SEATTLE — The Miami Seaquarium set a news conference Thursday to announce an initiative among the aquarium’s parent company, the owner of the Indianapolis Colts and a Florida nonprofit to “return beloved orca, Lolita,” to her home waters.
It’s unclear if federal agencies have signed off on the proposal, or if the announcement is a promise to finally release the last surviving Puget Sound orca in captivity.
Jim Irsay, owner of the NFL’s Colts, tweeted Tuesday that he’d be at “a big press conference” Thursday “for a HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT about the future of LOLITA the orca.”
