A new documentary film tells the story of a captured orca named Tokitae that died in 2023 amid efforts to free her from more than 50 years of captivity, and it’s being shown this week at the ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The killer whale Tokitae, also known as Lolita, may finally be released after more than 50 years in captivity in the world's smallest orca enclosure. Billionaire ...

Tokitae was a southern resident orca, the genetically unique population that calls the Salish Sea its home. Southern residents are the only orca — also called blackfish or killer whales — on ...