Miami Seaquarium If You Could Design a New Exhibit for Lolita

[Emanuel Theodorus]

I'd say move her somewhere where she can meet other orcas after years of loneliness. Maybe Marineland Antibes, but France has banned Orca transfer, so it's not possible. I think the future whale sanctuary would be perfect.

 

[Sir Scoobs-A-Lot]

Shame the plan never went through. I'm wondering if it's because they weren't able to obtain a male whale. From a business standpoint, there's no sense in making a new whale tank for a single animal that could easily be dead in a year (by captive orca standards, she's very old) if they aren't going to get more whales. (even if they wanted to get more whales, they aren't easy to obtain) The only hope of her getting a new tank at this point (without bringing in more whales) would be if, like you suggest, they plan on using it for another species after she bites the dust.

September 11, 2001 crippled tourism. April of that year MSQ was looking forward to building a new facility.

 

[Sir Scoobs-A-Lot]

At one point they did try to get a male whale. They actually tried to acquire Keiko after he turned up in Norway! However the Norwegian government thought it would be a step back. I'll try to find the article where I found this out

MSQ offered up a home for Keiko because he continued to interact with humans and not other whales. He even was severely injured by ice at one point. As for the Norwegians, they refused to make any promises that Keiko would not be hunted. It’s their culture