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Pressure Arthur Hertz, CEO of the Miami Seaquarium, to release the oldest captive Killer Whale (Orca), Lolita!

Created by T.K. on February 08, 2014

Lolita is the worlds oldest Killer Whale in captivity, who was captured off of the coast of Washington, and shipped to the Miami Seaquarium to become a slave to entertainment in the world's smallest killer whale tank.
By law, her tank is illegal in size and depth, but nothing has been done about this in years. Lolita lives in a deteriorating "whale puddle."
She has been performing the same tricks in exchange for being fed, all in the name of "research and education." It has been proven that we no longer have anything to learn from orcas in captivity, because they do not demonstrate wild behaviors.
Lolita also lives by herself, without a

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