By the early 1970s, at least 13 Northwest orcas had been killed and 45 delivered to theme parks around the world; Toki aka Tokitae or Lolita is the only one still alive.
It is expected it will take 18 to 24 months to relocate Lolita, who is also known as Tokitae or Toki, from the Miami facility back to the northwestern coast of the U.S.