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Sk'aliCh'elh-tenaut aka Tokitae

DOB: c. 1966


Species: Southern resident orca (Orcinus orca)

Birth: Salish Sea, L Pod

Capture: Penn Cove in Puget Sound, Washington. August 1970

Residence: Miami Seaquarium, Florida

“My heart is broken.. I am sorry Sk’AliCh-elh-tenaut, forgive me, I love you.”

This shrine is representive of my love for a very special orca named Tokitae or Lolita. Rest in peace.

Tokitae had a very sad and lonely life, spending most of it at Miami Seaquarium in Florida. She lived in captivity for over 50 years after being captured at just 4 years old from her home pod in Washington.

This is my dedication to bring awareness to captive marine life in the name of profit and how to stop it. Empty the tanks.