"free Willy" Dies

[cosmichedgehog]

Luna Manar Posted: Dec 13 2003, 09:05 AM

I know this should probably go in AK, but I think this is important...

Keiko, the whale many of us knew as "Free Willy" has passed away. This is a very sad day, though it was pretty predictable.

Read about it here...

Free Willy Dies

I am very sad...


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Dragon_of_doom Posted: Dec 13 2003, 01:36 PM
Thats so sad!

Invader Necro Posted: Dec 13 2003, 02:21 PM
Awww, poor Keiko! At least he lived a very full life.

phantom Posted: Dec 13 2003, 02:24 PM
He had a good life for a whale. I still think he could have lived healthier if he wasn't in those movies but those are just my feelings. Anyways, may he rest in peace and let us always remeber him.

SweetSixteen Posted: Dec 13 2003, 04:25 PM
27 is young for a whale. RIP Keiko. He should never have been captured to start with.

Save_The_Mop Posted: Dec 13 2003, 04:48 PM
Poor Keiko. That's so sad.


Squall_Hardy Posted: Dec 13 2003, 07:26 PM
Yea but id like to think of it this way......He died a very wealth whale....
Free Willy was awesome when it first came out...lets see i was like 10 maybe


nadia995 Posted: Dec 13 2003, 07:49 PM
I could not stop crying today when I found out... On my website I dedicated a page to him and wrote,
"Although he is dead, Keiko was luckier than hundreds of Orcas who never saw the ocean again. Every day of freedom he had was one day he wasn't suffering. In Japanese, Keiko means "lucky one"."

I have loved Orcas nearly all my life, and Keiko was my first "orca love". Captivity has its ups and downs, and one of the ups is many people are exposed to a beautiful creature. The downs are abuse, shorter life, lonlieness, and more stressful life...

I was wondering...you know how they said he stranded himself? Well, since he has lived in captiviy most of his life, he woudln't have known to do that...I was thinking that maybe there was some foul play involved. Forced strandings by humans are not uncommon... we know that some Norwegen fishermen wanted Keiko dead because they claimed he was eating their fish... Oh i just dont know...

Now the other aquariums will use his death as an excuse not to free their older orcas, but rather work them in shows until death...

WolfLoverAlways Posted: Dec 13 2003, 07:53 PM
Not Fair i like Keiko


BrachiKari Posted: Dec 13 2003, 07:56 PM
Aw, that is sad... I remember Free Willy... at least he's in a better place now...

lilgamefreek Posted: Dec 13 2003, 10:35 PM
Its so sad! Why, Why!


Bengal_man Posted: Dec 14 2003, 12:44 AM
Thats so sad!!!!

Raindragon Posted: Dec 14 2003, 06:00 AM
Oh no, not Keiko! Another beautiful whale has departed from the Earth...RIP Keiko

StyleGal15 Posted: Dec 14 2003, 10:32 AM
yea i heard about that yesterday...i was sad...but they said that they let him go in the ocean a year and half ago. And he had phemonia, poor Keiko. They said that they don't know weither to bury him at sea or land.

kielo91 Posted: Dec 14 2003, 10:48 AM
I heard about that. Keiko had a hard life. He was constantly transported from place to place, and got sick many, many times. He's in a better place, no more suffering.

Like I always say,
"Although the body is gone, the spirit will always remain."

May you rest in peace, Keiko, our movie star and beloved friend.


StyleGal15 Posted: Dec 14 2003, 01:39 PM
if you really think about it that will be one big grave


Capt.Rutlinger Posted: Dec 15 2003, 09:13 AM
yep, it's a sad thing

sand_dolphin Posted: Dec 15 2003, 12:48 PM
I don' think Willy could take the wild...they should of kept it in captivivty.

Bengal_man Posted: Dec 15 2003, 09:26 PM
That orca lived a very long life...


Blackhorse Posted: Dec 16 2003, 01:42 PM
Oh, poor Keiko... that's so sad.

Mica Posted: Dec 18 2003, 07:26 AM
I feel so sad! I didn't even like the Free Willy movies, but it is so sad to see an orca so famous die. I've seen Shamu perform, but now, I wish they would let him go. I'm going to make a Keiko for MM right away!

Snowleopard Posted: Dec 18 2003, 10:09 AM
Poor Keiko
It's so sad that his addiction to humans is what led to this. Captivity does have it's ups and downs and it's a sad thing when it comes to this
May he rest in peace

Kandula_the_elephant_11 Posted: Dec 19 2003, 06:44 PM
What we all know is Keiko Will forever be in our hearts..


And I herd that they had a funeral for him in Norway where he is now buried and I know how he died, well it was from pneumonia and his Funeral took place during a snow storm and Keiko will be sadly and forever missed.
Kandula_the_elephant_11 Posted: Dec 19 2003, 08:13 PM
I will miss Keiko for the Rest of my Life.

If Keiko was here now, he say a pone about anything..


[My friends dont mourn me now, I will be with all of you forever more. My deer poor friends, my body maby gone but my sprit will allways be never far from you and one more thing I would like to tell you That I love all of you and I will be your guide to keep you safe.]

That what Keiko would say If his sprit was around us right now.