iMEE Dance Company

...through the innovative collaboration of artistic mediums, the artists of iMEE remind us that violins can dance, sculptures can breathe & dancers can speak.

[iMEE Dance Company @iMEE_danceco]

WE support the return of Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut (aka #Tokitae / #Lolita), an endangered Southern Resident orca, from the #MiamiSeaquarium to the Salish Sea. She has been held captive in a small tank in Miami for over 50 years. #SalishSeaDaughter

[iMEE Dance Company @iMEE_danceco]

@SternhammerWulf @Ash_Pro1 Aparicio lived and yet, “Two other matadors stepped in and slew Opiparo” the tortured bull defending itself. 🤬

[Louis Aguirre @LOUISAGUIRRE]

Miami Seaquarium reports Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut, the 56 year old Orca #Tokitae or #Lolita is in declining health & has lost her appetite. For 53 years she’s lived in the smallest whale tank in the world since she was captured at 4 yrs old & brought to MSQ.
https://t.co/0GTndnK1IJ

[Louis Aguirre @LOUISAGUIRRE]

🚨BREAKING NOW ⁦@TheDolphinCo_⁩ has agreed to allow a third party vet to come in and examine #Tokitae #Lolita at the #MiamiSeaquarium give objective assessment of her health. ⁦@MayorDaniella⁩ & ⁦@RaquelRegalado⁩ announcing now at news conference. #developing.

[iMEE Dance Company @iMEE_danceco]

Dear @AlaskaAir
(PNW’s favorite airline!) will you please sponsor a flight home, to the Salish Sea, for Toki? Thank you
#TokiArmy #freeLolita

[Alaska Airlines @AlaskaAir]

We’re proud to introduce our newest livery, West Coast Wonders! This over-whale-ming aircraft honors the beautiful shores we call home, the Southern Resident orca pods that live around our hubs, and our commitment to keeping rivers and oceans healthy for the long term.

[Help Orca @FreeCaptiveOrca]

Dear @AlaskaAir
(PNW’s favorite airline!) will you please sponsor a flight home, to the Salish Sea, for Toki? Thank you
#TokiArmy #freeLolita

[iMEE Dance Company @iMEE_danceco]

@MayorDaniella @MiamiSeaquarium Thank you for visiting with Toki today. Thank you for continuing to request that she receive an independent health evaluation so we may begin the process of her retirement to a seaside sanctuary.

[Daniella Levine Cava @MayorDaniella]

Today, I met with The Dolphin Company at @MiamiSeaquarium and appreciate their willingness to discuss Toki’s (Lolita) well-being.

Her health and safety is our top priority. As such, I echoed the wishes of our community in calling for an outside examination to assure her health.

[Help Orca @FreeCaptiveOrca]

INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT FOR LOLITA TOKITAE

@MayorDaniella
@RaquelRegalado

Please request a team of experts like Keiko had including experts who are familiar with Southern Resident orcas and orca natural history. Thank you for all you have done 🖤💙

[Louis Aguirre @LOUISAGUIRRE]

🚨 .@USDA grants new exhibitors license to The Dolphin Company which has bought the #MiamiSeaquarium on the condition they no longer display #Lolita / #Tokitae or the dolphin that stares her tank. The whale stadium also now permanently closed to the public. 1-2

[Louis Aguirre @LOUISAGUIRRE]

Here’s direct quote from #usda license deal: “Lolita & her dolphin companion are not covered by this USDA license. If, in the future, you intend to exhibit either of these animals or resume using this pool for exhibition purposes, you will need to apply for a new license.”

[Louis Aguirre @LOUISAGUIRRE]

According to new license, The Dolphin Company will no longer be able to post any social media images of Toki & Lii. The big question still not answered is what is TDC plans for Toki & Lii. They can’t repair her crumbling pool or stadium with Toki still in it. Still developing.

[Brittney Hernandez @OrcaOceanB1983]

Despite what MSQ says, Tokitae isn't "extremely old." At 56 she may be delicate, but she fits into the average age for wild female orca. MSQ seems to enforce the idea that she's this super old, feeble, weak orca, that would surely suffer or perish with ANY changes. Even positive.

[Louis Aguirre @LOUISAGUIRRE]

Thread on the very latest update I just received on #Lolita condition from #miamiseaquarium
#savelolita ⬇️⬇️

[Brian Entin @BrianEntin]

Lolita the killer whale has lived in the smallest orca tank in the world at Miami Seaquarium for half a century.
A USDA inspection last year found she was fed poor quality fish in an aging tank.
The seaquarium says she is sick– but improving.
We showed up – but couldn’t see her.

[Help Orca @FreeCaptiveOrca]

PLEASE GIVE URGENT CARE TO LOLITA
Lease delayed leaving her in care of owners who feed rotten fish. Calls ignored for care team med assess, now PETA reports she is DEATHLY SICK @usda @MayorDaniella @MiamiDadeCounty @TheDolphinCo_ #freelolita #Tokiarmy

[Help Orca @FreeCaptiveOrca]

💙🖤URGENT ACTION NEEDED FOR LOLITA as PETA now reports she is DEATHLY SICK,

Asking for urgent care team and health update since December.

PLEASE tell the public how she is,
#freelolita #TokiArmy

@usda @MayorDaniella @MiamiDadeCounty @TheDolphinCo_

https://t.co/RWE5I053r0

[Help Orca @FreeCaptiveOrca]

Please retweet for Lolita Tokitae

The Lummi requested independent medical assessment for their relative months ago.
Tokitae’s many supporters want to know how she is, she hasn’t been seen for months. Pls let us know.
@usda @TheDolphinCo_ @MayorDaniella

https://t.co/7osRdXUI3l

[Help Orca @FreeCaptiveOrca]

PLS RT FOR LOLITA 🖤💙
As a member of the endangered and protected SRKW she needs to be assessed by expert who has specifically studied this community for transport home.

@usda @TheDolphinCo_ @MayorDaniella

https://t.co/QePvTWqsdD

[Help Orca @FreeCaptiveOrca]

PLEASE HELP LOLITA
The new owners of MSQ and Lummi are talking about Lolita’s retirement plan. Please support, share and donate if you can to secure her Salish Sea home urgently. 💙🖤💙🖤💙

https://t.co/yH0qHcebqU
#freelolita #freekiska #TokiArmy

[iMEE Dance Company @iMEE_danceco]

@USDA @MayorDaniella

[Help Orca @FreeCaptiveOrca]

PLEASE HELP ME
@usda @MayorDaniella

I need a care team, rotten food, construction going on around me makes me agitated. I want independent care and I want to go home and swim in the sea near my family again. 51 years is a long long time.

#freelolita