00:00 Lehi, dolphin who shared tank with Lolita, moves from Seaquarium to SeaWorld San Antonio.
00:05 Lehi, the Pacific white-sided dolphin who was a companion to the orca whale Lolita at the
00:11 Miami Seaquarium, was transferred to the San Antonio SeaWorld the two aquariums announced
00:16 Monday. Lehi spent 35 years at the Seaquarium and was the last of this kind left at the aquarium.
00:22 Two other dolphins were moved from the Seaquarium to the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago
00:28 earlier this month, according to the Miami Herald. "After the departure of Lolita,
00:33 our animal care experts suggested his relocation to a habitat with other peers of his species and
00:38 our efforts to look for his well-being took him to SeaWorld in San Antonio," the Seaquarium said
00:43 in a post on ex-formerly Twitter. Animal activist SOTS Sanctuary, SeaWorld claims expert care.
00:50 Lolita, with whom Lehi once shared a tank, was one of the oldest orcas in captivity before her
00:57 death earlier this year. Animal activists fought for the freedom of both animals for decades,
01:03 arguing that they deserved to return to their respective homes in the Pacific Northwest.
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