To the editor: Jean-Michel Cousteau calls for the release of SeaWorld’s killer whales, citing the partial success of the release of Keiko (of “Free Willy” fame). (“SeaWorld should take the next step ...
The story of Keiko is a fascinating and tragic one. The male orca was born in the waters off Iceland in 1977 and was nearly two years old when he was captured by fishermen. He was taken in the ...
Keiko the killer whale has been making headlines since the early 1990s, when he starred in the popular Free Willy movies. For a look behind the headlines at the effort to return Keiko to the wild, the ...
KILLING KEIKO: THE TRUE STORY OF FREE WILLY’S RETURN TO THE WILD By Mark Simmons Callinectes Press, $15.95, 408 pages The film “Free Willy” captured the imagination of viewers in 1993 with a story ...
SeaWorld may have announced last month that it is phasing out captive orcas for public display but the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) wants the theme park to go even further and ...
Orcas learn everything from their mothers: how and what to fish, where to go when winter rolls in, what to do when in danger. But Keiko, the feisty orca hero of the hit movie “Free Willy,” lived most ...
Keiko, the killer whale that starred in the film Free Willy, died yesterday, a year after being released into the wild where it remained dependent on humans until the end. The 35ft-long, six-ton orca ...
Debi Derryberry recalled what it was like to film the scene in which the orca rescues the film's protagonist, a 12-year-old boy ...
The most famous whale ever to splash through Oregon surfaces this month in a new documentary. And while is an interesting tale, at least as intriguing is the story of the nun-turned-folk-singer-turned ...
Despite $20 million and the best of intentions, the killer whale who starred in the movie “Free Willy” never lived a free life. Keiko wasn’t accepted by orcas in his home waters off Iceland and had to ...
Keiko the killer whale has been making headlines since the early 1990s, when he starred in the popular Free Willy movies. For a look behind the headlines at the effort to return Keiko to the wild, the ...
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