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Article: Keiko of "Free Willy" fame still drawing fans, to the lament of the killer whale's keepers
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- AP Worldstream
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- September 27, 2002
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Dateline: OSLO, Norway
Despite the efforts of his keepers, some Norwegians still can't resist
Keiko the killer whale, including a little girl who spent hours playing
the Free Willy film theme on her harmonica - just like in the movie.
"That's just the kind of thing we don't need," Colin Baird, Keiko'
s trainer, said Friday.
Keiko, nearly 25, turned up in a western Norway's Skaalvik fjord in
early September after swimming 1,400 kilometers (870 miles) following
his release off Iceland in July. Baird is part of a US$20 million
effort to return the whale to the wild.
The friendly orca drew hundreds of fans, allowing them to swim with
him, pet him and even climb ...