Miami Seaquarium to Return Orca Lolita to Home Waters.
The Miami Seaquarium has announced a plan to return the beloved Orca Lolita, who has been in captivity since 1970, to her "home waters" in the Pacific Northwest. The Dolphin Company, which operates the Seaquarium, has entered into a formal agreement with Friends of Lolita to bring the dream of returning her to an ocean sanctuary to life. The orca's return to her native waters would require a series of processes to get her re-acclimated to the wild and approval from federal regulatory agencies. It could take a few months to two years to move Lolita back to the Pacific Northwest, and there are concerns about her ongoing health issues.