Talks of Tokitae, a captive orca held in Miami, returning to the Salish Sea are beginning again after a surprise rebound in health in recent days. FOX13
In recent weeks headlines of Tokitae, seemed to indicate the 56-year-old killer whale was circling the drain.
Tokitae, later re-named Lolita as a performer and known to Lummi Nation as Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut, was among several dozen Southern Resident killer whales that were rounded up and herded into nets. Several orcas were killed during the capture, of those that were shipped to aquariums around the country only Toki is alive today – those who work in the space consider her lifespan in captivity remarkable.
"Our feeling is as soon as possible, but we don’t really know when that is," said Singh. "Two weeks ago, 10 days ago, she was really sick. We were frightened and had this pit in our stomach. Now she’s recovering, and we can start talking about the future again." In the short term, returning her to full health includes new medicines. Vinick has been working with a group in Japan to get a medicine that the USDA has signed off on under "compassionate use." Friends of Lolita has also made a big push to improve the water quality that Tokitae is living in, that includes chillers to keep the water cooler and new filters.
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