In 1996, Keiko, the killer whale that starred in the 1993 movie “Free Willy”, was rescued from captivity and taken to an ocean bay in Iceland two years later. He eventually left with a pod of ...

Wikie and Keijo, the two remaining captive orcas in France, are set to move soon, but if that move is to a sanctuary is still undecided Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been ...

Dave Phillips was one of the numerous whale experts who helped the orca star of Free Willy return to the wild Now, Phillips is working to help two other whales in captivity at a closed marine park ...

The two orcas -- also known as killer whales -- themselves face an uncertain ... the 2013 documentary film "Blackfish" denouncing the captivity of cetaceans and the Covid pandemic.

A French marine park on Sunday closed down definitively over a 2021 law banning shows featuring marine mammals, leaving uncertain futures for the two last orcas in captivity in the country ...