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Finding fewer Chinook salmon to eat, the endangered southern resident orcas are visiting the San Juan Islands, their traditional summer home, less often.

Lolita was about 4 years old when she was captured in Puget Sound in summer of 1970

More than 50 years after the orca known as Lolita was captured for public display, plans are in place to return her from the Miami Seaquarium to her home waters in the Pacific Northwest, where a nearly century-old, endangered killer whale believed to be her mother still swims.

Researchers documented a 75% drop in reported sightings of the southern resident orcas from 2004 to 2020 around the San Juan Islands. That corresponded with a 50% decline in available Chinook, the orcas’ favorite food, from British Columbia’s Fraser River.

More than 50 years after the orca known as Lolita was captured for public display, plans are in place to return her from the Miami Seaquarium to her home waters in the Pacific Northwest — where a nearly century-old, endangered whale believed to be her mother still swims

More than 50 years after the orca known as Lolita was captured for public display, plans are in place to return the whale to her home waters at a cost that could reach $20 million. An unlikely coalition involving Jim Irsay announced the agreement Thursday.

Officials say the plan is to transport Lolita by plane to Pacific waters off Washington state, where she will initially swim inside a large net while trainers and veterinarians teach her how to catch fish.

MIAMI (AP) — More than 50 years after the orca known as Lolita was captured for public display, plans are in place to return her from the Miami Seaquarium to her home waters in the Pacific Northwest, where a nearly century-old, endangered killer whale believed to be her mother still swims. An unlikely coalition involving […]

A nearly century-old endangered killer whale believed to be her mother still swims in the Pacific Northwest.

More than 50 years after the orca known as Lolita was captured for public display, plans are in place to return her from the Miami Seaquarium to her home waters in the Pacific Northwest, where a nearly century-old, endangered killer whale believed to be her mother still swims.