@MicroWave to News • 1 year agoKept in captive isolation for nearly 53 years, Lolita the orca dies amidst plans for releasewww.salon.comexternal-linkmessage-square24arrow-up1374arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1369arrow-down1external-linkKept in captive isolation for nearly 53 years, Lolita the orca dies amidst plans for releasewww.salon.com@MicroWave to News • 1 year agomessage-square24file-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year ago …she shared her small enclosure with a male orca named Hugo for the first decade of her captivity. In 1980, Hugo died from a brain aneurysm after an extended period of banging his head against the tank’s spectator glass during fits of depression.