Captive orca Lolita can stay at Miami aquarium -US appeals court
1/14/2018
The Seaquarium kept Lolita after SeaWorld Entertainment Inc decided in 2016 to end its orca breeding programmes and phase out killer whale shows. A 2013 documentary, “Blackfish,” had depicted the captivity and exhibition of killer whales as cruel. The appeals court ruled nine days after Bob Barker, ...
1/13/2018
Lolita the Killer Whale is seen between shows at the Miami Seaquarium in Miami January 21, 2015. — Reuters picMIAMI, Jan 13 — A federal appeals court yesterday rejected efforts by animal rights advocates to force the Miami Seaquarium in Florida to release Lolita, a killer whale it has held in captivity ...
1/12/2018
The Seaquarium kept Lolita after SeaWorld Entertainment Inc decided in 2016 to end its orca breeding programs and phase out killer whale shows. A 2013 documentary, “Blackfish,” had depicted the captivity and exhibition of killer whales as cruel. The appeals court ruled nine days after Bob Barker, the ...
Jan 12 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Friday rejected efforts by animal rights advocates to force the Miami Seaquarium in Florida to release Lolita, a killer whale it has held in captivity for nearly half a century. By a 3-0 vote, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Miami rejected claims by People ...