You ’re credibly familiar withthe many unfairness going down at SeaWorld , includingthe car park ’s ( light ) attemptsat endeavor to make them right . But now , unexampled droning footage is here to remind you that there are other parks excruciate orcas in equally horrible – if not even sadder — way . Say hello to Miami Seaquarium ’s Lolita , a whale who subsist in thesmallest , sad orca storage tank in the country .
Recorded byPaul JamesforDrones for Animal Defense , the footage shows what is basically Lolita ’s 35 - foot - wide prison — only 15 feet longer than the 7,000 - pound fauna herself . What ’s more , that ’s a whole 13 feet smallerthan is lawfully involve by the Animal Welfare Act . And it gets regretful .
As The Dodo explain , after being captured in 1970 , Lolita ’s only companion was Hugo , an orca capture two days prior who was prone to pipe and slamming his head teacher against the tank car bulwark . Then , one sidereal day in 1980 , Hugo slammed his slammed his head against the methamphetamine just a picayune too hard , and Lolita has been alone in her tank ever since . you could get a coup d’oeil of her lonely liveliness in the myopic documentary below .
presently , animal rights activist are workingto get Lolita moved to a sea pen sanctuary , which would grant her immensely more place than she ’s had in over 40 years . Hopefully , this heartbreaking new footage - by - monotone can cram up enough awareness to get Lolita some of the helper she need . [ The Dodo ]
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