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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
Estimated at over 90 years old, the killer whale believed to be her mother continues to swim free with other members of their pod.
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.
American billionaire shocked many by announcing plans to help pay for Lolita, also known as Tokitae or Sk’aliCh’elh-tenau, to come home.
Plans are in place to return her from the Miami Seaquarium to her home waters in the Pacific Northwest to join her mother who is believed to still swim freely there