About this episode

This episode explores Keiko's journey to rehabilitation and the efforts to return him to the wild.

The movies freed Willy, but what about Keiko? For the second part of our trilogy on the biggest aquatic star of the 90s, deep sea correspondent Brianna Bowman takes Sarah through Keiko’s journey to the Oregon Coast Aquarium for rehabilitation and the developing plan to return him to the open ocean. But first, both marine scientists and rich benefactors have to try to teach a killer whale to be wild again. Digressions include the books of Jean Craighead George, the tragedy of the puns we misse...

People in this episode

Guest: Brianna Bowman

Topics covered

• Keiko
• killer whales
• marine rehabilitation
• ocean conservation

Keywords

• aquatic star
• Oregon Coast Aquarium
• marine scientists
• Jean Craighead George

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