SERIAL Podcast Announces New Podcast on Keiko’s Journey
Help Keiko’s Legacy by Freeing the Orca Whales Wikie and Keijo
The Serial Podcast, a top-rated program from the creators of This American Life and one of the most-listened-to podcasts in the world, has just announced that its new Podcast “The Good Whale” will be launched on November 14th.
The “Good Whale” is none other than the orca Keiko and the story of his epic journey from concrete tanks back to his ocean home. You’ll remember Keiko from his role in the hit movie Free Willy – which was made while he was living in captivity.
The Good Whale. Image Credit: Serial Productions
IMMP’s Executive Director Dave Phillips and our team led the effort to rescue and release Keiko, helping him become the only captive orca ever returned to his home waters.
Click HERE to listen to the Serial’s announcement about “The Good Whale”.
Beginning November 14th you can listen at New York Times Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.
As Dave Phillips stated during one of his podcast interviews, “Keiko is a trailblazer and his life story is propelling efforts to free whales around the globe right now.”
We need your help to keep Keiko’s legacy alive by helping Free Wikie and Keijo.
The French government has taken a big step forward by passing legislation prohibiting the holding and display of captive whales throughout France. The last two captive orcas, Wikie, and her son Keijo, need our immediate help.
A French government Inspector General (IG) was appointed to investigate the best option for where these two whales could go. The IG has now recommended that they be relocated to an ocean sanctuary in Nova Scotia being developed by our colleagues with the Whale Sanctuary Project.
But the company holding the orcas, Marineland Antibes, intends to send them to an aquarium in Japan where they would spend the rest of their lives in even smaller tanks and miserable conditions.
We need your help to save Wikie and Keijo.
It is urgent that we convince the French government to adopt the IG recommendations and mandate the relocation of Wikie and Keijo to the ocean sanctuary in Nova Scotia. We must spread the word quickly as the lives of these two orcas hang in the balance.
