Cartoon Keiko by @becca (Sykotic Orka)

Keiko 1979 (yr of capture) - 2003

One of the best known of all the captive orcas, and, IMHO, the most charismatic. Laid back, sweet-natured and extremely playful.

Captivity still sucks... even though he died in the wild.

People should just leave animals alone. They are not meant to be confined for our amusement or to be used in experiements as such. It took cetaceans fifty million years to adapt themselves to a life in the ocean yet we expect them to adapt to a featureless concrete tank in a matter of hours or even days.