L.L.L Let Lolita Live - Free Lolita the Orca From Miami Seaquarium
- al: L.L.L Let Lolita Live
- destinatario: The Miami Seaquarium, APHIS, Office of the Governor of the State of Florida, The Humane Society, Animal Angels
Lolita is the only surviving Orca of a horrific & brutal capture of a pod of 58 Orcas in Washington State on the 8th August 1970. She has been living in what has been called 'A Whale Puddle' at the Miami Seaquarium performing the same tricks twice a day everyday for the PAST FORTY YEARS, It is time to L.L.L LET LOLITA LIVE & free her from the Miami Seaquarium.
Following the information, & links, there is further reading into her horrid capture & the truth behind the Miami Seaquarium.
------------------FREE LOLITA MOVEMENT---------------------
Protesters have been fighting for years to FREE LOLITA & have reached the headlines several times. 'Lolita; Slave To Entertainment' a documentary that won numerous awards further served to push Lolita's Freedom into the public eye & many individuals, including children such as Trevor an inspiring nine year old boy, who began the Facebook Page L.L.L Let Lolita Live have dedicated their life to seeing her be free. Forty Years on & Protesters continue, hoping to see her freed.
-----WHY IS SHE STILL CAPTIVE AFTER FORTY YEARS OF SERVICE?-------
The Miami Seaquarium have made several claims that it would be unsafe to Free Lolita as she has been in captivity too long to readapt to living without constant human attention & they further claim that she is happy where she is...
This petition will answer those two questions:
1) Is Lolita happy at the Miami Seaquarium? NO.
-----------------CAPTURE-----------------
Lolita and her family were swimming peacefully off the coast of Washington State, in route to a ritual gathering of the orca nations. The year of 1970 was different, the pod of orcas were met with roaring speed boats, explosives & nets. Deafening bombs exploded around the family as boats and small aircraft attempted to herd the disoriented whales into Puget Sound's Penn Cove inlet. The mature orcas split into two groups in a bid to protect their young by leading the capturers on a wild goose chase...they were unsuccessful. Puget Sound residents claim that the air was thick with the sounds of whales screaming that day & night.
Orcas that did not survive the capture were SLIT OPEN, their bodies filled with rocks & sunk to the sea floor, (later washing up & creating a news frenzy.)
-------------------BOUGHT BY MIAMI SEAQUARIUM-----------------------
Nonetheless, Lolita was purchased by The Miami Seaquarium & taken 3000 miles from home to live in a tank well below minimum APHIS standards. The Humane Society filed a formal complaint against the Miami Seaquarium in 1995 with APHIS (The Animal Plant & Humane Service) as Lolita's Tank does not meet the minimum standards for an Orca her size, in fact it should be almost double what it is to reach minimum standards. The Humane Society's complaint was met with a cold shoulder by APHIS despite the clear space violation. The ongoing claim by the Seaquarium has been that they have been in plans to construct a new tank for Lolita... which still has yet to come to fruition.
-----------------MIAMI SEAQUARIUM...WORKED TO DEATH-------------------
At the seaquarium Lolita was temporarily reunited with one of the other captured orca's named Hugo. The Miami Seaquarium housed him in The Manatee pool which was so small that, in order for him to feed, his tail would bend against the floor in order to bob his head out of the water. Hugo was worked to death in just 10 years, dying of an anauerism, a result of hitting his head one to many times against the tiny walls of his tank...since then, Lolita has been alone at the Miami Seaquarium, her only friend, an inflatable toy orca.
Following the release of Keiko from another facility (the Orca that starred in the motion picture Free Willy) they even attempted to capture him claiming that it was for his own protection. The reality: Lolita The Orca is the Miami Seaquarium's cash cow & they will work her to death. After all, on top of the earnings they recieve daily on tickets, merchandise & investment stock, when Lolita does die, The Miami Seaquarium will gain a further ONE MILLION DOLLARS, their life insurance policy on her, they will never set her free of their own accord.
The Miami Seaquarium has an infamous record which has been exposed by many people including Ric O'Barry (former trainer of Flipper). Photo & document evidence proves that while Flipper's identity may never die, the dolphins playing him certainly do. At one point, staff were quoted as saying that the dolphin graveyard was full. How many animals have died? Miami Seaquarium Death Charts confirm an astonishing 61 dolphin deaths, 31 sealion deaths & 20 still born sealions in addition to Hugo's death. In addition, it is alleged that Lolita has given birth to many stillborn calves though numbers are sketchy.
Rare pictures were released of the stomach contents of one of the dolphins named Poncho who died of stomach problems. Among his stomach contents were: 2 footballs, 31 Coins, 21 Stones, 1 Trainers Whistle & various other metal objects. Former trainer Russ Rector states that marine mammals "get bored in captivity & pop up & swallow a football whole." The fact that Lolita has escaped this kind of fate for forty years is unbelievable, but Orca specialists of course say her luck will run out & she will die at the Miami Seaquarium.
What more do you need to know? Sign The Petition, free Lolita & L.L.L Let Lolita Live!!!
Following the information, & links, there is further reading into her horrid capture & the truth behind the Miami Seaquarium.
------------------FREE LOLITA MOVEMENT---------------------
Protesters have been fighting for years to FREE LOLITA & have reached the headlines several times. 'Lolita; Slave To Entertainment' a documentary that won numerous awards further served to push Lolita's Freedom into the public eye & many individuals, including children such as Trevor an inspiring nine year old boy, who began the Facebook Page L.L.L Let Lolita Live have dedicated their life to seeing her be free. Forty Years on & Protesters continue, hoping to see her freed.
-----WHY IS SHE STILL CAPTIVE AFTER FORTY YEARS OF SERVICE?-------
The Miami Seaquarium have made several claims that it would be unsafe to Free Lolita as she has been in captivity too long to readapt to living without constant human attention & they further claim that she is happy where she is...
This petition will answer those two questions:
1) Is Lolita happy at the Miami Seaquarium? NO.
- APHIS (The Animal Plant & Humane Service) state the primary enclosure for a whale of Lolita's size must be a minimum of 48 feet wide in either direction with a straight line of travel across the middle. Lolita's tank is a mere 35 feet from the front wall to the slide out barrier. At its deepest point in the center the tank is only 20 feet deep.
- Damning footage shows that the structure of her tank & it's near ancient pipes are dangerous. The pipes that are supposed to be filtering Lolita's tank water are leaky & rusty & while the Miami Seaquarium has fixed many of its ageing features (electrical faults & stadium poles, things relevant to human safety) Lolita still remains in the same tank.
- Lolita is fed her fish as 'positive re-enforcement'...though from her perspective it is food deprivation, no performance - no food.
- In the wild, orcas swim up to 100 miles a day. In captivity, she swims around in circles, also in the wild orcas dive hundreds of feet, Lolita's tank is only 20 feet deep.
- Orcas use Sonar as their primary sense, it is incredibly highly developed & also known as echo-location. In her tank at The Miami Seaquarium, she is suffering not just from natural sensory deprivation, but deafening seemingly endless echoes of applauding crowds & other marine park noises. Lets not forget that Lolita lives alone in her tank, the 'whale songs' that crowds love to hear are her attempts to call for her family...calls that go unheard.
- Orcas are very social marine mammals with a distinct hierarchy among their family pod. They hunt, play & travel together their whole lives using dialects individual to their family pod. Once again, Lolita lives alone, no socializing & playing, no hunting & certainly no communication with her pod...not for lack of trying.
- Orcas are intelligent, (which is why they are so prized by marine parks). In the wild, they make decisions both individually & with their pod. They hone their instincts for hunting & pass on immeasurable information to the young calves born within the pod. They made decisions on mating & location. In captivity Lolita's intelligence is abused for entertainment, doing the same mindless routine twice a day in order to receive her food.
- Lolita is completely unprotected from the elements in her 'whale puddle' experiencing the full intensity of Miami's searing sun & changes in climate, (the onlookers of her show of course are protected, her tank is not.)
- A proposal by the Orca Network to the Miami Seaquarium details the veterinary care & dietary needs of Lolita will be met. Within the seapen she will continue the diet she is accustomed to & then slowly, under professional supervision, have live fish introduced into her diet. She will be closely supervised while in the sea pen & released only if that is her choice. Lolita is the sole survivor of all the orcas captured at Puget Sound & she soldiers on, showing not only her strength, but her will to survive. Specialists believe this quality assures a very high chance that she can be 'deprogrammed'.
- Orca biologists feel Lolita is a perfect candidate for retirement to a natural sea pen in Puget Sound where she was taken. Lolita will ultimately determine if she wants to be released. If she chooses life in a pen then there she may retire in peace and experience the natural rhythms of the sea. She will hear her family as they pass through the Sound twice a year.
- Similar proposals have already proved successful, including the careful transport required. Keiko (The Free Willy Orca) was transported to Iceland & showed immediate rejuvenation upon reintroduction to natural waters. Tom & Misha, (The Oludeniz Dolphins) are also currently undergoing a successful rehabilitation program following their release from a tiny tank to a sea pen off the coast of Turkey.
- The Orca community that Lolita was poached from experiences no recruitment, except by birth or death. The remaining orcas of the pod have been under intense study for more than thirty years & orca specialists believe that Lolita's mother could be among the pod still (there are three likely candidates). Fourteen female orcas in total remain in the pod since Lolita's capture.
- Video & audio evidence has shown that Lolita recognizes the songs of her pod, they have been played to her through audio devices. This further proves to cement the fact that if she chooses to live free & rejoin her pod, she will be known & accepted & vice versa.
-----------------CAPTURE-----------------
Lolita and her family were swimming peacefully off the coast of Washington State, in route to a ritual gathering of the orca nations. The year of 1970 was different, the pod of orcas were met with roaring speed boats, explosives & nets. Deafening bombs exploded around the family as boats and small aircraft attempted to herd the disoriented whales into Puget Sound's Penn Cove inlet. The mature orcas split into two groups in a bid to protect their young by leading the capturers on a wild goose chase...they were unsuccessful. Puget Sound residents claim that the air was thick with the sounds of whales screaming that day & night.
Orcas that did not survive the capture were SLIT OPEN, their bodies filled with rocks & sunk to the sea floor, (later washing up & creating a news frenzy.)
-------------------BOUGHT BY MIAMI SEAQUARIUM-----------------------
Nonetheless, Lolita was purchased by The Miami Seaquarium & taken 3000 miles from home to live in a tank well below minimum APHIS standards. The Humane Society filed a formal complaint against the Miami Seaquarium in 1995 with APHIS (The Animal Plant & Humane Service) as Lolita's Tank does not meet the minimum standards for an Orca her size, in fact it should be almost double what it is to reach minimum standards. The Humane Society's complaint was met with a cold shoulder by APHIS despite the clear space violation. The ongoing claim by the Seaquarium has been that they have been in plans to construct a new tank for Lolita... which still has yet to come to fruition.
-----------------MIAMI SEAQUARIUM...WORKED TO DEATH-------------------
At the seaquarium Lolita was temporarily reunited with one of the other captured orca's named Hugo. The Miami Seaquarium housed him in The Manatee pool which was so small that, in order for him to feed, his tail would bend against the floor in order to bob his head out of the water. Hugo was worked to death in just 10 years, dying of an anauerism, a result of hitting his head one to many times against the tiny walls of his tank...since then, Lolita has been alone at the Miami Seaquarium, her only friend, an inflatable toy orca.
Following the release of Keiko from another facility (the Orca that starred in the motion picture Free Willy) they even attempted to capture him claiming that it was for his own protection. The reality: Lolita The Orca is the Miami Seaquarium's cash cow & they will work her to death. After all, on top of the earnings they recieve daily on tickets, merchandise & investment stock, when Lolita does die, The Miami Seaquarium will gain a further ONE MILLION DOLLARS, their life insurance policy on her, they will never set her free of their own accord.
The Miami Seaquarium has an infamous record which has been exposed by many people including Ric O'Barry (former trainer of Flipper). Photo & document evidence proves that while Flipper's identity may never die, the dolphins playing him certainly do. At one point, staff were quoted as saying that the dolphin graveyard was full. How many animals have died? Miami Seaquarium Death Charts confirm an astonishing 61 dolphin deaths, 31 sealion deaths & 20 still born sealions in addition to Hugo's death. In addition, it is alleged that Lolita has given birth to many stillborn calves though numbers are sketchy.
Rare pictures were released of the stomach contents of one of the dolphins named Poncho who died of stomach problems. Among his stomach contents were: 2 footballs, 31 Coins, 21 Stones, 1 Trainers Whistle & various other metal objects. Former trainer Russ Rector states that marine mammals "get bored in captivity & pop up & swallow a football whole." The fact that Lolita has escaped this kind of fate for forty years is unbelievable, but Orca specialists of course say her luck will run out & she will die at the Miami Seaquarium.
What more do you need to know? Sign The Petition, free Lolita & L.L.L Let Lolita Live!!!
LLL Let Lolita Live Free Lolita the Orca From Miami Seaquarium
We, the undersigned, petition that Lolita, the Orca that has been residing at Miami Seaquarium, 4400 Rickenbacker Causeway, Key Biscayne, FLORIDA 33149 be freed from the marine park. We believe that her capture at Puget Sound in Washington State in 1970, (along with 57 other orcas sold to various marine parks) was brutal & cruel, that keeping her for forty years in this way is cruel & in these environmental & conservational times that the U.S should be following the trends of other nations who have successfully rehabilitated & freed marine mammals, such as the Orca Keiko & Tom & Misha the Oludeniz Dolphins.
This is not a huge action that we are requesting, there is ALREADY a retirement plan in place for Lolita which was created by Orca Specialists. The Sea Pen's location, staff & rehabilitation methods have already been presented to the Miami Seaquarium by the Orca Network & has been rejected time & again, because the Seaquarium does not want to lose its primary ticket earner. We are aware that The Miami Seaquarium will not release her of their own accord, they have rejected numerous offers from both charitable organizations & even businesses who have offered to buy Lolita's freedom. Her one million dollar life insurance policy further cements the fact that political pressure needs to be put on The Miami Seaquarium.
Furthermore, Lolita has been housed at the Miami Seaquarium in a tank substandard to minimum APHIS requirements forced to perform the same routine twice a day, every day for the past forty years. Hugo, another Orca from the capture died from a head injury resulting directly from the size of his tank. The Miami Seaquarium has repeatedly made claims & shown plans for an upgraded tank, which has never come to fruition but we all solemnly believe that this is irrelevant at this point.
All current evidence & scientific theory have proven that Lolita's spectacle is no more than a show of dominance of man's ability to overpower nature & its forces. There is no educational value in keeping her captive & alone, performing tricks & behaving in ways that are actually counter-educational, orcas DO NOT behave this way in the wild. Education of the public about Orcas & other marine mammals can only be done by viewing them in the wild, (whether it be on whale-watching trips, IMAX screens, reading material etc).
We have seen & read all the evidence about the Miami Seaquarium & are shocked at your lack of action. The myriad of evidence that proves not only is Lolita's tank below standards, but it is suffering from a variety of ageing issues including structural, electrical, filtration & rust. The stadium that she performs in is a fire hazard as its seating capacity is double the amount allowed by fire regulations with only two emergency exits. In addition to the safety violations to the public, we contend that Lolita be rehabilitated & released for the safety of workers & trainers, current news I am sure has informed you not only of trainer deaths, but many ongoing injuries caused to trainers, workers & visitors by marine mammals.
We must therefore ask the assistance & attention of ALL OF YOU. The exploitation of Lolita the Orca by the Miami Seaquarium must end, protests continue every year, more scientific, safety & environmental evidence continues to be made available. Success stories of other marine mammals abound, tragedies of human & animal deaths at marine parks is huge. Everything needed to FREE LOLITA is in place, every possibility has been thought of & every tactic tried...
Now we the people are petitioning for ALL THE REASONS provided to aid Lolita's cause & push for her rehabilitation & freedom. No longer are there ANY EXCUSES for you not to act. If science, safety & education is not enough motivation for you to make Lolita's freedom a priority, then think with your hearts. Forty years imprisonment is long enough. Lolita has served the Miami Seaquarium long enough & we all agree that you must take action to help her.
We will not give up. We will not go away & we DO NOT want to see the day when Lolita dies as a prisoner when it could have been stopped. This petition has been presented to you...please Fight For Lolita's Freedom.
LLL Let Lolita Live!!! Returning Lolita to the wild is not just giving her back her freedom, it is a statement that The Wild is her home & It was taken from her.
Thank you for your time reading this letter & I hope that action will follow.
firma la peticiónfirma la peticiónWe, the undersigned, petition that Lolita, the Orca that has been residing at Miami Seaquarium, 4400 Rickenbacker Causeway, Key Biscayne, FLORIDA 33149 be freed from the marine park. We believe that her capture at Puget Sound in Washington State in 1970, (along with 57 other orcas sold to various marine parks) was brutal & cruel, that keeping her for forty years in this way is cruel & in these environmental & conservational times that the U.S should be following the trends of other nations who have successfully rehabilitated & freed marine mammals, such as the Orca Keiko & Tom & Misha the Oludeniz Dolphins.
This is not a huge action that we are requesting, there is ALREADY a retirement plan in place for Lolita which was created by Orca Specialists. The Sea Pen's location, staff & rehabilitation methods have already been presented to the Miami Seaquarium by the Orca Network & has been rejected time & again, because the Seaquarium does not want to lose its primary ticket earner. We are aware that The Miami Seaquarium will not release her of their own accord, they have rejected numerous offers from both charitable organizations & even businesses who have offered to buy Lolita's freedom. Her one million dollar life insurance policy further cements the fact that political pressure needs to be put on The Miami Seaquarium.
Furthermore, Lolita has been housed at the Miami Seaquarium in a tank substandard to minimum APHIS requirements forced to perform the same routine twice a day, every day for the past forty years. Hugo, another Orca from the capture died from a head injury resulting directly from the size of his tank. The Miami Seaquarium has repeatedly made claims & shown plans for an upgraded tank, which has never come to fruition but we all solemnly believe that this is irrelevant at this point.
All current evidence & scientific theory have proven that Lolita's spectacle is no more than a show of dominance of man's ability to overpower nature & its forces. There is no educational value in keeping her captive & alone, performing tricks & behaving in ways that are actually counter-educational, orcas DO NOT behave this way in the wild. Education of the public about Orcas & other marine mammals can only be done by viewing them in the wild, (whether it be on whale-watching trips, IMAX screens, reading material etc).
We have seen & read all the evidence about the Miami Seaquarium & are shocked at your lack of action. The myriad of evidence that proves not only is Lolita's tank below standards, but it is suffering from a variety of ageing issues including structural, electrical, filtration & rust. The stadium that she performs in is a fire hazard as its seating capacity is double the amount allowed by fire regulations with only two emergency exits. In addition to the safety violations to the public, we contend that Lolita be rehabilitated & released for the safety of workers & trainers, current news I am sure has informed you not only of trainer deaths, but many ongoing injuries caused to trainers, workers & visitors by marine mammals.
We must therefore ask the assistance & attention of ALL OF YOU. The exploitation of Lolita the Orca by the Miami Seaquarium must end, protests continue every year, more scientific, safety & environmental evidence continues to be made available. Success stories of other marine mammals abound, tragedies of human & animal deaths at marine parks is huge. Everything needed to FREE LOLITA is in place, every possibility has been thought of & every tactic tried...
Now we the people are petitioning for ALL THE REASONS provided to aid Lolita's cause & push for her rehabilitation & freedom. No longer are there ANY EXCUSES for you not to act. If science, safety & education is not enough motivation for you to make Lolita's freedom a priority, then think with your hearts. Forty years imprisonment is long enough. Lolita has served the Miami Seaquarium long enough & we all agree that you must take action to help her.
We will not give up. We will not go away & we DO NOT want to see the day when Lolita dies as a prisoner when it could have been stopped. This petition has been presented to you...please Fight For Lolita's Freedom.
LLL Let Lolita Live!!! Returning Lolita to the wild is not just giving her back her freedom, it is a statement that The Wild is her home & It was taken from her.
Thank you for your time reading this letter & I hope that action will follow.
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