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Article: Keiko Makes Progress Towards Freedom; Star of Free Willy Film Spends Three Weeks in Wild in Unprecedented Step Towards Independence
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- U.S. Newswire
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- August 2, 2002
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VESTMANNAEYJAR, ICELAND, Aug. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- With stories
about whales such as Springer the orphaned orca making news from
coast to coast, many are left wondering about the fate of the world's
most famous whale, Keiko. The star of the feature film Free Willy is
spending more time than ever before in the open ocean off the coast
of Iceland, where attempts to return him to the wild are heating up
as wild orcas who are likely relatives of Keiko make their annual
visit to the area.
The Free Willy/Keiko Foundation, The Humane Society of the United
States (HSUS) and others launched the effort to free Keiko in 1994.
The HSUS has been managing and funding the Keiko Project since June
and is ...