dont deserve animals 😢😢😢😢 and all for what?!?!? RIP lolita
I found out about Lolita when the news of her release came out. And I let it slip my mind all these months. Now, I come back today to find this out… truly breaks my heart. You’re finally free now, Lolita. 💔 My heart is broken in millions of pieces aching thinking about your life.. please be at peace.
THERE NEEDS TO BE AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF THIS WHALE'S DEATH. I wouldn't be surprised if the Aquarium "planned" or at least hoped for it. She was a total liability to them now that she could no longer perform. They didn't even respect her enough to keep her tank clean - you wouldn't let a guppy live there, let alone this magnificent creature if you cared about and RESPECTED her. Reports are that they were giving her rotten food. How long can an animal live like this? Who does that to an animal and doesn't face abuse charges???? And now they were going to have to bear the huge expense of returning her to Puget Sound. I don't think they wanted to put one more dime into her. Her care alone must amount to animal abuse and the Aquarium should be held accountable.
Sweet angel!!! You are free finally!!! 💕 What mankind did to you is disgusting and inhumane!!! 😬 You were a creature of the ocean and should never have been ripped from your family!!! 😠 Another example of actions by humans cause an animal to pay with it's life!! 😭💔 Shame on us!!! RIP Lolita 🌈💕 Swim free in God's heavenly ocean!! We will never forget you!! 💖
Well, while we all are writing these comments remember what we are doing to the oceans. Stop buying plastic, stop shopping at cheap dollar stores, stop polluting the oceans with junk.
I don't really agree with returning these killer whales to the wild. She's very people oriented at this point. Just like Keiko..He was set free but stayed around people because that's what he was used to. He did not survive very long in the wild. What are the chances this whale would have found her pod? Keiko didn't find his. He didn't associate with other killer whales. He was so used to people. It sounds great to set her free but in reality would it really work? She should not have been captured in the first place but the way of thinking was different back in the day. Zoos don't do that anymore but years ago, they did. Animals are bred in zoos and sent to other zoos usually for breeding or maybe companionship for another of the same species. I was a zookeeper for 40 years so I know. The only way wild animals make it to a zoo is if they were injured in the wild and can no longer survive on their own.
Keiko survived 5 years in the wild, and he lived FREE. Like he belonged, like he deserved. It is better to live free for a short time than live for decades in a swimming pool (a human sized bathtub). She wouldn’t have just been dumped, she would have lived out the rest of her life in a sea pen, cared for and loved and in the waters her pod and the natives who love her are by. She would have been as free as she could be
@@Charmcity199 I know, that was the goal but they said multiple times they didn’t think she’d ever be able to be truly released because she wasn’t healthy. I hope for her family’s (both human and orca) sake they can give her a proper burial
human cruelty she can finally rest and go home, in spirit, I always cry and get depressed when thinking of these poor creatures. I am praying with all my heart that this practice can no longer continue. Humans can be so evil.
Horrible little enclosure. Violently stolen from her family. What a miserable life for this magnificent creature. Humans are shameful, greedy, selfish, pathetic sçųm.
Heartbreaking life living in a tiny filthy fish bowl after being taken from her family so many years ago 😢 Swim free now rejoining family members sweet girl Humans are selfish destructive beings destroying this planet for greed
REMOVE ALL THESE ANIMALS FROM THIS HORRIBLE WAY OF LIFE THIS IS SICKENING. NOW SHE DIED!! TOO BAD SHE COULDN'T HAVE DIED WITH HER FAMILY. " A PROPER BURIAL"??? THROW HER IN THE OCEAN SO EVERYTHING ELSE CAN FEED OFF HER? PEOPLE WHO DON'T AGREE WITH THIS BULL, DON'T PAY TO WATCH THESE SICK SHOWS!!! THE MORE YOU PAY, THE LONGER THESE BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS HAVE TO STAY....... T H I N K
I’ve stopped going to sea world and zoos because I refuse to financially support animals jails.
Without sea world and zoos many endangered species would already be extinct. They are a necessary evil, in order to save animals from extinction. Much like how we humans need prisons in order to keep Molotov cocktail throwing hooligans off of our city streets and behind bars where they belong.
@timothyomara6303 zoos are sometimes necessary (with decent sized, enriching enclosures for members of threatened species), but “Seaworld” is utterly despicable.
There is no excuse for that. Marine animals like orcas belong in the vast ocean, not in TINY tanks where they can hardly move, to be milked for profit year after year. Absolutely disgusting!
There’s so much more to these places than you think
SHE DIDNT DESERVE THIS! SHE SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM HER FAMILY IN THE WILD!
Slavery.
the guys that did it are now saying " O, it made us cry" Really--i didnt see tears in your eyes!!!U are still living, she isnt, and neither are the ones they captured 50 years ago!!They had us all fooled--as they laughed going to the bank. And dont let ANY of them fool u! A seapen? Really? Whos going to maintain that??? They killed her overnite is what they did--and then posted the gory pics on utube!!They should let God punish all of them!!! Fot he who casstedd the first stone, will find that stone return upon them!!!
53 years! That is insane! I never realized how cruel these amusement parks or zoos are until this. Its sad and makes me sick
you didn’t realize how cruel these parks were?
I hope you’re less then 20 years old…
because everyone older then that knows very well how cruel all this was.
Makes you not want to not visit these places.
RIP
@@kimberlyowens5496I’ve never been to any of these places
thank u dear!!!!!@@claireconover
OMG, poor Lolita. She deserved a chance to return home.
She never should have been in captivity. Don’t go to these shows, the aquariums use them to make money spinning it as education.
They shouldn’t have ever taken her from the Pacific Ocean in the first place. The way she was treated, everyone involved should be looking at jail time !!!!!
@@melviasheppard8466 I agree she should never have been taken from her home and never should have been put in captivity, but how can we give anyone jail time? What would be the charge?
@@Romulan2469 animal cruelty and abuse for starters. It should be laws against kidnapping sea creatures for profit too
@@melviasheppard8466 But the problem is that Lolita is now dead, so why would anyone care? Also she was going to be released soon, so that makes it harder to press any charges of animal cruelty and abuse, especially when they tried to save her life and plans were already in the works to move her to a coastal sanctuary. I would like to see charges brought against Miami Seaquarium for imprisoning her for so long in that human equivalent of a bathtub, and ignoring calls for decades to release her to a sanctuary until it was too late, but sadly not much would come out of this as the captive breeding of orcas has already stopped.
There is an elementary school who had been doing fundraisers and trying to bring awareness to this situation as a community service project. There was speculation the Orca was getting sicker and older and needed to be put back with her family and clearly they waited too long. This is heartbreaking, those children will be devastated to learn she died alone in her tiny tank. That poor animal spent her entire life alone and isolated and forced to perform. Remember that when you guys take your kids to amusement parks where performing animals are.
o melisa--so tttrue--yes, sicker and older--but what happened???They failed her!!!!
Please don’t take them, teach them why this is so wrong and
so cruel.
@@annebalderston2520 oh I personally wasn't involved with the fundraiser I personally would think that maybe too rough of a topic for elementary school kids to handle but I know that there was an elementary school and in fact there was multiple schools that were rallying to free this animal in the Miami area and these schools are also rallying to free the other 60 orcas in the same conditions in captivity currently worldwide
Whales need to live in the ocean not captivity
Whales
No more pain for her they need to leave killer whales in sea stop sea worlds abuse
they just got tired of the bad press and poisoned her to save money
If you want to help DO NOT SUPPORT SEA WORLD, SEAQUARIUM and business like them.
THIS IS TERRIBLE.. IMAGINE BRING KIDNAPPED FROM YOUR FAMILY AND HELD CAPTIVE IN A BATHTUB ALL YOUR LIFE FORCED TO DANCE AND ENTERTAIN GAWKERS. SHUT DOWN ALL OF THESE PRISONS.
HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN KEIKO?
Poor dear. What a sad, aweful life she had. I hope taking baby orcas and dolphins from the wild will be banned if it isnt already, and all these tourist attractions will be shut down.
it wont--but now they breed them in captivity, and if the govt is involved, more will die b cos govt STINKS
I think all the Orcas that have been captured to show people, they should leave them in the ocean or take them back. Look how small that container is they have her in. Sad.
That's why orcas kill back
I’m so angry! Do not support these aquariums and shows!
20 feet deep isn’t enough for a whale 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
They can catch a seal/meal on the shoreline.....
This poor whale 🐳 been in Miami Seaquarium since 1970 😢 imagine being in a fish tank 53 years…….
😢 Thanks for the vicarious mutation. NOT!😓
I said when they announced she was coming home,she must have been sick because thats the only way those selfish pigs would let her go and well....here ya have it.... Poor girl didnt make it back but i assumed she most likely wouldn't have withstood the trip or would die from illness soon after. So sad..
People paying money to see Orcas in sea aquariums are as guilty as the criminals that captured her.
Absolutely!
Not true. Customer often are not aware of what they consume. A lot of people have little to no information about the issues. I went 15 years ago. It was part of the amusement park. Had no idea about the issue until years later. I was 16 at the time. People keep birds in cages . People keeping animals in cages before you eat them. While there is plenty of guilt to go around, most of it goes to people that profit from it while fully being aware of all the issues.
I DONT Think this is True Either. My Parents Took us to Sea World in San Diego!!! I Was a Teenager and my sister was a little girl. We Didn't Know Any better. We were from Mexico. We had Never seen Whales Before. If Someone HAD TOLD US THAT THEY HAD BEEN CAPTURED AND TAKEN FROM THEIR FAMILIES FROM THE OCEAN, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN DEVASTATED. WE LOVE ANIMALS. IM NOT SURE MY PARENTS KNEW ABOUT THIS!! THIS IS SO SAD!! I AM DEVASTATED NOW!!
@@LeticiaSarabia-yb8dm how else would it have gotten to an aquarium…
@@LeticiaSarabia-yb8dm
Don't feel bad,there's a lot of people who didn't know,it's when they do know and still go watch these poor captive animals.
The Miami aquarium should be shut down and fined! I don't believe this was a renal failure. I believe that aquarium killed her instead of just letting her go. Shame on them! I hope they all rot in Hell😢
My heart breaks knowing we humans failed her. It should never had taken so long to move her back home. Nobody can live well alone & confined with no company! In a spiritual way, I am relieved her suffering & loneliness is over. I am angry the Red tape & greed kept her in that situation so long! Why she couldn't have been transfered to a larger & healthier facility, while waiting for her journey home, were she could have had some interaction with another Orca, is beyond me! I am sorry for the suffering we put you through. 😔 May her body Rest in Peace! May her spirit be Free Forever!
Said perfectly!
She said while using a phone made by slave labor of Chinese children
they all lied to us ALL OF THEM DONT BELIEVE A SINGLE ONE OF THEM My sister in law is a psychiatrist, and she studied the utube videos and their body languauge. She said theyre all liars. and they killed her overnite
Dolphins used to attack her every day and they did NOTHING
Enough of capturing dolphins, orcas, for money, and letting them die miserably. Unreal.
How are you capturing her, force her to live in limited captivity and when shes old and useless you send her back to the ocean. That makes perfect sense.
No it’s actually worse then that, they killed her before she ever got the chance to go back home.
@@mikeharris6335 why kill the animal that's dying
@@mikeharris6335 thats what they did at NIGHT
Animals are born to be free!!!! No for your evil pleasures…😡😡😡😡😡
All animals?
I assume you're a vegetarian then, right? 😂
@@gNome_5 Hello?? We Are Talking About the Whale!! That Was Kept in Captivity!! 😠🤔
@@bosnianlady10 Yes!! ALL ANIMALS!! THAT WE DONT RESPECT THAT, WELL, SHAME ON US!! ☹️
@@LeticiaSarabia-yb8dm Do you eat animals?
So sad...please treat her remains with respect 🙏
They wont just like what Sea World did to Tilikum
@@cmurray561we make sure they do it properly if we shout loud enough
You mean Put in the ocean.
I think they just chop them up after a necropsy and burn them but I could be wrong. At least Keiko got a decent burial.
I hope we are able to stop putting animals on display for our entertainment. They don't deserve that. We really should move past that crap. It's awful. Rest in peace Lolita.
**Edit**I cannot believe they were keeping her in a tank that size. That water had to be so hot, the space had to be so small, and that poor intelligent animal suffered so bad.
Worse than slavery, Torture.
thank u@@soylentgreen9492
They also said that she had suffered skin burns over the years because there was nothing for to get under when the sun was beaming down on her and she couldn’t even swim down really. It’s so devastating
A whale should never be a "tourist attraction".
she died of sadness from being crammed in a fishing bowl poor girl
They freed Willy, but not Lolita. My pet finches have more room and they don't have to perform for anyone.
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You can finally rest in peace Lolita it is a shame her freedom was not earlier you will always be remembered by many for being a very strong mammal well you were held and captured for many years
very sad. she spent her life imprisoned in that tiny tank for the amusement of people who have nothing better to do. and then dies before ever getting the opportunity of being let free.
Her sad life was worth money to them. Sickening.
She was held captive & abused for 50 years. Shame on Miami aquarium. All for freaking money. Animal abuse is horrific & these practices must end once & for all.
No wild animal should EVER live in captivity. Unless its absolutely necessary to save the species!!
blame the Seaquarium and the visitors that support her torment
So you lock her up for 53 years....then decide to let her go..man... RIP
That is so unrighteousness.
She lived a sad miserable life. I hope she’s in a better place
She is in Heaven-the best possible place🙏🏻💔
Look how big she is look how small sea worlds swimming pool is not big enough for any 🐋🐳🐋 close sea worlds pool
Her mother is still alive, so what does that tell you. Sad.
"I know why the caged bird sings" 😢😠
Stop buying ticks to see the animals in captivity
She should have been let go back where she was stolen. She has been heart broken for years.
All I can hope is karma comes after every single person who had anything to do with her capture & enslavement!
Poor baby. I’m kind glad she died at the same time. No more tricks, no more fish tank. Shame.
They shouldn't be in captivity, should all be back in the sea .
“Getting her trained for the move??? “
Did y’all train to move her after death ?????or did you expeditiously reMOVE her where she should not have been moved in the first place 🤷🏾♂️
Shame SHAME SHAME Please all animals held in captivity MUST BE SET FREE In USA.Check zoos. FREE.
They should have never captured her and brought her into captivity. She was unhealthy because of her small tank and horrible living conditions. Twenty feet? All by herself. So disgusted. She would have become stronger in the wild, she's a wild animal. That's where they belong. RIP Toki.
This is sad. The greedy corporate aquarium debated and "planned" to move her too long, waiting until Lolita couldn't hold out any longer. What a disgusting act by this greedy aquarium. Keep wild animals in the wild. Now you're going to transport her remains to the ocean? What BS. Shame on you.,
“Serious signs”. I’m sure they meant dollar signs. The seaquarium didn’t want to pay the money it was going to cost to let her go home
There’s no way this isn’t related to the
move. Too little, too late!!!!😢
Selfish idiots; keeping such a beautiful animal caged in such a small enclosure.
They had her locked up in a tank for decades!
We’re all sad about her death, but I’m pretty sure she’s happy because of what the humans put her through
She surely showed serious signs of discomfort already fifty years ago - but who cares as long as the money flows?!
I hope she is in a better place now!
money talks and money is he root of all evil--look at them rich fu-----. They did NOTHING for her!!!!!
What a cruel horrible life that poor animal lived. She's free forever now. I hope no more animals are kept like this ever again. 50 yrs of torture.
She lived longer than the average Orca female does in the wild.
Please dont keep any animals to cativity. This is horrible
So sad she had to die in this way . These people literally killed her. She suffered for so long.
I smell a class action lawsuit coming
Close sea world! Awful awful to contain these poor mammals.
This is Miami Seaquarium, & they're just as evil as Seaworld. They should both be shut down.
R.I.P. Lolita 😢🙏
Cruel to think of such a large and intelligent creature kept in a "bath tub" for 50+ years. And don't forget, there was once another whale in there with her (Hugo). It's like keeping a bird in a cage, just sitting there, in jail, for years or even decades simply for the pleasure of it's jailer. Odd that she would die just before she was slated to be returned to the sea, which would have been a very expensive process,......................very odd, indeed.
And to think that Lolita's mother is still alive and enjoying the freedom these intelligent creatures deserve. A blatant example of animal abuse: she was kept in a small tank for 50 years for the sake of profits for the Miami Seaquarium. How can the owners enjoy that money? Having lived for 40 years close to the Seaquarioum, as a matter of principle, I never took my family there.
These places are animal prisons
What a sad way to live and unfortunately leave this world. She never had a good life after she was caught. Miami Seaquarium should be ashamed of themselves. Someone should sue them.
RIP Lolita. You should have returned home many many years ago.. what a sad, sad story.
It's funny they were preparing to release her but she only started showing signs of kidney damage as the time to her release came closer, l wonder if the money that was raised ,will go where this wonderful being of the creators light ,is finally free, god bless her beautiful soul, how these ,monsters sleep at nite is beyond me, swim freely my darling ,lam sorry what they have done to you ,Keiko, and Morgan, may God have mercy l there souls, you are finally home, swim they can't stop you now, l love you lolita, there is more to this story, the truth will been shown , good bye for now,my precious one.
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And CAGED FOR DECADES 😢
They were never gonna move her back. It was a publicity stunt. She was costing them thousands on thousands and wasent worth anything to the aquarium anymore. They couldn’t even clean her water for gosh sakes, and they are going on about how she meant so much to staff. I’m sure depression hit Tokee after her little dolphin friend passed away in July. Very sadly the only way she was leaving there was dead.
Evil people.
That publicity stunt hopefully has backfired & more people will learn just how EVIL Miami Seaquarium is & stop funding that Hellhole.
I’m crying. This breaks my heart. People are so cruel. We are too evolved as creatures ourselves- to let this be acceptable. 💔
This is horrible, they couldn't even get her back home in time, she gave her all for what, entertainment and the root of all evil, MONEY😢
Money is not the root of all evil, money makes the world go around. The love of money is the root of all evil.
@@donnathomas9111 NO!! MONEY IS EVIL!! WE KNOW!!
My God!!! And here I was hoping we could rehabilitate Lolita and repent for our cruelty and greed by returning her to the wild like we did with Keiko back in the 90s. WTF is wrong with us humans.
omg, I am so upset, poor baby, this is horrible, poor baby, poor whale ...... wtffff I was so happy to her prospects of being free. 😢 We dont deserve animals 😢😢😢😢 and all for what?!?!? RIP lolita
i refuse to pay to see animals in cages
I found out about Lolita when the news of her release came out. And I let it slip my mind all these months. Now, I come back today to find this out… truly breaks my heart. You’re finally free now, Lolita. 💔 My heart is broken in millions of pieces aching thinking about your life.. please be at peace.
This made me cry
This is heartbreaking news.....
RIP Lolita 😭😔
THERE NEEDS TO BE AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF THIS WHALE'S DEATH. I wouldn't be surprised if the Aquarium "planned" or at least hoped for it. She was a total liability to them now that she could no longer perform. They didn't even respect her enough to keep her tank clean - you wouldn't let a guppy live there, let alone this magnificent creature if you cared about and RESPECTED her. Reports are that they were giving her rotten food. How long can an animal live like this? Who does that to an animal and doesn't face abuse charges???? And now they were going to have to bear the huge expense of returning her to Puget Sound. I don't think they wanted to put one more dime into her. Her care alone must amount to animal abuse and the Aquarium should be held accountable.
Sweet angel!!! You are free finally!!! 💕 What mankind did to you is disgusting and inhumane!!! 😬 You were a creature of the ocean and should never have been ripped from your family!!! 😠 Another example of actions by humans cause an animal to pay with it's life!! 😭💔 Shame on us!!!
RIP Lolita 🌈💕 Swim free in God's heavenly ocean!! We will never forget you!! 💖
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They should be free always its a shame to see them in so little space.
"She was a tourist attraction". That is the freaking problem and they were the cause of her not having a full and good life, FREE.
Shame on anyone who buys a ticket to see a Orca in captivity...shame
Whales have been my favorite animal my whole life. This breaks my heart 😢😢😢
Well, while we all are writing these comments remember what we are doing to the oceans. Stop buying plastic, stop shopping at cheap dollar stores, stop polluting the oceans with junk.
You are free now Lolita 🕊️🌹
Why are human beings so cruel? Why??!!😭😭
Humans are so cruel!!
This is so sad, you can’t deprive any being of their freedom!! THIS IS SO SAD!! The emotions in these activists hearts 🐋 💔
I don't really agree with returning these killer whales to the wild. She's very people oriented at this point. Just like Keiko..He was set free but stayed around people because that's what he was used to. He did not survive very long in the wild. What are the chances this whale would have found her pod? Keiko didn't find his. He didn't associate with other killer whales. He was so used to people. It sounds great to set her free but in reality would it really work? She should not have been captured in the first place but the way of thinking was different back in the day. Zoos don't do that anymore but years ago, they did. Animals are bred in zoos and sent to other zoos usually for breeding or maybe companionship for another of the same species. I was a zookeeper for 40 years so I know. The only way wild animals make it to a zoo is if they were injured in the wild and can no longer survive on their own.
Keiko survived 5 years in the wild, and he lived FREE. Like he belonged, like he deserved. It is better to live free for a short time than live for decades in a swimming pool (a human sized bathtub).
She wouldn’t have just been dumped, she would have lived out the rest of her life in a sea pen, cared for and loved and in the waters her pod and the natives who love her are by. She would have been as free as she could be
Her pod is here. I see them all the time. She would have been reacclimated to the wild and she would have been embraced by her pod
@@stariskyeart7953i thought it was 2 years? Some say 5,6 then 3. I dont know anymore.
@@Charmcity199 I know, that was the goal but they said multiple times they didn’t think she’d ever be able to be truly released because she wasn’t healthy. I hope for her family’s (both human and orca) sake they can give her a proper burial
Keiko is only 1 case theres been successful other cases.
Also highly doubt thats how all zoos aquire their animals.
human cruelty she can finally rest and go home, in spirit, I always cry and get depressed when thinking of these poor creatures. I am praying with all my heart that this practice can no longer continue. Humans can be so evil.
Your words express my feelings
exactly.🙏🏻💔
Horrible little enclosure. Violently stolen from her family. What a miserable life for this magnificent creature. Humans are shameful, greedy, selfish, pathetic sçųm.
So very sad
torture and murder
Heartbreaking life living in a tiny filthy fish bowl after being taken from her family so many years ago 😢 Swim free now rejoining family members sweet girl Humans are selfish destructive beings destroying this planet for greed
REMOVE ALL THESE ANIMALS FROM THIS HORRIBLE WAY OF LIFE
THIS IS SICKENING. NOW SHE DIED!!
TOO BAD SHE COULDN'T HAVE DIED WITH HER FAMILY. " A PROPER BURIAL"??? THROW HER IN THE OCEAN SO EVERYTHING ELSE CAN FEED OFF HER?
PEOPLE WHO DON'T AGREE WITH THIS BULL, DON'T PAY TO WATCH THESE SICK SHOWS!!! THE MORE YOU PAY, THE LONGER THESE BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS HAVE TO STAY....... T H I N K
That aquarium is so small 😢
Disgusting people. They killed her. RIP Lolita. You are finally at peace. I love you. 💕🌈
A proper burial is the very least sea world can do.
True? Orca fast Stressed out passed
The video of her being captured to be enslaved and tortured broke me