I found these old clips of Keiko from 1999 and put them together to make this video. In this video you can see Keiko at the Oregon Coast Aquarium. This 2 million gallon habitat served as Keiko’s rehabilitation tank. Keiko was released into the wild in his home waters of Iceland in the summer of 2002, but passed away in December of 2003. Keiko has inspired thousands of people to make a difference in the world, and his legacy will always live on. Clips via: krakkaruv.is • • • #orca #whale #orcawha

"One of the biggest things that happened to Keiko when he was taken from the wild and put into a tank was complete isolation from the natural world that he came from. A complete disappearance of the acoustic world that he was born into...", Dr. Paul Spong, Co-Founder of OrcaLab and expert in our film. Learn more about Keiko with our film, streaming NOW, worldwide on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/keikotheuntoldstory | Keiko: The Untold Story

1.5K views · 46 reactions | Orcas belong in the ocean. Learn more about Keiko, the only captuve orca to ever return to the ocean where he was born with the award winning documentary "Keiko, The Untold Story of the Star of Free Willy". Visit www.keikotheuntoldstory.com and choose your favorite streaming platform! #WorldOceansDay | Keiko: The Untold Story | Facebook

"This has never been done before, there's no textbook, no manual on how to do this. So we just did it based on what Keiko wanted to do. We're going to give him a chance that no other captive Orca has ever had. To go home. To feel the tides. The natural beauty of his gome country", Mark Berman (R.I.P.), Free Willy Keiko Foundation. Learn more about Keiko's life with the film "Keiko, the Untold Story", streaming on Amazon Prime (US) https://www.amazon.com/Keiko-Untold-Story-Star-Willy/dp/B08RGXMJ9

Keiko "soup". Ingredients: 1 orca captured from Iceland, taken to Canada and finally to Mexico City. Bags of salt. Tap water from the city. Chlorine. Procedure: In a 90 feet long, less than 20 feet deep and 43 feet wide tank, add Keiko, the bags of salt and the chlorine. Make sure to keep the water temperature at 73 degrees Farenheit. Keep Keiko in this fishbowl for 11 years to "slowly cook". Learn more about Keiko's living conditions in Mexico City with this interview with Ra Colmenero and our

"It's a full time job being an orca. It's a full time job being a predator. I know that, some of the public display facilities, some of the dolphinariums and marine parks that hold these animals captive consider it a benefit of captivity, that they take away this burden from them this constant need to have to look for food. But it’s the way they make a living. It's their job. When you take that away from them, a huge part of their identity is removed. A huge part of their daily activity and chal