Raul Julia Levy, Johnny Depp, Harrison Ford & Snoop Dogg fight to free Willy
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Celebrity support is putting pressure on the Miami Seaquarium to release one of their prized Orcas. Lolita the killer whale has been part of the aquarium’s dog and pony show for the last 37 years, spending her days performing and her nights in a cramped tank that measures 80ft. at its widest point. Lolita is 20ft. long and 7,000 lbs.
Local activists have been calling for her release for years, but after a Newsweek article broke the story in January, a whole new force of nature has come to Lolita’s rescue — star power. All sorts of celebs are jumping on the ‘free Lolita’ bandwagon including rappers 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg and A-listers like Johnny Depp and Harrison Ford. Hollywood producer Raul Julia-Levy is even working on a benefit concert for the killer whale.
Are these celebrities really interested in what’s best for Lolita? Surely, after an animal is in captivity for 37 years, releasing it back to the wild isn’t as simple as dropping it off at Puget Sound and hoping everything will be OK. Similar efforts were undertaken to free Keiko, the charismatic killer whale of “Free Willy” fame. Back in the ocean, Keiko’s condition deteriorated steadily until he died, despite the daily monitoring of the Ocean Futures Society.
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