Miami Seaquarium Ending Shows With Aging Orca Lolita

Miami Seaquarium Ending Shows With Aging Orca Lolita
Trainer Marcia Hinton pets Lolita, a captive orca whale, during a performance at the Miami Seaquarium in Miami on March 9, 1995. Nuri Vallbona/Miami Herald via AP
The Associated Press
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MIAMI—The new owners of the Miami Seaquarium will no longer stage shows with its aging orca Lolita under an agreement with federal regulators.

MS Leisure, a subsidiary of The Dolphin Company, said as it announced the completion of its Seaquarium acquisition that Lolita and a companion white-sided dolphin Lii will no longer be exhibited under its new license with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.