Aquariums
Was Harambe just trying to protect a young boy? And, what does it all say about those animal prisons called zoos? Hollywood, California., August 12, 2024 – In May 2016, the tragic death of Harambe, a critically endangered silverback gorilla, shocked the world.
Miami Seaquarium Closing! After decades of protests and relentless campaigning by animal rights activists, Miami-Dade County officials have finally ordered the infamous Miami Seaquarium to shut down. This landmark decision comes after years of criticism over the treatment of marine animals, including the orca Lolita, who died in captivity last year.
Tokitae the orca, also known as Lolita, died in the world’s smallest orca tank at the Miami Seaquarium after spending more than 50 years in captivity Los Angeles, August 20th, 2023— The orca Tokitae, named Lolita by her jailers, died on Friday, August 18th, 2023, in the world’s smallest orca tank at the Miami Seaquarium, in Florida, after having spent more than 50 years captive there.
After decades of campaigning, plans have been set up to release Tokitae, the captive orca also known as Lolita, from Miami Seaquarium Los Angeles, March 6, 2023 — The Miami Seaquarium has announced the signing of a formal and binding agreement with a group called the Friends of Toki to begin the process of returning Tokitae the Orca, named Lolita by the aquarium, to a marine enclosure in Puget Sound in Washington state — close to where she was violently abducted from the ocean more than 50 years ago.
Feeling isolated and confined because of #COVID19? Jane Velez-Mitchell takes the dare and does the #CoronavirusConfinementChalenge! The point? To get consumers to think about animals whose entire lives are spent isolated, confined, tortured and abused for bacon, deli slices and other unhealthy and unnecessary foods, when there are plant-based alternatives!
Colorado Animal Save activists speaking out against the abuse of fishes at popular fishing pond. “Family time” fishing means destroying other families. Fish feel pain, just like us! Dani Rukin in Colorado reporting for #JaneUnChained News.
Lolita, the Orca whale has been imprisoned in a tank at Seaquarium Miami for 50 years. Can you imagine living like that? In honor of ‘Empty The Tanks Worldwide’, demonstrators hold very moving rally in a downtown Portland square to raise awareness of Lolita’s plight and to do a major ‘Empty the Tanks’ banner signing to send to Seaquarium.
‘Empty The Tanks Worldwide’ shows support for the Lumni Totem Pole ceremony honoring Tokatae, the whale taken from the Puget Sound 50 years ago and put into captivity in a sea aquarium. The Seaquarium renamed her ‘Lolita’. According to the Lummi Nation, and others, in 1970, over 40 orca were brutally captured from the Salish Sea in northwest Washington and taken to marine parks around the world.