Whale of a trip coming up: Orca Lolita to return home after half a century in Miami aquarium -
The move was announced Thursday at a press conference that included the Dolphin Co., operator of the Miami Seaquarium where Lolita has lived for over 50 years, the nonprofit Friends of Toki, Miami-Dade County officials and Mr. Irsay.
Lolita has not performed at the Seaquarium since March 2022, when she came down with a bacterial infection that nearly took her life. Since then, she has stayed in her 80-foot-long, 35-foot-wide tank. Friends of Toki and the Dolphin Co. entered into a binding agreement to bring the orca from the Seaquarium to a sanctuary in the Pacific Northwest. Federal regulatory approval would be required for the plan, including from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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