BACK TO PUGET SOUND: Lolita the Orca was pulled from the waters in 1970. The plan to take her home:
state in 1970 when she was around four years old, making her now believed to be around 57. She is believed to be the oldest held in captivity.
"If Lolita is finally returned to her home waters, there will be cheers from around the world, including from PETA, which has pursued several lawsuits on Lolita’s behalf and battered the Seaquarium with protests demanding her freedom for years," Jared Goodman, PETA Foundation vice president and general counsel for animal law,
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