#freetokitae

[respectanimalrights]

@orcalegacy 🖋 HELP SHARE LOLITA'S STORY #Repost @orcalegacy #ahasave @ahasave —— I think this picture is a perfect example of the 'education' that goes around in marine entertainment parks... Today I listened to another podcast episode by @sentientplanetpodcast which is dedicated to Tokitae (Some may know her as Lolita). I highly recommend listening to it! You'll hear a member of the Lummi nation speak about her essay about Tokitae, her visit to Miami Seaquarium and the horrific conditions the poor orca is held in. She also tells her tribal story about human connection to the orcas. Tokitae is the last surviving stolen Southern Resident And she is not forgotten. The fight for her freedom continues every single day. Share her story, take action. Let's help Sk'aliCh'elh-tenaut see the ocean again. . . . . . #tokitae #freetokitae #freelolita #captivitykills #dontbuyaticket #orca #killerwhale #stolenfreedom #southernresidentorcas #salishsea (at Miami Seaquarium) https://www.instagram.com/p/CO5MLF2B82N/?igshid=hhtyt2gxxsnf

[jimabernethy]

#Repost @enddolphincaptivity @download.ins --- Poor Lolita, please think about how you feel about being in lock down for a few weeks . Animals don’t belong in captivity please see them in the wild . #vegan#freelolita #dolphins#captivitysucks #animallovers#lockdown2020 #covi̇d19 #selfisolation #forpeopleandplanet #bakingwithkids #holidays #freetokitae #seaworldsucks #emptythetanks #homeschooling https://www.instagram.com/p/B_BnUx-h2rt/?igshid=25ffc67m12y

[syntheticaesthetic]

YOU GUYS! @gish added my hunt item suggestion to the list! I'm so excited to see what you all do for this one! Let's make some noise for #Tokitae! #FreeTokitae #GISH

[nimafadavi]

#freetokitae #boycottzoos #boycottcircus #boycottseaworld

[killer-porpoise-blog]

Here is my poem about Tokitae. Enjoy...

I was taken away from my home, left to rot in a blood ridden prison. I was only 6. Mothers and their young died, just trying to reach me. They covered it up, kept it a secret. They even renamed me, stripped of my identity. Once they gave me a friend, he was captured like me. He couldn't take it anymore, he snapped. He smashed his head against the concrete, he bled out. I was alone once more, but then they taught me how to dance. I danced for people everyday, people from all over the world. Small children, adults...you name it. They knew I was taken, but the show must go on. I have grown tired, I don't know how much longer I can go on. I have high doubts of finding home, of finding my family. I wonder if they will ever let me go, I want to go back. Please let me go. 44 years is too long. Please let me go. I want my family. Please let me go. I've been alone for 42 years. Please let me go. I want to be free. Please let me go. My name is Tokitae, not Lolita. Let me go home. Can anyone hear me? Tokitae I hear you, I am coming. You will be free.

[respectanimalrights]

#MiamiSeaquarium, owned by Parques Reunidos, plans to reopen on November 6, 2020. Lolita has remained the only captive orca at this facility for decades. Help take action for Lolita and the Seaquarium's other captives- find calls to action and a list of the 30+ other theme parks owned by Parques Reunidos by going to the link in our bio. ▶ @dolphin_project The southern resident orca, whom the Washington state-based nation calls Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut, was taken from waters off Penn Cove in Lummi territory when she was four years old. The whale arrived at the Miami Seaquarium on 24 September 1970, where she is known as Lolita. The orca is now 54 – out-surviving a dozen other southern residents that were captured at the same time as she was. According to Orca Network, five southern residents died during the capture five decades ago, while seven were sold to marine parks around the world, all of which died in captivity except Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut. In November 2011 Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), PETA, and three individuals filed a lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to end the exclusion of Lolita from the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of the Pacific Northwest's Southern Resident orcas. NMFS reviewed ALDF’s joint petition, along with the thousands of comments submitted by the public and found the petition merited. In February 2015, the NOAA announced it would issue a rule to include Lolita in the endangered species list. Previous to this, although the Orca population that she was taken from is listed as endangered, as a captive animal, Lolita was exempted from this classification. This change does not impact on her captivity at Miami Seaquarium. Kimberly source google #EmptyTheTanks #FreeLolita #FreeTokitae #DontBuyATicket #dontgiveup https://www.instagram.com/p/CHLs9UcBzW7/?igshid=ogmu9x2zon7o

[respectanimalrights]

Opinions? Is this right? #FreeTokitae #DontBuyATicket #EmptyTheTanks (at Miami Seaquarium) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAnpsJIBUb0/?igshid=1l3zfnqkra89a

[jimabernethy]

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#Repost @untillolitaishome @download.ins --- From our founder @jim_abernethy // Today August 8th, 1970 Lolita was ripped away from her loving family, her life of freedom, to be imprisoned for humanitys entertainment! We must all flood our social networks with this incredibly cruel animal abuse that @miamiseaquarium_ continues to due to this poor sentient creature! I cannot even imagine how she has survived, longer than any other imprisoned cetacean worldwide! Please help us and be the voice for Lolita! Let's all work hard at #emptythetanksworldwide And stop this madness! Please #dontbuytheticket From @untillolitaishome // For 51 years Lolita / Tokitae has been circling the smallest orca tank in North America. August 8th, 51 years ago her life changed forever. Once free, she is now without her family, without the feeling of the changing seasons, without the turning of the tides. Unable to swim great distances, unable to catch fish. She has had everything taken away from her, everything but her strength and determination. On Sunday August 8th, please join Until Lolita is Home and other compassionate people worldwide for an online virtual event to raise awareness about Lolita’s/Tokitae's time in captivity. We are all #United4Lolita and will not stop sharing her story until she is retired. All we have is our voice, so let’s use it to tell ANYONE that will listen about Lolita's life. JOIN US ************ SUNDAY AUGUST 8TH ONLINE EVENT: tinyurl.com/united4lolita LINK IN BIO HASHTAG: #United4Lolita ************ Facebook Frame: https://www.facebook.com/profilepicframes/?selected_overlay_id=508742423548257 Shop to Support: https://until-lolita-is-home.creator-spring.com/ ************ Join the Until Lolita is Home Movement FB: http://www.facebook.com/UntilLolitaisHome IG: http://www.instagram.com/untillolitaishome http://www.RetireLolita.com UntilLolitaisHome@gmail.com #RetireLolita #RetireTokitae #FreeLolita #FreeTokitae #Blackfish #EmptyTheTanks #UntilLolitaIsHome #miamiseaquarium #Lolita #Tokitae #DontBuyATicket #StolenFreedom #thanksbutnotanks (at Miami Seaquarium) https://www.instagram.com/p/CST9MDmH55M/?utm_medium=tumblr

[respectanimalrights]

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The Dove stands for Freedom, and with her wings she's sending energy for Lolita. Moving Video Graphic by Kimberly #DontBuyATicket #EmptyTheTanks #ThanksButNoTanks #BoycottSeaworld #BetheChange #FreeLolita #RetireLolita #FreeTokitae #MarinePrison Send Lolita home please. Lolita lives in the smallest orca tank in the world. For 50 years, she has been unable to dive, swim any meaningful distance, or feel ocean currents during her imprisonment in the world’s smallest orca tank. She’s confined to a space that is, at its longest dimension, just four times the length of her body. The tank is only 20 feet deep at its deepest point and only 12 feet deep at many others, creating an absolutely abysmal experience for a mammal who would swim up to 140 miles per day and dive down thousands of feet in the ocean. She has nothing to do but swim in endless circles or float listlessly. Sometimes Lolita’s living space is made even smaller. According to Miami Seaquarium records, the water level in the tank is often dropped, and Lolita is left with even less depth. At one point, the tank reached a maximum depth of only 11 feet. Lolita’s historically small tank contains a concrete platform that she must swim around to access the rear portion of the enclosure. And she doesn’t even have access to this back area at all times, as gates on either side of the platform are often closed. (at Miami Seaquarium) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRHzyyHB5xp/?utm_medium=tumblr

[respectanimalrights]

Credit © 🎞 ✅ David Ellifrit (CWR) @jkl_srkw. J, K & L pods The oldest member of the Southern Resident Killer Whale population, L25 “Ocean Sun” (F1928) on January 24th in Haro Strait during an encounter with the center for whale research. - Since her immediate family has all died out in the 1980s (Tokitae, her daughter, resides at the Miami Seaquarium in Florida, capt. 8/8/70), Ocean Sun has been traveling with the L12s, currently consisting of L77, L94, L113, L119, L121 and L124. - 🐳: L25 (SRKW) 📸: Dave Ellifrit (CWR) #FreeTokitae #oceansunl25 #letthegirlgohome #southernresidentorca https://www.instagram.com/p/CAjGryjhIBV/?igshid=1fslho210no5y

[respectanimalrights]

WTH ARE THESE PEOPLE THINKING ??!! 😬😠 A SOCIAL, MAJESTIC, INTELLIGENT CREATURE WHO WAS PLACED IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT, TRAPPED IN A CHLORINATED BATH TUB ! #STOP PAYING TO SEE A MAMMAL THAT IS BORN TO LIVE LIFE IN THE OPEN SEA ! HER MOTHER IS WAITING FOR HER ! 😢💔🐳 #FreeTokitae - Sk'aliCh'et #RetireLolita #CetaceanRights #BoycottMiamiSeaquarium #BoycottSeaWorld #BlackFish #TheCove #DolphinProject #LummiNation #SeaShepherd https://www.instagram.com/p/B3A19ptIKki/?igshid=ha27186bxsau

[respectanimalrights]

This is my friend @dollfin74 a couple of years ago in London adding our voices for zoo!ita the Orca. #freetokitae #freelolita #emptythetanksworldwide #captivityiscruelty Graphic @respectanimalrights https://www.instagram.com/p/BzgawL7CPY1/?igshid=nov6ohgcff52

[syntheticaesthetic]

Vacation Day 2. #FreeTokitae

[syntheticaesthetic]

ThimbleWhim made beautiful art out of the GISH item I submitted for this year's hunt. I am so pleased to have been able to purchase the original art alongside the stickers, some of the proceeds of which will benefit the Orca Network and One Tree Planted.

Here’s the link if you want your own stickers! https://www.thimblewhim.com/shop/p/orca

If any other #GISHers made art prints, stickers, etc of this item, leave me a link and I'll support if I can!

#GISH #GISH2021 #FreeTokitae #FreeLolita #shutdownmiamiseaquarium