Help bring Tokitae/Lolita Home
Bringing Sk'aliCh'elh-tenaut to her Xwlemi Tokw (sacred home)
An overview of the Operational Plan
It is our Xa xalh Xechnging (sacred obligation) to bring our relation, the orca known as Tokitae or Lolita but whom we know as Sk'aliCh'elh-tenaut, out of captivity at the Miami Seaquarium and back home to the Salish Sea. We are extending an open hand to the Miami Seaquarium and its parent companies in an invitation to work with us. Together we can right the wrong of Sk'aliCh'elh-tenaut's capture, and safely and responsibly bring her home to the Salish Sea.
See Full Operational Plan Summary with animated visualization.
Send letters
Send letters to the owners of the Miami Seaquarium who can make the final decision to allow Tokitae to return to her home waters. We have a PDF letter you can print and sign, or copy and paste to email.
Who Owns the Miami Seaquarium?
In October, 2021 the Cancun-based Dolphin Company assumed ownership of Miami Seaquarium.
There's no timetable for her return because there's still no firm decision to return her.
Send your messages to the The Dolphin Company, the owner of the Miami Seaquarium. The Dolphin
Company is responsible for her health and welfare and will make the decision to return her to her home.
Or call The Dolphin Company in Cancun, Mexico, at: +52 (998) 881 7400
Of course that decision will be influenced by a range of interested parties including NOAA Fisheries biologists. The final decision will follow from opinions about her health, the resilience of her immune system, opinions about her capability to be transported, the viability of the long-term and short-term plans to return her, and a variety of other factors, none of which is likely to be subject to public comment.
So the best we can do at this time is to make the points in the graphic below, to bolster confidence in her to not just survive but to become healthier and thrive in her native habitat, if she's given the opportunity to return to her home.
Send letters
Like this beautiful artwork by Monika Weiland Shields.
Send your messages to the The Dolphin Company, the owner of the Miami Seaquarium. The Dolphin
Company is responsible for her health and welfare and will make the decision to return her to her home.
Or call The Dolphin Company in Cancun, Mexico, at: +52 (998) 881 7400
