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In Honor of Lolita, Urge Miami Seaquarium to Release Dolphins to a Seaside Sanctuary
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Remembering Lolita: Celebrities and Activists Mourn the Loss of the Captive Orca
After spending more than five decades imprisoned at the Miami Seaquarium in the smallest, bleakest orca tank in the world, deprived of any semblance of a natural life, the long-suffering orca Lolita has passed away. Her death follows years of PETA protests, lawsuits, an endangered species designation, and the recent announcement that—thanks to philanthropist and Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay—plans were finally being made to move her to a sea sanctuary.
Celebrities from around the world fought for her freedom and have taken to social media to express their heartbreak over her passing as well as their frustration that other orcas, including Corky at SeaWorld, are still imprisoned:
Kate del Castillo
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Lala Kent
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Marjorie de Sousa
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Madison Monroe
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Chad Johnson
Christopher von Uckermann
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Patty Lopez de la Cerda
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María Celeste
Kristina Carrillo-Bucaram
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Doug Benson
Raiza Wilson
Laurie Holden
Vlada Haggerty
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Jenny Mollen
PETA urges everyone to honor Lolita’s memory by never visiting marine parks and is calling on the Miami Seaquarium to continue with plans to send Li’i, the dolphin who was Lolita’s tankmate, to a sea sanctuary, along with all the other dolphins there, before the death toll rises.
SeaWorld must learn from this tragedy and relinquish the orca Corky, who has been imprisoned in tiny tanks for nearly 54 years, before she shares Lolita’s fate:
Urge SeaWorld to Send Corky to a Seaside Sanctuary!
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Local PD’s K-9 Deaths Scandal to Draw PETA Rally, Demand for Independent Investigation, Prosecutions
Carrying signs reading, “Dogs Left for DEAD in Extreme HEAT” and “Independent Investigation NOW!” PETA supporters will converge outside City Hall on Wednesday to demand an investigation into what appears to be a conflict of interest surrounding responsibility for the deaths of nearly 20 dogs who experienced heat exhaustion while being transported inside an unventilated box truck on July 27. At least eight of the dogs died in agony, while others were denied emergency treatment.
When: Wednesday, August 23, 12 noon
Where: Outside Lake Station City Hall, 1969 Central Ave., Lake Station
The dogs were reportedly headed to a K-9 training facility in Berrien Center, Michigan, and the driver sat in traffic in 91-degree heat for hours. According to reports, when he finally pulled over, several dogs were already dead—and although representatives of the Humane Society of Hobart were on the scene almost immediately, the Lake Station Police Department blocked them from assisting the distressed dogs, forcing rescuers who had access to multiple air-conditioned vehicles to stand by as more dogs died. The police then allowed the driver to leave the scene with both deceased and live dogs unsecured in the open back of the truck. PETA has discovered that Lake Station Police Chief James Richardson apparently had an existing relationship with the owner and operator of the company that was transporting the dogs, Mike McHenry of FMK9.
“Authorities prevented rescuers from providing urgent care because they were apparently more concerned about a personal relationship than these dogs’ suffering,” says PETA Senior Vice President of Cruelty Investigations Daphna Nachminovitch. “PETA is calling for the Lake Station Police Department, which failed dogs who relied on it for help, to step aside and allow an unbiased third party to investigate this incident.”
PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to abuse in any way”—opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview.
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