3/15/2024 0 Comments Lolita freeOther signs displayed by the children asserted that Lolita is “suffering” in her tank at the Seaquarium and called for her release into a marine sanctuary in the Salish Sea, the estuary in the Northern Pacific along the coasts of the Canadian province of British Columbia and the US state of Washington, where she was born. She added that it is unacceptable to capture marine mammals, separate them from their family and keep them captive. Susan Hargreaves, the founder of Animal Hero Kids and a Florida wildlife rehabilitation worker for many years, said that there has been a “radical” change in the public’s view of the capture and confinement of wild animals. With a big inflatable orca on the scene to help publicize the event, the children, wearing green capes to represent their environmentalist organization, joined the campaign that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has headed for many years to free the oldest killer whale in captivity.īeneath an intense sun, the demonstrators stood together along the road connecting Miami with Key Biscayne outside the Seaquarium, which has reopened its doors after being shut down for months due to the coronavirus pandemic. Miami, Jun 1 (EFE).- About a dozen children with the Animal Hero Kids environmentalist group on Tuesday in front of the Miami Seaquarium called for it to release the orca Lolita, who was captured 50 years ago when she was younger than some of the activist kids.Ĭarrying signs reading “Younger than me when no longer free” and “Animal Hero Kids for Lolita’s liberation,” the children – ages 9-12 – urged the Spanish Parques Reunidos company to free the 57-year-old killer whale.
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