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Lolita, an orca at Miami Seaquarium, is set to make her return to the wild. Aquarium leaders are planning to transport her by plane back to the Washington area.

The orca is widely known from the 2013 documentary Blackfish

Plans are to return Lolita from the Miami Seaquarium to her home waters, where a nearly century-old killer whale believed to be her mother still swims.

The killer whale, also known as Tokitae, has lived in a tank at the Miami Seaquarium for decades. Now she might could be headed to a sanctuary in waters where her family still swims.

The Southern Resident orca that has lived in captivity since 1970 may finally come home.

Lolita, an orca whale, is being returned to her home waters in the Pacific Northwest after 50 years of captivity. “It’s a step toward restoring our natural environment,” said Howard Garrett, of the advocacy group Orca Network.

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

Lolita, also known as Tokitae, was about 4 years old when she was captured in Puget Sound in summer 1970, during a time of deadly orca roundups. She spent decades

50 years after orca Lolita was captured, plans are to return her from Miami Seaquarium to Pacific Northwest, where it's believed her mother still swims.

After five decades, Lolita will get to spend her retirement back in her Pacific Ocean home.