Help Free Lolita

The Issue

Lolita was violently torn away from her family in Washington's Puget Sound decades ago. Half a century later, she's the last surviving orca of the more than 30 who were captured off the coast of Washington and she's still imprisoned at the Miami Seaquarium—in the smallest, oldest orca tank in the world—while the rest of her pod, including an orca believed to be her mother, swims freely. Lolita hasn't had any contact with another orca since 1980, when her tankmate, Hugo, died after repeatedly ramming his head into a wall.  Please help raise awareness to this. Lolita has suffered through so much already. In September 2020, France made a historic announcement that it's banning marine parks—including Marineland Antibes—from breeding or acquiring new orcas and other dolphins, and it intends to transition Wikie, Inouk, Moana, and Keijo to seaside sanctuaries within the next two years. At least 12 orcas have died at Marineland Antibes, including 19-year-old Valentin, who was killed during severe flooding just four months after his mother, Freya, died. Lolita lives in the oldest tank there. It is concrete and too shallow for an Orca to live in. Please help her get out of Captivity. She wasn't born in there and doesn't belong in it. Information from https://support.peta.org/ 

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The Issue

Lolita was violently torn away from her family in Washington's Puget Sound decades ago. Half a century later, she's the last surviving orca of the more than 30 who were captured off the coast of Washington and she's still imprisoned at the Miami Seaquarium—in the smallest, oldest orca tank in the world—while the rest of her pod, including an orca believed to be her mother, swims freely. Lolita hasn't had any contact with another orca since 1980, when her tankmate, Hugo, died after repeatedly ramming his head into a wall.  Please help raise awareness to this. Lolita has suffered through so much already. In September 2020, France made a historic announcement that it's banning marine parks—including Marineland Antibes—from breeding or acquiring new orcas and other dolphins, and it intends to transition Wikie, Inouk, Moana, and Keijo to seaside sanctuaries within the next two years. At least 12 orcas have died at Marineland Antibes, including 19-year-old Valentin, who was killed during severe flooding just four months after his mother, Freya, died. Lolita lives in the oldest tank there. It is concrete and too shallow for an Orca to live in. Please help her get out of Captivity. She wasn't born in there and doesn't belong in it. Information from https://support.peta.org/ 

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Petition created on February 22, 2021