Fifty-two years after Lolita the killer whale entered captivity, the orca may return to the ocean ... who was removed from the wild and transported to the Miami Seaquarium in 1970, according ...

"Length-of-time spent in captivity ... Zina, an orca who used to be captive in a whale jail, was spotted thriving in the wild recently. A stock photo shows a pod of orca swimming.

While there have no recorded orca killings of humans in the wild, there have been ... Lolita the Killer Whale May Return to Mother After Decades in Captivity SeaWorld Bloodbath as Orca Turn ...

Incredible and rare' sight as endangered whale attacked by 60 orcas ... Since 1961 when the first wild orca was captured, 174 orcas have died in captivity, which doesn't include the 30 miscarried ...

Now, the orca is estimated to be around 57 years old and is the “oldest killer whale in captivity.” NBC 6 reported that after years of performances, the 7,000-pound orca fell ill in recent ...

An endangered orca whale died shortly after its birth on Tuesday ... Deborah Giles, science and research director for the nonprofit Wild Orca, told the Seattle Times that she's observed similar ...

Tokitae the orca, also called Lolita, spent more than 50 years in captivity ... the wild with the L-pod of orcas. The L-pod, the largest of the three pods in the Southern Resident Killer Whale ...

MIAMI — More than 50 years after the orca known as Lolita was captured for ... endangered killer whale believed to be her mother still swims. An unlikely coalition involving the theme park's ...

But halting breeding means that SeaWorld’s whale exhibit, the “Orca Experience ... animals in the wild, and without hands-on learning from those whales in captivity, they’d lose that ...

Over the last five decades, the gentle southern resident killer whale – the last one still in captivity – has seen ... cradle-to-grave bond that weds an orca mother to her young.

An orca held captive at a Miami aquarium for more ... At age 57, she is one of the oldest killer whales in captivity. The release of Lolita and the costs to transport her across the country ...