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Trainer Marcia Hinton pets Lolita, a captive orca whale, during a performance at the Miami Seaquarium in Miami, March 9, 1995. The Miami Seaquarium, an old-Florida style tourist attraction that was home to Lolita, the beloved Orca that died last year, is being evicted from the waterfront property it leases from Miami-Dade County. Miami-Dade County cited a “long and troubling history of violations” in a lease termination notice sent Thursday, March 7, 2024 to the chief executive officer of The Dolphin Company, which owns the Seaquarium. (Nuri Vallbona/Miami Herald via AP, File)

Miami Seaquarium gets eviction notice several months after death of Lolita the orca

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Trainer Marcia Hinton pets Lolita, a captive orca whale, during a performance at the Miami Seaquarium in Miami, March 9, 1995. Lolita, an orca whale held captive for more than a half-century, died Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, at the Miami Seaquarium as caregivers prepared to move her from the theme park in the near future. (Nuri Vallbona/Miami Herald via AP, File)

Lolita the orca dies at Miami Seaquarium after half-century in captivity

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Trainer Marcia Hinton pets Lolita, a captive orca whale, during a performance at the Miami Seaquarium in Miami, March 9, 1995. An unlikely coalition made up of a theme park owner, an animal rights group, a mayor and a philanthropist who owns an NFL team announced Thursday, March 30, 2023, that a plan is in place to return Lolita an orca that has lived in captivity at the Miami Seaquarium for more than 50 years to its home waters in the Pacific Northwest. (Nuri Vallbona/Miami Herald via AP, File)

Whale of a trip coming up: Orca Lolita to return home after half a century in Miami aquarium

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times