Target: Andrew Hertz, General Manager of Miami Seaquarium
Goal: Free Lolita, the orca who has been held captive for 45 years and alone for 35 years.
Campaign update:
Our movement to free Lolita, the orca trapped in a tiny tank at Miami Seaquarium for 45 years, has taken off with thousands of supporters! Now we need your help to turn up the heat and force the Miami Seaquarium to FREE LOLITA.
Let’s bring our message directly to Miami Seaquarium, the institution that is holding Lolita prisoner by posting the following message on Facebook:
Orcas don’t belong in captivity. Lolita has suffered for 45 years @MiamiSeaquarium in her tiny tank. Please send her to a seaside sanctuary. I stand with thousands of activists who have signed this petition calling to #FreeLolita https://forcechange.com/155049/free-lone-orca-stuck-in-tank-for-45-years/
And on Twitter:
Lolita the orca has suffered 45 years @MiamiSeaquarium. Please send her to a seaside sanctuary. #FreeLolita https://forcechange.com/155049/free-lone-orca-stuck-in-tank-for-45-years/
Lolita the orca has been held captive since 1970 and has been alone since her only companion died in 1980. On top of all this, Lolita is the captive orca with the smallest tank in the entire U.S. It is preposterous for Miami Seaquarium, the institution that is holding her prisoner, to say it cares about education, conservation, and the appreciation of all marine species when it is not showing the slightest sign of respect for this creature.
After the exciting news that SeaWorld is ending its orca breeding program at all its locations, Miami Seaquarium was asked about its stance regarding its lone orca, Lolita. Miami Seaquarium announced that it will not be releasing Lolita and “will continue [its] commitment to education, conservation and the appreciation of all marine species.”
Sign this petition and demand Miami Seaquarium bring Lolita to a seaside sanctuary where she can happily live out the rest of her days among other orcas in a more natural environment.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Mr. Hertz and Miami Seaquarium,
More and more venues are deciding to end their entertainment shows that involve animals. Your organization is taking a step in the opposite direction. Miami Seaquarium has announced it will keep Lolita the orca in her tiny solitary confinement and continue her shows.
Miami Seaquarium states it will keep Lolita and the show because of its “commitment to education, conservation and the appreciation of all marine species.” Keeping a very social animal in solitary confinement for 35 years in the tiniest orca tank in the U.S. is not showing any appreciation of this creature.
Please practice what you preach and release Lolita to a seaside sanctuary where she can happily live out the rest of her days among other orcas in a more natural environment.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
Photo credit: Belissarius
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Let’s make the best we can for her for the remaining part of her life. Orcas are not for our entertainment. She is lonely.
I would say free this whale but I hear it would be an impossible survival so since us humans especially the ones that claim to love these animals as they keep them confined,already did the same maybe find a way to better the conditions. The hate I feel for you is immense
I meant already did this animal harm and damage is done
Whale captivity needs to end everywhere! Shameful what we’ve done to them!
Free Lolita and let her have some quality of life
If you free her, put her in an area where you spot other whales. Don’t throw her out in the wild alone.
CLOSE DOWN ALL ZOO’S. ANIMAL ABUSE. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE LOCKED IN A CAGE ALL YOUR LIFE, WITH NO ROOM TO RUN AND PLAY? BUT YOU DO GET HARASSED BY LITTLE SHITS THAT TOSS ROCKS, FOOD, AND OTHER STUFF AT YOU.
Born free, live free, forever. Stop the cruelty on Lolita!!!! Give her back the right of Freedom.
Give Lotita back her right of Freedom. Born free, live free, forever!!!!!
Let Lolita have some quality of live
Free lolita help her she has been a prisioner to long she needs freedom
rendez la liberté à lolita