Topic: - on November 8, 2002 at 5:55:46 PM CET

Keiko

Keiko was moved Thursday to a remote Norwegian bay that his trainers hope will attract more wildlife and fewer people.

¬> children say goodbye to Keiko Picture

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Topic: - on October 25, 2002 at 5:45:06 PM CEST

Baby orca spotted in Sound

Break out the cigars. There's a new baby in Puget Sound's southern resident orca community.

After a week or two of rumors, the Friday Harbor-based Center for Whale Research spotted and photographed the newborn whale this week as it swam with its mother on the west side of San Juan Island.

¬> <a href="seattletimes.nwsource.com"target="_blank">Seattle Times

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Topic: - on October 23, 2002 at 1:16:44 PM CEST

Researchers blast Keiko project

"To me, it's incomprehensible that anyone can think that an animal that's been so influenced by humans can become wild again." Berntsen said.

A US-based Keiko-supporter group has spent at least NOK 140 million (around USD 20 million) trying to return Keiko to the wilds. Berntsen noted that orcas like Keiko are typical flock-oriented animals that are especially difficult to return to the nature.


Keiko will spend the winter in the idyllic
Taknes Bay, not far from Kristiansund.

¬> <a href="www.aftenposten.no"target="_blank">Aftenposten

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Topic: - on October 16, 2002 at 10:53:57 PM CEST

Iceland wins whaling membership

The International Whaling Commission (IWC) has accepted Iceland as a full member, despite that country's plans to resume commercial hunting. The commission's members voted narrowly in favour of the move at a meeting in Cambridge, UK, despite strong objections from Britain and the United States.

¬> <a href="news.bbc.co.uk"target="_blank">BBC

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Topic: - on October 15, 2002 at 8:11:45 PM CEST

"Free Willy" star finds winter home

Keiko the killer whale, star of the "Free Willy" movies, has found a new winter home in an ice-free Norwegian fjord after a battle between local communities vying for a new tourist attraction.

¬> <a href="uk.news.yahoo.com"target="_blank">Reuters

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Topic: - on September 4, 2002 at 12:11:34 AM CEST

Free Willy whale is a star again

Keiko the killer whale, star of the "Free Willy" movie, has turned up in a narrow Norwegian fjord, where he has made a splash with the locals. "After the children spotted him, he popped up just a metre away from the boat. At first, we got scared and sped up to get to land, but then we realised he just wanted to play," Arild Birger Neshaug, 35, father of one of the children, told Reuters on Tuesday.

<img SRC=us.news1.yimg.com WIDTH=390HEIGHT=220 BORDER=0 alt="Keiko the killer whale, star of the "Free Willy" movie, has turned up in a narrow Norwegian fjord, where he has made a splash with the locals. The 10-metre long whale, released into the wild just six weeks ago, even allowed children to ride on his back as he put on a display for them, showing he is the same playful ocra in real life as on screen. Trainer Peter Noah works out with Keiko in the frigid waters in Klettsvik in the Westman Islands in Iceland in this 1998 file photo. REUTERS/Stringer"> <a href="story.news.yahoo.com"target="_blank">REUTERS

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