Orca Tokitae’s move from Miami to Washington could happen as soon as this fall

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Tokitae was captured from the L pod of the Salish Sea’s Southern Resident orcas.

He’s spending tens of millions of dollars to buy a fenced-off space in the water and reintroduce her to new animals.

“We were just out in Washington, it’s a 15-acre fenced-in area where she’ll start, it can be reduced to one acre, and she’ll have two dolphin friends,” Irsay said. He said it’s important to remember that Tokitae is not being released back into the wild after decades in captivity. Irsay is also paying to bring the orca’s trainers and caretakers to Washington to help with the transition.Tokitae is known as “Lolita” at the Miami Seaquarium.

 

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