4.7K views · 137 reactions | Keiko was only 2 years old when he was...

"This has never been done before, there's no textbook, no manual on how to do this. So we just did it based on what Keiko wanted to do. We're going to give him a chance that no other captive Orca has ever had. To go home. To feel the tides. The natural beauty of his gome country", Mark Berman (R.I.P.), Free Willy Keiko Foundation. Learn more about Keiko's life with the film "Keiko, the Untold Story", streaming on Amazon Prime (US) https://www.amazon.com/Keiko-Untold-Story-Star-Willy/dp/B08RGXMJ9

36K views · 3.1K reactions |  La historia de Keiko, la orca de Free...

57K views · 166 reactions | In 1998, Keiko - the star of the film Free Willy - became the first orca to be released into the wild after a life spent in captivity. Dave Phillips was in charge of making it all happen.  https://bbc.in/3qg8HMs | BBC World Service | Facebook

They thought Keiko would be happy if it was free. A while later they would discover the disastrous consequences. Free Willy in real life was not as beautiful as in the movie. And more than happiness, the event brought worry and sadness. When the most famous orca whale in Hollywood finally saw the ocean, it was too late. But desperate audiences pressured the studio for it to leave its tank. The end result was not what they were expecting. You can now also find us on Youtube: http://bit.ly/yt-thek