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Former Miami Seaquarium employee discusses health situation of Lolita the whale
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- Опубликовано: 20 фев 2022
- There are conflicting reports about the health of Lolita, the 56-year-old orca that lives at the Miami Seaquarium.
Look at the size of that tank it's unbelievable that she lives in a place like this
For more that forty years
@@nordmansaxe Since 1970...I wonder what will happen to Lolita now that they retired her this year.
I bet if she peed in it, it would overflow !
@@adav5533I said the same thing, she’s not used to the wild!
Miami Seaquarium needs to be shut down !! Enough is enough . This poor orca needs to be sent to a sea sanctuary along with all other animals in this park . They don’t care and will never care about the animals in their care 😡
52 years? That’s horrific. A animal that roams the earths ocean is squeezed into what would be a bathtub for us. So not ok!
Worse maybe a thimble
It’s fubar in so many ways
A bathtub......
Try a toilet bowl........
Miami Seaquarium is so run down..I would think they would shut down by now. Why are they still operating?
You should read how awful the customers reviews they get are!😂
How is this operation not shut down as cruelty to animals?
Incredibly cruel. How terrible
Yes this is so sad. This new trainer is starving her and making her do harder tricks at her old age. Also they need to remove the other dolphin from her tank. She's torturing it and will eventually kill that one too. It's horrible how they just don't care about those smart, sensitive, and social animals.
Exactly this breaks my heart beyond anything else.. 💔😭
😭 this is heartbreaking. She wasn’t created to live in a tiny bowl. They are live in the ocean
They could at least clean the tank
Lolita has her pod aka family out there nearby, she has a much better chance than Keiko had. Lolita needs to been freed, NOW!!
She doesn't have a much better chance than Kieko. Kieko was still fairly young in his 20s when he was reintroduced to his natural birth place. Lolita is 56 years old. She's considered an elderly orca. She was have much of harder time surviving in the wild. Kieko he was reintroduced into the wild, he wasn't in restraint ,he came and go as he pleased, he swam with other orcas from time to time but always came back to humans and his caretakers, that's why he was never going to be a wild orca again, because humans was a big part of his life, and he chose to be and to socialize with other people. He had the the freedom to do what we wanted.
@@ashleyr2517 as much as I love the idea of freeing all the wild caught orcas that are in captivity. It does seem that they grow very dependant on humans. Especially if they've been captured at a young age. I think her pod mate Hugo could have been a good candidate for release because he was older when he was captured and never adapted to humans. But the marine mammal entertainment industry was booming at that time. So no one took the time to pull the resources and research needed to do that sort of thing. Unfortunately Hugo ended up killing himself in captivity. Which left lolita with no family members or any semblance of who she is. Its a damn shame that humans would do stuff like that to these majestic and spiritual animals.
Now that the industry is dying and more activists are making noise about it. There is more knowledge and resources to be able to help younger stranded orcas return safely back to their relatives. Which hopefully can put an end to keeping young stranded orcas like Morgan from being a loophole to try to rekindle the industry.
When I visited the sea quarium in may 2021, the whale didn’t even want to perform and told the trainer NO when they gave her a signal to do so. Than the next day, she performed well. She was tired. Been in that tank for years😢😢😢
Please don't give these attractions ur hard earned money.... their disgusting humans save ur money and see them in the wild ❤
This truly breaks my heart 💔 best treatment ever!!! She should NEVER hav been put in this situation. Shame on humans 😔
@Toca Eva YOUR PATHETIC
The Miami Seaquarium needs to be shut down :(
That's why you will never see me in any of those animal parks!! Animals belong in the wild not in a cage to entertain us. It's Time we all stand up and boycott those parks and zoo's.
Human are horrific, poor creatures live like that,they need be punished for abuse her,horrific 😢
Watch the documentary Blackfish (2013)
Is that place closed down?
Enough is enough with these places that don't truly care about earth's precious creatures, they belong in the wild.
Mannnn, let this creature go onto God’s glory…it’s suffered enough.
Tokitae had to die to escape the sea prison!
Some one needs to be held accountable for this cruelty. How has this been allowed to happen for so long.?
Pls get better, Toki.. we love you... Let her go, you stupid 'aquarium'!!!
52 years wtf 🤬 thats a life sentence
This orca has had to live in that tiny tank for 52 years?! That's animal abuse. Orcas are highly intelligent social creatures. It is heartbreaking to know that this orca has lived alone in that tiny space for all that time. That is extremely cruel
Imagine swimming in circles in the heat, performing tricks for 50 years and now after she is 56 they finally may release her into the sea. How long does she have since female orcas only live 50 - 60 years. Miami aquarium should be shut down
O piso do tanque está muito, muito sujo. Eu torço do fundo do meu coração que ela consiga sair daí. E os golfinhos também!!
When did this "Toki" thing start? I've known her my whole life as Lolita.
Tokitae is her original name, prior to her purchase by Miami Seaquarium. Dr Jesse White named her Tokitae when he went out to Washington looking for a whale for the seaquarium. Upon purchase, the name Lolita started being used as a stage name.
Lolita was her stage name.
Animals know when things are wrong and they will show signs changing but most people don't understand or think they going bad animals but it's the people who think they know about animals but they don't and keep harming them or her and eating, habitats..let her free she needs freedom and joy ...that lady mess up the whole order and the sea creature cutting of many things and forcing them to do ridiculous stunts and pushing the sea or animal limits
This is heartbreaking
Seriously want to cry watching this
I can't believe that's all the area she has to live in I thought that was just a performing tank not her whole life spent in there that's horrible let her go or get her a bigger tank please
Wild animals do not belong in captivity especially not when they are in a zoo or an aquarium being exploited for money. Animal jails try to get the public to believe that this is being done in the name of conservation and it couldn’t be further from the truth but yet people still want to go and take their children to see caged wild animals. Does anyone remember going to a petting zoo as a child? Ever bring your child to a petting zoo? Ever wonder what happens to those animals? They grow up and get slaughtered because they’re no longer cute little babies.
She needs to go to Seaworld they have 8 HUGE pools and 5 other orcas.
This is so sad how cruel 😕
She was hungry and agitated, what the hell.
That tank is way too small. Let alone to have 2 other animals in it with her. If she’s gonna stay in captivity, she needs a bigger tank!
I saw a livestream on MSQ's facebook.. they gave their trainers shade(you can see the umbrellas at(0:27) but the animals don't get ANY shade..
I’m worried Lolita is going to die within six months or sooner. You can definitely tell something is wrong with her from the drone footage. I do not like Miami Seaquarium. I know I will never visit that place if I ever go back to Florida. I may be a Texan and usually morbid stuff doesn’t bother me, but I draw the line at feeding animals rotting fish. Miami Seaquarium claims it’s cheaper. And they fire her long time vet??? The vet that knew her! Then they bring in a vet that has six years experience and NO experience with killer whales??? The more I watch that news clip, the more I shake my head in disgust at how Lolita could be treated like this. Thank goodness Dolphin Group will be taking over and they have agreed to release Lolita to the Lummi Nation. Makes me want to support Whale Sanctuary Project’s work to create a sanctuary for former captive whales even more. I am not buying Miami Seaquarium’s claims that Lolita is getting better. I think that is to deflect attention away from what is really happening to Lolita.
I don’t believe they agreed to release Lolita, the Lumi nation is still fighting for it
Her long time vet quit. He wasn’t fired. He started to open his eyes to things and left MSQ.
@@KalebsLife2018 Thank you for correcting me.
@@slaughterhater no problem! I watched the interview with her long time veterinarian.
Thats so sad. Please help the dam 🐋 terrible its In there in the 1st place
Yet killer whales can live up to 100. She's middle-aged
And these shitheads owning her saying she wouldn't 'survive' out in the wild like Keiko but they forgotten Lolita her pod aka family is out there as Keiko hadn't it. Lolita has a chance and they keeping her, please gahter all togheter there and protest harder much harder. Lolita needs us, NOW!! JUST NOW! GET ALL TOGHETER FOR HER!!
It’s not that simple. Yes Lolita’s pod is out there and I’m very much sure that they remember her. But Lolita has been locked up for over 50 years, she is simply not fit to live in the ocean. She would need major physiotherapy just so she could swim in the oceans formidable waves, and there is no way she’d be able to keep up with any pod. There are diseases out there she hasn’t built the immune system for, she hasn’t eaten fresh and wild fish since she was 4 years old. Her pod can only help her so much and that’s if they decide they want too. I’m afraid plopping her back into the ocean would kill her way faster than if we kept her here. The best option is to move her to a much larger tank, with people who are dedicated to looking after her in the best way possible as soon as possible.
@@MoonChaser. yea, but Lolita is sick now and might die any day. She could been moved to a seapen if she survies her infection which they can get also being where she is still and been cared for there and trained to get physcially stronger as where she is now over 52years is not good also alone and can't hide from the sunlight either so let's hope she get's better.
@@MoonChaser. there is a seaside sanctuary that has been in place for her for YEARS by the Whale Sanctuary Project. Please get educated on this and stop spreading misinformation.
They put a dolphin with her?! That’s like letting a cat live with a mouse or bird and expecting them to be friends!
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Orcas are dolphins. There are several orcas around the world that live with dolphins. It is against the law for a solitary orca to live alone. Would you prefer a walrus? 🤭
Bug lover Spider lover
Orcas are dolphins. There are several orcas around the world that live with dolphins. It is against the law for a solitary orca to live alone. Would you prefer a walrus? 🤭
@@tessdurberville711 Didnt you see? Toki attacked the dolphin.
@@tessdurberville711 if there are orcas living with dolphins it's only in captivity. There are basically three kinds of killer whales in the North Pacific. Resident, transient, and offshore. Resident do not eat orcas, or any other red meat, they strictly are fish eaters. Transient eat dolphins as a regular part of their diet, if they can catch them. Offshore will eat dolphins, but they tend to stay further offshore and go after bigger game. None of the orcas will seek out dolphins for socialization, but dolphins are known to seek out resident orcas and will actually hang out with them for up several weeks at a time. Researchers suggest this is done for the dolphins safety as residents and transients actively avoid each other. Those researchers also suggest that the dolphins do this in order to learn more about orcas in general, so they can learn how to better avoid the transient orcas. So while some places may keep orcas and dolphins in the same cage, orcas in the wild do not seek out dolphins for anything other than to eat them
She had several dolphins in her tank with her. Li’i was her tank mate since 1988! Supposedly he would annoy her and pursue her sexually and Toki was so sick of it!
I hope she's released as soon as possible. The awful company is abusing her.
This is torture! Release her to a sea pen/sanctuary!!!
She not used to the wild, so what’s going to happen to her? All of this is heartbreaking!!!!
@@LADYDIVAfulAmazing nrews!! 5 days ago, NBC posted a short video about her being released in a large netted environment, and she'll be monitored closely to see how she adjusts! It's here on RUclips..
Search for "Lolita the orca to return home"
This has been the head lines for 8 years but nothing was ever done. Sw should be sued and made to give them their freedom
Thank you whistle blower
THATS HELLA SMALL SEAWORLDS TANK ARE SMALL AND SEAWORLDS TANKS ARE BIGGER HOLY CRAP
Let her GO
That’s raw ! .
Tank is smaller than A LOT of private, residential pools.
* You can tell the former employee is telling the truth just by looking at the condition of the tanks there. If her size isn’t enough to see that they’re extremely negligent. She’s no where near the size of a normal, healthy adult female.
Given what happened this year, how she died right before the supposed release, it sounds too close to insurance interest. Did you know she was insured for one million? Do we believe that a company who would not release her for 53 years and had her in a green nasty pool would just let her go? Without collecting their insurance money for her? Soo so sad
Por favor llévenla a un santuario 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻😢
They're going to.
I am also seriously concerned about the aggressive behavior Lolita was showing towards her dolphin tank mates. That is behavior seen in the wild. I am beginning to think these animals are too big and too smart to be in captivity and I’m rethinking my opinion of whales in captivity. I used to think it was okay to go to places like SeaWorld and watch a whale show but now I think they shouldn’t be in captivity. Killer whales are animals capable of planning hunts strategically and efficiently. Animals that can coordinate an attack on a seal resting on an ice floe in the wild. That is how intelligent they are. I am finding I would much rather learn about orcas watching a nature documentary rather than go to a marine park where all you do is sit there with beer and popcorn and watch animals do tricks. That is not teaching people about conservation. That is entertainment.
Have you watched Lolita: Slave to Entertainment? or Inside The Tanks? Both really good, and free, documentaries on here. Inside The Tanks especially changed my mind because they talk to both sides, and yet you can only come to one conclusion: captivity kills.
Orcas in the wild treat hunans with more respect then our spieces has ever given them.
@@0hMyLife I've watched both. And another one about Keiko.
Get rid of that sea world employee. She is killing her!!!!! God help this whale. Let her free . God intercede on her behalf she is a special whale God give her life beyond his tank heal her we lift her up to you my Lord and trust and believe with faith that you will heal her and set her free amen. Please everyone pray with me for her well-being amen.
Ugh I watched a documentary on Lolita 15 years ago and I can't believe she's still in the cement tank. What a crapoy life for a whale all for the greed a d love of money.
Watch them be poisoning her slowly enough to blame it on their ill health narrative
Many people including myself think she was euthanized.
Why is it ALOT of the whales and dolphins there keep dying from pneumonia or infections?
117 have died so far!
Damn I would think that pool was too small for the dolphins much less a killer whale
Free Lolita!!!!!!!!! She deserves to live her senior citizen years in the wild. At least in an actual ocean sanctuary….do better people 😡
Por favor llévenla a un santuario 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I honestly think because she isn’t producing money for them anymore there not taking care of her anymore and it looked like the last people who took care of her had her tank clean and fed her well i visit her once a year and i think there going to abandon her and let her die the new people that work there don’t seem to care about animals. This is really sad and a example of cruelty to animals.
Lolita killed one of the white sided pacific dolphins??
She killed 3 dolphins.
free Lolita and close seaworld
You the ones that is causing the health of these smart whales . It's really sad that you don't see is this . It's all about the money
Mr. Eduardo Albor is the CEO of Dolphin Company, the current owner of MSQ.
Set her free it’s inhumane and cruel
At least befor she dies,set her free
I would give anything for her to be free but that's not gonna happen so at least if she dies she will be free for the first time in her awful life..
Watch the documentary Lolita: Slave to Entertainment. Please don’t support marine parks.
They stole her budgets
the person in the all black scared the life out of me bro
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Money that's all they want even at the death of this poor creature! Free her!
Thank God this will no longer occur. The greed of man over these majestic mammals are abused for fun.
I’m the wild, she’d still be in her prime
How?
😡😡😡😡
FREE LOLITA!!!
You sea aquarium is Lying is all alive all alive for one thing that tank is so small for that animal mammal anyway . Sooo mad and upset over this for years . Sea world and this one's need to be closed down for good
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NO CIRCUS!!FREE ANIMAL!!!!😡😡😡😡😡💖🐳💖
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Didn't Louie used to work for channel 7
Free Lolita 🐋
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She is a liar, show your identity if what you say is true. No more Ringling circus pretty soon no more aquariums. Stop crying and ruining it for the rest of us.
Animals don't need to suffer for your entertainment. Wake up it's 2022.
Truly hoping reincarnation is real so you can take her place Daniel
@@Ntsmith4 me too, give these kids the best Damm show they ever seen.