Freeing Willy | Retro Report | The New York Times
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2013
- In the wake of the 1993 hit movie "Free Willy," activists and fans campaigned to release the movie's star -- a captive killer whale named Keiko -- and launched a story Hollywood couldn't invent.
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“Freeing him will cost a lot of money” so did capturing him and keeping him in captivity but now it’s an issue
Actually no , he was much smaller back when they captured him. Much easier to transport
Rashid Ali yea but they still fed him for years💁🏼♀️
Jazmin Lopez cuz they were making him money, he was an attraction at sea world. They profited more than his cost of living, so they kept him. Once they don’t need him anymore, they had to get rid of him and it cost a lot more money for a fully grown whale. It’s all about the business
Rashid Ali exactly they don’t care about the animals they just care about the money it’s stupid
Jazmin Lopez well not necessarily, they just stated that it would be expensive. They never said they wouldn’t go through with it , in which they did go through with it. Just because they were having a conversation and said it was gonna be expensive doesn’t mean they don’t care about the whale. They clearly do, they went through with it anyway.
Moral of the story: *Leave the orcas alone!!!*
Bn
Why so they can be killed by all the trash we dump in the ocean? Or killed by the off balance in their ecosystem that all of carbon emissions are causing? Did you know zoos actually put in money to prevent these things? And research how to help? Wow. Maybe you would’ve if you looked it up instead of watching these shallow one sided “movies”
Pichis Santibañez i have actually. I think working for three world renowned zoos makes me pretty qualified to know what Im talking about. Thanks for the tip though.
@Pichis Santibañez i really doubt those first sentences
@Pichis Santibañez if you want us to believe you then you might want to prove things and anyone who holds a position like that has no problem providing proof.
Only 1% of orcas in the wild have a droopy dorsal fin although almost every whale in captivity have it, its is a sign of depression and malnourishment.
Robert 0077 it’s not because they can’t dive it’s because the pool is shallow and small the there’s no pressure to keep their dorsal fin up.
Or they aren’t moving nearly as much as wild orcas. Sitting still so long probably droops it too.
There's actually a genetic factor in this as well. In wild populations the percent can vary from below 1% to as high as 12%. However, in captive situations where the orcas are breeding, you have a smaller genetic pool causing it to occur more frequently.
Ya I know it's sad
@Robert 0077 that and they are not healthy nor happy.
Doctor: he will only live 3 more months in captivity
People: free him
Marine park: *frees him*
Whale: lives 5 years
Marine park and media: see this is why we can’t free them they love us too much and it costs lots of money so we are just not gonna free whales anymore because it’s CONVENIENT FOR US. Wtf
The 3 months was the estimate for the Mexico park due to inadequate care and space. The facility he was moved to was much larger, his health issues were corrected, and he was thriving so sorry your argument is not valid. While no one can say with complete certainty, there was nothing regarding his circumstances in Oregon to suggest that he would have died within five years if left at the facility or even the initial seapen in Iceland so the argument that he lived longer than he would have is also stupid and meant to assuage human guilt. Maybe he would have still gotten sick and died, but we'll never know. What we do know is the that the ill advised push to fully release him was met with failure in the form of a lonely, sick, and malnourished orca who suffered from pneumonia as a result of being left in the open ocean and he died. He should have been left in Oregon or the Iceland seapen. The money that went towards this folley could have been used to redesign habitats and lobby for stronger regulations and care requirements. It could have also funded research on better care and management techniques for the captive population and more knowledge on how to conserve the wild populations which are in trouble currently. By the time free willy aired the act of capturing wild orca was slowing down and soon made illegal, so the whole stop capturing orcas movement isn't useful either.
Even current animal rights movements are focusing on the wrong thing. Releasing captive bred orca is a death sentence and the law passed to end the breeding programs only resulted in parks like SeaWorld canceling research funding and ditching plans to overhaul the tanks to make them larger, deeper, and more closely resembling the wild. In reality the morally correct decision regarding captive orca care is not so clear-cut
@@kimp2376 Most Orca activists aren't fighting to free the orcas in captivity, they're fighting to stop breeding programs all together. The most funded and well equipped parks in the world can't come close to replicating an Orcas natural environment. They need hundreds if not thousands of miles of ocean to swim, they live in massive pods made up of family members, not forced into artificial pods where there's nowhere to go if fights break out. They're very intelligent and their emotional capabilities match that of humans, they need things to explore. Orcas and other dolphins do not belong in captivity...whether they're born there or stolen from the ocean. The best thing for them, in my opinion, would be to end breeding & entertainment programs, move the captive orcas into an ocean enclosure to live out the rest of their lives and then just leave them alone.
@@kimp2376 Can you say for certain that he would have lived or died any differently in any location? No you cannot.Just as we cannot say whether we will live or die as a result of an action we take.It was a risk they took in hopes of giving him a better life.Yes they failed but the public was pushing and forcing them to let him out.Now i am not agreeing with their methods but their intentions were good and the whole thing wasn't entirely their fault.
He only lived in the real ocean for 1 year because he spent those 4 extra years in a sea pen and sea pens don't count as the wild.
Sarina Miles The whales wouldn't live for 5 years out in the wild because killer whales have been in captivity for all their lives so they wouldn't know how to survive, hunt, or defend themselves. Be smart please
Killer whales shouldn’t be captured for entertainment in the first place 😢
Fire Nation Files the only reason they should be in captivity is if they are injured badly and need rehabilitation and or saved. Then worked into being released again..
LadyKatie mkkkk that’s a lie hahahah
Fire Nation Files I'm sure you watched Free Willy and have been to Sea World to see the Orcas perform. That movie was watched by millions of people who enjoyed it which means the whales purpose was fulfilled by entertaining people. So do say trash like "whales shouldn't be captured to entertain people" because it's just not right. Example. Whale watching.
They can have other performances like diving or sync swimming
Fire Nation Files yeah just go whale watching in the ocean!!!!!!! Not to sea world!
His droopy dorsal fin is so sad looking...
waywarddeer a sign of depression for killer whales
waywarddeer It's also very much seen in Sea world. It's s sign of malnourishment and depression.
Same, that's sad that people would cause that for an animal like this.
give him so viagra
waywarddeer That’s what happens to orcas in captivity.
“ he was dependent on humans”
OF COURSE 22 years depending on humans
LEAVE THEM IN THE WILD
Just imagine some one taking you from your home putting you in a room to preform for people for 22 years when you return to your home do people expect you to do what you did 22 years ago no
I agree. But that last paragraph made me have a stroke.
This is like trying to teach english to someone that lived in the forest for most of his/her life
He died as a free whale, and that made me smile
Katrine Lund very proud of Keiko
I cried when he tried to eat the fish, but it got away ;-; poor baby
But lucky fish
Lol
@Clumsywolfy Da veiga I know the story isn't a joke 😑
my joke was a joke.
Learn the difference 👌
i cried when i heeard that we waste 20 million for him
same...😥 it's why they should not be captured in the first place. The poor babies don't belong in pools. 😭
Tran Son for 5 years of extra life I think it was worth it
The fact that he lived 5 years, gained weight, and learned how to survive in the wild (hunting his own fish, etc.) shows that his release back into the wild was NOT a complete failure. Did he get the fairytale/Hollywood ending we all hoped for? No, but at least he died healthy and free in the waters of his home rather than in captivity where his life probably would have been cut even shorter from his many health problems -- health problems that were caused by nothing but captivity. #captivitykills
+jessicapillay87 read the book called killing keiko and it explains how it was a failure
+Stephanie Day I'm interested in who wrote the book? Or who funded the research because everything I've seen or read about Keiko from people that are educated on this say it was a success in the sense that he got to swim free in his natural environment, meet wild killer whales ect.
He got a good 5 years free!! He would have died a lot sooner if help captive and not released.
Rip Keiko
+Dee F etc. Lol
+Stephanie Day that's one persons opinion. I read some stuff about him he did work with Keiko and quit because he "one person" didn't agree with Keiko leaving Oregon. Other people that were part of the release ALL had great things to say about it! Yes there was no fairytale ending but there definitely was a happy ending🐳❤️
About him being the wrong candidate for this project yes that's true but if you research it he was the "only" candidate.
If you look at the data he did well once back in his natural waters!!
+Dee F did u actually read the book ? Cuz it sounds like you didn't. he wasn't the only person with that opinion , lots of people had it that worked with him Keiko.The fact that he never stayed with a pod and sought out humans proves he didn't want to be with other whales he was so conditioned that all he wanted was human companion ship .
I f-ing hate SeaWorld 😭😭
xX VintageSoul he was never in seaworld.....
@@cheriebomb158 still, there are still orca's there
Caitlin Breanna we hate you too
Your mom hates SeaWorld
#EmptyTheTanks
I’ve never heard of Keiko, but this documentary made me feel so connected to him. Once the part where he passed away came, I started crying
How can you not have heard of him?! He was the orca in Free Willy!
He must be a Gen Z.
None of this would happen if they just let them be in the first place.
Water under the bridge. You can't undo the past and you shouldn't hold those people that couldn't see the future responsible for what they didn't know at the time. It is sad but it is what happened. Let us learn from out mistakes and not capture any more but at the same time keep the ones in captivity in captivity until they pass on.
True, very true 👍🏾 You can't know or understand the extent of human selfishness.
Your mom's in first place
i agree😭😭😭😭
Im not sure what could have been better for this little guy, but one thing is certain, if people would stop capturing these magnificent animals from the wild, they wouldnt suffer, same goes to all animals
And no more seeing animals in person.
Your mom wouldn't suffer
Joe M do you have an empathy?
SADLY, SOME ANIMALS HAVE TO BE CAPTURED AND KEPT IN CAGES TO PROTECT THEIR SPECIES FROM BECOMING EXTINCT.
THE PROBLEM IS HUNTING FOR SPORT AND TROPHY.
WAY BACK WHEN, AMERICAN INDIANS HUNTED TO LIVE AND NEVER KILLED MORE THAN THEY NEEDED.
SOME ANIMALS NEED PROTECTION FROM THE WORST KILLERS OF WILD ANIMALS: HUMAN ANIMALS.
@@mjosephinefonzo4536 haha that is priceless sorry but these orcas that are in seaworld were captured and put in a packed tank for entertainment and money not because they are endangered
"Need money, lots of it."
DONT U MAKE ENOUGH EXPLOITING THEM?!
They made money making the movie, what happen to that? Humans i swear we are the worst race in this world, animals are helpless in the hands of humans
Omg this would never happen if we stopped being selfish and left the whales alone!!!!
Orcas are not whales. They're the largest species of dolphins. Killer whales term comes from this old world of gossip and rumors. .
@@WhiffleWaffles well dolphins are a type of toothed whale anyways
Claybanks
Release captive whales together. They cannot be released alone. They need a support group.
Or just don't capture them at all...
I agree. it's kind of sad that they get released and are friendless :( they do need a support group
She. I agree with you but you but also feel that it would be even worse to be set free alone in the competitive wild. it would be better not to take them in the first place but being released with others going through the same thing may be easier than being released alone.
Barbara Berry wish ppl would do their research
i think it would be the same problem. they would seek humans still. they dont know what to do in the ocean. imagine never learning language and living in a swimming pool, and then after 20 years being released to fend for yourself. you have no choice but to return to what you know which is not much but you know you will be fed. orca life in the wild is too complex to replicate, especially past developmental years.
I think everyone is blind to the lesson Keiko taught us. The lesson is do not capture and hold dolphins in captivity. We are the ones who changed that animal and ofc we couldnt change him back.
To fred fuchs, nice ad hominum argument. Apparently killer whales live longer in the wild. We messed up his life the min we captured keiko in his youth.
If anything Keiko was a red herring for the amusement park/fishing industry's practice of capturing killer whales for consumption/entertainment purposes.
TheEchosofOuroboros exactly.... 👍
Well said.
I agree 100%.
Yep. They're not ours to keep.
Humans like to take other creature's freedom away, I failed to understand what's going on in some people's brains 🤔🤔🤔
Its just heartbreaking to see how his dorsal fin hangs down😥😥
Very sad
Like seeing a Tiger without fangs or a rhino without a horn.
I remember seeing Keiko as a child in Oregon..searched him up online to see what happened to him over the years that followed and I stumbled upon this video. Have to say, it's heartbreaking. My memories of seeing him as a youngster were something that would bring back fond memories from my childhood, but now I can't help but feel sadness for him when I think about it. Having been taken from his natural habitat and family at such a young age, we stripped him of what could have been a much longer, natural and happier life with his Family. Humans ended up becoming his new family, which is a beautiful thing in a way, but at what expense? That familial bond we shared with him, and him with us, also ended up costing him his life in many ways...R.I.P. Big Guy.
This report is really kind of infuriating. Poor Keiko's problem was that he could never locate his family pod, nor could researchers. If he had been reunited with his family, who knows what would have happened? There would have been a stronger chance of success, at least.
That's easier said than done. The whale has already established that he is somehow "human" and has been dependent on humans. Freeing him in the wild isn't an easy task. Even though he or the researchers found his family, there would be a greater chance that he would come back to humans who he is familiar with. He was practically raised by humans and so he is more connected to people than its own kind. It''s the same case with ferral children (humans raised by animals) it's just the other way around. Considering he's in captivity for more than 2 decades, it makes the chances very slim for him to live in the wild together with other orcas. I'm a biology student, I know this stuff
what about these animals legendary intelligence? people abandon cats and dogs that have never hunted and they often survive. Dogs, allegedly nowhere near as smart as a whale, understand that they MUST team up with other dogs to survive, and then they do it.
wilson blauheuer I'm assuming cats and dogs have stronger survival extincts compared to killer whales which pass down knowledge and survival techniques from generation to generation
Ironically, the more complex the intelligence of a creature the more that creature needs to be taught as it grows up. The complex intelligence of a whale does not include "hard wired" specific skills of the sort a domesticated cat has for killing small animals. Keiko didn't know how to eat living fish any more than a human child knows how to slaughter an animal.
my thoughts exactly, it's too late in that sense. as we have all found out keiko end up trying to come back n depend on humans. being with humans was more comfortable for that whale n it died because of it. experienced whales typically travel in pods n don't go back to a freezing area so they won't die of pneumonia =/
it's like releasing a domesticated dog out into the wild,
chances are the dog will die soon, or be forced to go back to the humans location n just scavenge.
Springer the orca was a baby when she was discovered alone (her mother presumed dead) in Puchet Sound, Washington. In need of interaction, she would approach boats and people, getting habituated to them. After much debate, it was decided that she would be returned to the wild and to her family.
There is a documentary on youtube (search 'Springer the orca') about her release.
Since then, it's been almost a decade since her release and she's been doing remarkably well, having her first calf at 13 years of age, right on time for a wild resident orca. She's a contributing member of her pod.
This absolutely breaks my heart, when will humans realize that animals aren’t here for us to use and abuse
Do you mean ALL or MOST humans?
@@wyattpeterson6286 I mean 99.999%
I wonder how betrayed he felt with thst policy where they had to ignore keiko on the boat..
Orca's have different dialects depending on region. Thats more amazing than an Orca doing a barrel roll for dinner.
Omaha18 it’s truly amazing
This is the ultimate irony of the movie "Free Willy". Even before all of this hoopla, I refused to see it because in order to make a movie about a 'killer whale' in captivity, they had to have a 'killer whale' in captivity, enough said really.
They used robot killer whales in all the Free Willy sequels. Yes you can make movies about killer whales without having to have a captive killer whale. Half of the shots in the first movie were also a robot whale.
AaaaNinja The whale featured in the movie. What else are you saying? Her point is that you have to have a captured whale to make such a movie. Remember those were the days before ultra realistic CGIs.
The first Free Willy came out the same year as the first Jurassic Park. If they could make dinosaur robots look that real I don't get why they couldn't do that for a whale too. The sad thing is, Keiko was in captivity for 14 years before he was in Free Willy. IRL Keiko had that infection that showed on his skin, and during Free Willy II there's at least one shot, where Jesse finds him at night, where you can see it on the whale. I don't believe they would or even could put that on a robot.
charmedfan7704 You're comparing a bungalow with a skyscraper.
Jurassic Park has always been a big budget movie.
Of course they can do anything.
Willy was a medium ranged movie with limited finance.
This is like expecting
Expendables to have the same level of CGI with Infinity War.
Go watch Free Willy 2 again. I'm telling you you can see the infection Keiko had IRL at the time in at least one shot. I'd believe they used a fake in the third, but not in the second one.
When I was a teen, I had the opportunity to visit the aquarium he had stayed in. Walking into the building you will see drawings from children of this amazing animal. It is such an emotional sight I cried. Walking through his tank was just intense. I can honestly say this killer whale stole my heart.
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I don’t think we can without hurting it.Not even a fish.
Eh, I don't know if I'd call the rehabilitation a COMPLETE failure. While he was out in the wild, he was able to sustain himself. And when he died, he was older than most captive orcas live.
Though I can't help but wonder if it would've worked out better if they were able to find his family. There are a number of once-wild captive orcas who have had their pods located. Would they be better candidates? But what about orcas that were born in captivity? Would be interesting to find out, but I don't know if we'd get that chance any time soon.
Orcas bred and raised in captivity can't and shouldn't be released into the wild as they're the byproduct of interbreeding of different kinds of Orcas. Just like domesticated Tigers who no longer have a family. A lot of the tension in these aquariums is caused by reckless pairing of unrelated Orcas of different species
I remember going to the Oregon coast aquarium, and seeing keiko. I remember fundraising for him. I loved keiko, he played a huge part in my childhood.
RNMKR I saw him at Reino Aventura in Mexico City when I was six.
You both are lucky
I live in Oregon, right before the decided to move him to Newport Aquarium was living in Newport for 3 years.
All the schools kids in Newport got fundraiser going in all of Oregon. Especially with the school kids around Oregon. It was a huge under taking for a tourist town along the central Oregon town.
My brother in law had a big job in making his tank by driving dump truck after dump trucks of dirt to get that tank started.
His tank is now a walk thur tunnel of all kind of sea animals, fishes and sharks you can walk thur, see what under sea look like.
It's a place where injured and sea life that for whatever reason couldn't live in wild can basically live out their live and also educate us human.
Keiko are still remember at the Oregon aquarium by having a sign in the walk thur tunnel so everyone can remember why this exhibit was first created.
Keiko will live on at the Oregon coast aquarium.
don't even capture them to start with. I cried so much over this. I wish these things would stop
That scene of her trying to eat the fish is so powerful
Keiko is an ambassador for all other captive orcas. He showed the world that being in captivity sucks and is wrong. But, they turned their backs to him and he went and found people that wouldn't. He needed to stay either in Oregon or in the sea pen in Iceland. He needed people, he loved people and people loved him. I certainly know that I did! Rest In Peace big beautiful boy. You're free in heaven with members of your own family. I can't wait to get there and meet you. I love you, Keiko and I always will! XO
Christina Iles wtf r u on. Didn't u listen to anything they bloody said.
I would say that Keiko showed us how life in the wild can be difficult and dangerous.
Same here keiko, R. I. P. My beautiful big boy, can't wait to go swimming in Heaven with you& your family. That's it! If you really want to meet keiko & Nemo & their families and friends, then you can, providing you confess that Jesus died for us & believe that you're sinner s. Two things you have to do. Confess that you're & sinner, & believe Jesus died for us all. Believe this with your whole hearts! If you are truly sorry for you're sin s. Then you will go to Heaven and actually see keiko & Nemo.
You are the reason keiko died
@@rise8925 ok little one, it's bedtime now. Go get your blanky and your baba and get in your big kid bed ok...
5:10 - "He's about as releasable to the open ocean as I am!"
That really hit me in chest when I heard that:(
He lived more in that last 5 years than the rest of his entire life.
I do believe he might have done better with an accepting pod, but he might have died just the same.
R.I.P. Buddy
So glad I found this video. As a young child my mom and her sisters brought me to Oregon from Minnesota to see my favorite movie star Keiko " Free Willy" before he went on his journey to the ocean life. It's been close to 20 years since then and can't believe this video exist! I love you "Free Willy" RIP
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22444359-killing-keiko
So sad everything comes back to money in this world. How much money did these animals make for the Greedy Parks?
So sad to see this happen to such a wonderful Animal!!!!!!!!!
I bet Keiko was a huge net negative.
@Kspeed 229 lol real talk. white people creat their mess then cry when it starts storming. lol they started this mess now look at them feeling sorry for it. lol sot back a laugh
@@stay_low_key why are you bringing your racist self into this? Girl bye go back to the dark age where you belong
@@polbzh Go back to the caves first. lol
Neanderthal Beast!!!! 🤣
@@stay_low_key raaaaaacistttt 😇
20 million is nothing compare to the earnings of the movie.
20 million is nothing compare to the money celebrities spend on luxurious yachts and jewlery.
20 million is nothing compare to how much money nfl, fifa, nba, etc make every YEAR,
So I think there should have been enough money to keep wotking on his rehabilitation.
His life was worth more than 20 million and we certainly owed him...
Nobody in this world is Gilgamesh buddy.
Yes some people make that kind of money now but he died in 2003 which was about 15-16 years ago depending on exact dates and that was the end.You have to think 3 or 4 more years back from then for when funding stopped.So about 20 years ago not many people had the 20 million like some people do today?There were like maybe 10-15 in the world if that.How many of these people actually cared enough to lose their precious money for the life of a whale? 1 and he lost most of his money which is why the funding stopped.SO think about those numbers you are throwing around.(BTW I totally agree that his life is worth that and then some but that kid of money isn't just lying around to be spent.I wish more could have been done and think it is terrible that it couldn't but it is the way it is)
I went and saw Free Willy as a child in the theaters with my mom I was about five years old and I was absolutely hooked they've been my favorite animal sense and I always kept track of Keiko and I remember the day hearing that he passed away and it broke my heart rest in peace Keiko humans are just so awful
This Literally BROKE my heart 😭
Thank you Dear
That is so cruel when they try to ignore Keiko just to let him in the wild. It probably hurts and confuse. No wonder he went to Norway because he thought people from Iceland doesn't like him anymore. In Norway, keiko was obviously in need of affection of human.
yeah they can take him to the sea but they can care also about him .feeding him when he appears . i think they messed up with him with these decisions of him being alone and he was so used to humans
Keiko was too tame and was his own decision to look for humans. On the other hand, Tilly would not trust humans at all, if he had the opportunity to be released.
Yep, they forced him to be on his own when obviously did not want to. They wanted to prove that he could be wild again which he no longer was. He could not feed himself so he got sick and died. He wanted to socialize with humans he saw as his new family. And he was not an alpha orca. He was a docile one. It was more heartless to ignore him. He was better off in Oregon.
i dont think it has anything to do with being alpha. he probably couldnt communicate with the other whales. if humans dont learn language in the first 5 years of life they struggle and need all kinds of therapy. keiko was 19 or 20. even then they never communicate as well as an average person. he had no chance with a pod. he only understood human interaction. highly intelligent animals arent as instinctual. things have to be taught.
dan tan, when I said he was not an alpha male, I meant that he posed no harm if he stayed with humans unlike that other alpha orca who killed and attacked 3 humans while in captivity. And he was captured at a young age so it was only natural for him to prefer being with human like most captive creatures. Plus, he was not accepted by wild orcas so this was indicative that he could not survive in the wild because orcas need to be with a pod. Keiko obviously saw humans as his pod. He sought companionship and it was evident but those activists who freed him thought he was better off being in the wild. I am for wild animals to remain in the wild but once they are captured and nurtured by humans at a young age, I believe we should change this belief that they can be freed and live in the wild on their own. There were few successful ones but it was usually a failure even when the creatures were taught how to survive in the wild.
I was on of those kids that fought to help and we loved seeing him in our home state of Oregon, I consider this a total success regardless of how it ended as Keiko died free and did what he wanted period.
“I’ll never let you part. For you’re always in my heart.” - Michael Jackson, 1991
From his 1991 song “Will You Be There” (Theme from “Free Willy”).
In Memoriam:
Keiko (1976-2003).
I agree with u there Keiko is an extraordinary whale I wish I was there I would love to save him and make friends with him and bring him hope and joy
My family and I went and saw him at the Oregon Coast. It's one of my favorite memories from my childhood. ❤ He loved seeing all the children, and waving back at us. My little sister loved spinning, and would do it without even realizing she did. When Keiko saw her, he started spinning with her. He loved people! He should have stayed in Oregon. Especially since he kept going back to land to get love from the humans. I bawled when my mom told me he died.
now they should go from freeing willy to freeing tilly after he killed not once but three times in captivity
Annette Melnychuk He died. Tilikum died. I wish they let him go but they basically killed him.
Ya lets spend another 20million to fail. That money couldn't possably be spent somewhere more benificial to Orca Wales? We should outlaw catching them/taking them out of the wild and let the ones that are captive live out their lives in a tank until they die. I know it is sad but it is probably the best solution to a problem that has no good solutions.
Curt D well if your talking about seaworld then seaworld doesn’t kidnap orcas, AND I ALSO DONT AGREE WITH KIDNAPPING ORCAS. But some were saved and really can’t go back to the wild
HI I'm a perso SeaWorld originally had whales taken from the wild. The calves were kidnaped from the mothers. After the6 had enough wild whale stock they then began their breeding program. The whale calves born in captivity where then kidnaped from their mothers and sold to other water parks. That’s the reality of Orcas in the SeaWorld system. These were not injured whales being taken in to be care$ for. They were healthy cubs being removed from their pods by whale hunters after a big pay day.
Tillikum died from a lung infection. He was beautiful and amazing but also never ment to be kept in captivity. What happens to these amazing creatures is so deeply crushing.
"Free Willy" will always remain a large piece of my childhood. I wish I knew Keiko. :'-(
I was 11yo when Free Willy came out. And can remember how I cried when I found out cpl of years later about Keiko's situation in Mexico City...
She was the first "named" orca, an ambassador to awaken people in realization of orcas (and many dolphins, belugas...) worse situations in marinelife parks all across the World.
Keiko (RIP), you were the Best Girl 🐬💔
Wanda was actually the first Killer Whale to be captured and put on display. Kieko was a male, btw. No captive cetacean is an ambassador of any kind. They are all prisoners. www.thedodo.com/remembering-wanda-the-first-ki-498461409.html
Everyone is just thinking about the orca but what about the dolphin they are in a bad situation too
I agree alot...........but
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Or every single animal in a zoo? Some ppl are just hippocrates. I like going to the zoo, but i feel like orcas shouldn't be captured. So now i should stop liking the zoo? Or are orcas more important than other animals? I just don't get it
A orca is a dolphin the reason it's called a killer whale is because of a bad translation it's meant to be called whale killer
Orcas are dolphins. But I get your point.
Wait wait wait, I've always loved that film and never knew he died! That makes me cry
he was needing a care in the sea also . i dont know how ???? .but him in the sea alone without humans and he was used to them . man that is sick .poor keiko
The most annoying part of this is that Orcas are DOLPHINS. NOT WHALES. Yes, they are called Killer Whales, but make no mistake. These mammals are DOLPHINS.
Dolphins are whales? What's your point?
@@ApsDong related to whales, just like were related to monkeys, doesn't mean were monkey and vice versa
I think if Keiko got paid for all the years he was performing for humans as a performer AND was paid for starring in a successful Hollywood film, he probably would've earned more than $20 million. He deserved AND EARNED the chance. 5 years is not the longest, but I'm glad he got the chance to live just as an orca, without having to perform every day in front of an audience. He was free to do as he wanted- be with orcas, or choose to be with people whenever he wanted to. I think it was as successful as it could've been for Keiko at the time of the release, considering his health and years in captivity. Rest in Peace Keiko and thank you.
I mean, it's nice and all that they released him but do you know how depressing it must have been for a such social animal? Ripped from his family, raised by humans towards whom he gained trust and then the same people rejected him (the only family he had). He died unwanted and alone. They should have at least released more of them.
Every family of orca's has it's own unique language. Puting random ones together causes emotional distress as they can't properly communicate, which, as seen in captivity, causes fights..
They keep calling them whales. They're not whales. They're dolphins. The largest species of dolphins in fact.
Actually, all dolphins are whales as well, however, not all whales are dolphins.
cheymon Biologists have categorized both whales and dolphins as cetaceans. But dolphins are not whales.
cheymon You are quite right -- I am so surprised I never realized this. Thank you for teaching me something new.
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Actually they are called a series of clicks and whistles that humans can neither hear nor comprehend. But congratulations on your understanding of kindergarden taxonomy
I Love You Keiko!
When I was 10, the Christmas after the movie came out, there was a pamphlet in the vhs case that let you ‘adopt’ keiko thru this foundation. I got a Indian inspired wooden shaped keiko necklace, photos and updates on keiko throughout the next year or two. Don’t remember what happened after that. But that always stuck with me so vividly.
Corinne Yes and the same thing happened to me!! I remember it so clearly, elementary school. I loved the wooden necklace and wore it for years.
my mom saw keiko in captivity when he was at a temporary stay in a facility on the oregon coast, and she told me that looking him in the eye was one of the most moving, tragic things she had ever seen. im so glad he got the ending he deserved
Only halfway into this video and I’m already crying. Ugh.. I know how this story ends and I’m not ready for it! 😭
I went to see them at Sea World in San Francisco and I left just feeling awful. These amazing animals should NEVER be in tanks. It is just wrong on so many levels. I'm glad he got to be in the ocean again, no matter what the cost.
There is no SeaWorld in San Francisco nice try.
I’ll say it again, these animals shouldn’t be in captivity UNLESS they’re too sick to go back to the wild. They should NEVER be used for tricks.
When they heal, release them back to the wild.
Are we really the smartest? We just have to ruin everything 🤬
Whenever I see the dorsal find it makes me want to cry
Can we take a moment to realize how much people used to love animals and how it has decreased RAPIDLY!
I think we care more about their wellbeing now then when they thought it was okay to capture them..
The fact that the smartest animal on earth enslaved the 2nd smartest animal for their enjoyment speaks volumes to the hypocrisy of humans.
The saddest part of Keiko's life is that many orcas captured from their original pod don't bond to new pods, meaning that whether in the ocean or in captivity, they're lonely.
I noticed that Blackfish did not talk about this, probably because it damaged there narrative. What feels good dose not always do good. Particularly when it comes to animal rights issues. For whales born in captivity, release could be a long and painful death sentence.
it was aimed at sea world dude so yay it was a riggend film by peata
Matthew Haverkamp the movie didn't talk about it because the movie wasn't advocating freeing the captive whales.
The movie Blackfish was not about Keiko though. It was about Tilikum, following his journey in captivity to try to understand why he killed 3 trainers. Also to shine the light that SeaWorld does not do what they claim to do and they do not adequately take care of their whales. So they wouldn't have added all of Keiko story in it because it was not about him.
The argument Blackfish makes is not that we should release killer whales back into the wild, it's that we shouldn't capture and keep them in the first place.
Matthew Haverkamp omg wtf blackfish were the fk do u think the Orcas came from In the first place. Everybody knows the story of keiko , but no the barbaric goings on at seaworld. Diffrence is keiko died free. The whales In seaworld die young and helpless
I found Kieko in a unsupervised tank at Marineland Niagara Falls in 1983 as a Big Baby.. I was able to play with him for an hour+.. Shook his flipper and feel his face and tongue.. I never realized he was Free Willy and so sad he died 😢 🐳
I saw Keiko many times here in Mexico, his death really hit me. I’ll remember him always 😢😢
Growing up in Newport Oregon Keiko is a very big part of my childhood only to realize how dark it was. Honestly it’s really hard to look back on the memories it reminds me of a circus. I wish things were better for him but Newport loved him and I am fortunate to have been able to see him but I wish I didn’t have to.
This makes me cry so hard
At least he died in the wild where he belonged and where he came from not in some nasty concrete tank he got to c and be with other whales people should never have been allowed to capture these animals in the first place from zoe in England I.o.w
Cried so much when i saw the movie...or even think about it... and i remember hoping this movie would save all these beings in captivity...Keiko ended up here in Norway, i wished i knew before... he ended up very lonely and dying of pneumonia in a bay not so far away... i was even more sad. They stole him from his family and the should have helped him find them again..... Atleast now he might be free wherever he might be. I wish Freedom and a sacred place for all beings🙏
I found out about his story when I was a kid and it got me into marine biology. Watching this video now still makes me feel emotional.
I'm glad he was able to enjoy both the Wild and human friendship before he passed away poor guy must have been so confused at first. Captured as a calf humans imprinted on his mind released back into the wild because of the movie he starred in. I think it's good for humans have relationships with animals. But does it have to be in captivity. It would be nice to have a good imprint on animals Minds as they live in the wild. It's healthier for the animal and humans.
this makes me imagining if a 'modern human' was released in the wild so he can revert to prehistoric human
9:06 awwww his attachment to humans is so cuteeee😂❤️ i wish i ran into him😭😭❤️❤️
all animals should live on their natural environment. im a mexican who grew up visiting keiko at reino aventura park. I deeply appreciate al your efforts to save her. 4 years of freedom are so much valuable than those in the tank.
@The Truth v Brendan Fraser that is what this video says, how many were then ?
Most whales and porpoises in captivity are either mistreated or kept in quaint, unsuitable tanks that aren't big enough for them.
If you are going to keep a porpoise or whale in captivity, *PLEASE* make sure that you're providing them with MORE THAN the necessary amount of each of their needs.
this made me cry, i am still to this day a keiko lover .....rest in peace my friend.... no more lonelyness somewhere in heaven ur with jesus swimming. amen.
In high school 20 some odd year ago I went to the island keiko was held at. He had a little cove and you could see him swimming. Glad he had th chance to be free.
It's bittersweet. On one hand, he got to be free for a few years, on the other, he clearly was used to being around humans, so he wanted their company again.
He died entirely too young--his life should've been twice what it was, and more. I'm sad he's gone. I hope those last few years were enjoyable for him.
Everyone focused on Keiko instead of Tilikum who I feel was treated worse, and he was never returned to the wild, at least he is free now
#boycottseaworld
😭 Poor Keiko. I still have room in my heart for him 💔
“You could tell he was curious, he wanted to play.” ❤️
Orcas are dolphins, not whales.
jackson moore HOW DO YOU KNOW , I KNOW THAT TOO
Dolphins are whales too
jackson moore dolphins are toothed whales but not all whales are dolphins
HI I'm a perso orcas r dolphins.
The amount of time they called him whale in first minute or 2 really bugged me to
They freed Keiko because it was in Mexico, but they didn't free any in the US, was it a double standard?
*I saw him when I was about 11 in Newport, OR. Loved him so much!!!!!* 💚
MissJane777
I am so jealous. I love orcas, keiko is the reason why I love orcas.
This is such a sad video that really hits my heart
LEAVE THE WALES ALONE PERIOD
This was actually sad to watch. Remember watching the movie when I was a kid and at the end when they showed the whales in the wild swimming freely to the micheal Jackson song... me and my siblings used to point out which one is the father/mother/brother sister lol going by the height of there dorsal fin Lol. Brings back a lot of memories.
Poor keiko spending 22 years in a tank
I live in Oregon,I am happy that Oregon played a part of getting him back home. I remember how hard Oregon school kids earn the money to bring him here. My brother in law help build his tank at the Oregon coast aquarium. Sad that it didn't work completely success but we in Oregon help get him to his home water
Keiko (27 years old) died in the wild (release 2002, died 2003) very young for an orca. Keiko was not ready for the wild. Sad really, he probably died all alone and clueless in the ocean.
It was a success. He lived 5 years in the wild. Worth every penny
POWER & WILL He lived for 4 years in a sea PEN, not the “wild”. He lived for only one year by himself in the wild, where he could barely even hunt for himself.
Spend all that money on building giant tanks for these whales with sandy bottoms - lagoons. Not concrete bottoms. Freeing them can be fatal - but at least give them a better life in captivity.
I don't think a bit of sand would make much difference to their quality of life.
I agree. Make it more natural.
it doesn't matter if it's more "natural" these whales swim hundreds of miles each day in the open ocean even the biggest pool will not be a substitute. A bit of sand won't make a difference
Keiko's story still makes me cry, almost 30 years after the movie and 16 years after his death. Such a sad thing.
Also sad is that without zoos and aquariums, 99.9% of people would never get to see wild animals, especially the larger and more intelligent ones. So how do we reconcile these issues?
Aww this was amazing. Bless his heart. Such a beautiful animal
The worst part is knowing we did this.
there is book called 'killing keiko' for any who want to know the real story
That's not the true story. That's one persons opinion that worked as part of Keikos team briefly!!!
+Dee F he may not have been employed right till the end but he was there right till the end , also the book isn't just about his experience it's about his colleges as well . How about u read it before you bash a book .
Written by a pos who owns a dolphin brokerage. Oh yes, let's take the word of someone who has investment in the capturing and selling of wild dolphins.
+Lipsmacker6 I agree with u:))
+Lipsmacker6 🐳
The fact that he stayed around humans after his release reminds me a lot of Fungie, the dolphin that hung around Dingle Bay until Covid put a stop to tourism. He was quite friendly - there were constantly boat tours out into the bay and he always came up to the boats and started jumping around, and he used to play around with people out kayaking, swimming and diving. He obviously loved the attention! Biggest difference is that Fungie was wild from the get-go - he just sorta turned up in the late 80s and stayed in and around the bay until 2020. He was quite old by then, though, so if he's dead, he had a good run.
I miss Keiko so much.... RIP big fella im now 22 years old an still missing u :(