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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

In this March 9, 1995 file photo, trainer Marcia Hinton pets Lolita, a captive orca whale, during a performance at the Miami Seaquarium in Miami. The new owners of the Miami Seaquarium will no longer stage shows with its aging orca Lolita under an agreement with federal regulators. MS Leisure, a subsidiary of The Dolphin Company, said in a news release it completed acquisition of the Seaquarium on Thursday, March 3, 2022. (Nuri Vallbona/Miami Herald via AP, File)

Miami Seaquarium ending shows with aging orca Lolita

Associated Press

Freeing Lolita from Miami Seaquarium is ‘sacred obligation’

By CHABELI HERRERA - Associated Press