Ngo-1993 kwakhululwa i-movie yomndeni ethi “Free Willy”. Yalandisa ngesiphetho somkhomo obulala uWilly, owayegcinwe ekudingisweni. Lesi sithombe saphela ngendlela eqondile - uWilly, ngokungafani nezimo, uthole inkululeko. Isiphetho somkhomo obulala uKeiko, obedlala indawo kaWilly, sasigcwele usizi.
Ngemuva kokuqopha "uWillie wamahhala," uWarner Brothers wanquma ukuhlinzeka uKeiko ngezimo zokuhlala ezamukelekayo. Izishoshovu zamisa i-Free Willy-Keiko Foundation, lapho abantu abavela emhlabeni wonke bedlulisa imali ukuze umqulu obulale abesebuyela endaweni yabo yendabuko.
I-Oregon Aquarium ithole ama- $ 7 wezigidi ngeminikelo yokwakha i-aquarium entsha yeKeiko, lapho yayingathuthukisa khona impilo yayo ngaphambi kokungena olwandle oluvulekile. UKeiko uthuthwe ngabakwa-UPS. Ukuhambisa i-whale ebulala amathani angamathani angama-3,5 ngendiza, kwadingeka ukuthi ngisebenzise izindiza zezempi ezazihamba ngeHercules.
Ngo-1998, uKeiko wathunyelwa e-Iceland, lapho akhululwa khona ekugcineni. Ukuthi i-whale ebulala ivumelana kanjani nezimo ezintsha zokuqashwa yabhekwa ngabachwepheshe abavela eFree Willy-Keiko Foundation. UKeiko washiya amanzi ase-Iceland ngo-2002 ehamba nomhlambi wenye imikhomo eyabulala. Ngokungangabazeki, waphuthelwa ukukhuluma nabantu - ngawo lowo nyaka, izakhamizi zelinye lamaphephabhuku eNorway zabona uKeiko ebhukuda eya ogwini futhi edlala nezingane, ezivumela ukuba zigibele emhlane wazo.
UKeiko akaphumelelanga ukujoyina umphakathi wezinyamazane zokubulala zasendle. Wachitha isikhathi esiningi ekhuluma nabantu. Ngetulu kwaloko, imphilo yakhe besisolo incipha. Ngo-2003, uKeiko washona (mhlawumbe ebulawa yinyumoniya). Emngcwabeni kaKiller Whale eNorway, izishoshovu zeFree Willy-Keiko Foundation zakha itshe lesikhumbuzo.
Izilwane ezincelisayo zasolwandle
Ama-killer whales angawomkhomo owenziwe ngamathoyizi futhi angamalungu amakhulu omndeni wamahlengethwa. Zihlala kuwo wonke amanzi olwandle emhlabeni. Baziwa ngokugcina ubuhlobo obuqinile nomndeni wabo, benesakhiwo sezenhlalo esiyinkimbinkimbi, iningi labo lichitha impilo yabo yonke emhlambini ofanayo: abanye abakaze bashiye imindeni kanina. Esezingeni eliphakeme, izinsikazi zingahlala kuze kube yiminyaka engama-90, kanti abesilisa cishe bangama-60.
Impilo
UKeiko wabanjwa ngo-1979 ngasogwini lwase-Iceland futhi wathunyelwa e-aquarium yedolobha lase-Iceland iHabnarfjordur. Ngemuva kweminyaka emithathu, wathengiswa e-Ontario, kwathi ngo-1985 waqala ukusebenza eMexico City Amusement Park.
Ngo-1993, kwakhululwa i-movie ethi “Free Willy”. UKeiko, obedlala enye yezindima eziyinhloko kwifilimu, waba inkanyezi yangempela. Iminikelo yaqala ukuza kuye: umphakathi wafuna ukuphuculwa kwezimo zokuphila komkhomo obulele, ngaleso sikhathi owayegula kakhulu, kanye namalungiselelo awo wokukhishwa ngaphandle. Ukuqongelela imali ngo-1995, kwasungulwa iSikhwama Sokusiza SeKeiko. Ngemali ekhulwe ngonyaka ka-1996, wadluliselwa e-Oregon Coast Aquarium yaseNewport, e-Oregon, lapho athola khona ukwelashwa.
Ngo-1998, endizeni eyi-Boeing C-17, uKeiko wathunyelwa ezweni lakubo e-Iceland. EReykjavik, bakhelwa uKeiko igumbi elikhethekile, lapho baqala khona ukumlungiselela ukukhululwa. Phezu kokuthi ukubuya komkhomo obulewe endle kudale impikiswano (abanye ochwepheshe baveza umbono wokuthi ngeke akwazi ukuziphilisa yedwa ezimweni ezintsha), ngonyaka ka-2002 wadedelwa endle. UKeiko uphathiswe i-Ocean Futures.
Lapho esekhululiwe, uKeiko wahamba ngesikebhe ngamakhilomitha angaba ngu-1,400 wayohlala eTaknes fjord entshonalanga yeNorway. Yize izihlobo zabangela uKeiko ukuba nentshisekelo ethile, wayesanamathela kakhulu kubantu. Ochwepheshe ababemlandela baqhubeka nokumondla endle.
UKeiko akakwazanga ukujwayela impilo yasendle. Ushonile ngoDisemba 12, 2003 womqubuko wamaphaphu. Kwenziwa umcimbi wesikhumbuzo e-Oregon Marine Aquarium emkhumbula.
Ukuqala kwendaba
Ngo-1979, uKeiko, owesilisa oneminyaka emibili ubudala owabulala umkhomo, wabanjwa esondla umndeni wakhe ogwini lwase-Iceland futhi wathengiswa e-aquarium yendawo. Ngalesi sikhathi, uKeiko wayesabhekwa njengomntwana othembela kwiphakethe lakhe futhi wafunda kuphela ukuzingela namanye amakhono asindile okusinda.
Inkanyezi yaseHollywood
Ngo-1992, abakhiqizi bakwaWarner Bros. bebefuna umkhomo wokubulala, ozoba yinkanyezi ye-movie yabo elandelayo, “Free Willy.” UKeiko wadlala uWilly, umkhomo oyithunjwa owasindiswa wakhululwa wabuyela olwandle ngumngane wakhe kanye nomqeqeshi wakhe uJesse.
Le filimu ibe yimpumelelo emangalisayo, futhi ababukeli baqala ukucabanga ngezimo zokuphila kwama-whales okubulala. Izingane ezivela kuwo wonke umhlaba zaqala ukuthumela izincwadi zicela ukukhululwa kukaKeiko, zaze zathumela nemali yazo ukusiza ukujwayela impilo yesilwane sasendle.
Ngemuva kwendunankulu yefilimu futhi sibonga izinkulungwane zezinhlamvu ezivela ezinganeni, uWarner Bros. IStudios ibambisene nososayensi, ngethemba lokuthi bangaqala inqubo yokukhulula uKeiko.
Ukuvuselelwa kabusha e-Oregon
UWarner Brothers, Humane Society nosomabhilidi uCraig McCaw bajoyine amabutho ukwakha idamu lokwakha elibiza ama- $ 7.3 million e-aquarium ogwini lwase-Oregon. Ubukhulu bayo babuphindwe kane nobukhulu kunalowo ahlala kuwo eMexico.
Ngo-1996, uKeiko wafika echibini lakhe elisha, ekugcineni lagcwala amanzi olwandle. Waqala nokufunda ukudla izinhlanzi eziphilayo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abaqeqeshi bakhe babeka umkhomo ngaphambili komkhomo ngezithombe nemisindo yezinkomo ezibulala ngenhloso yokumjwayeza ukubuka lo mbono futhi, ngoba ubengakaze axhumane neminye imikhomo yokubulala kusukela kuyo yonke iminyaka yakhe eCanada.
E-Oregon, uKeiko wafunda ukubamba umoya wakhe isikhathi eside ngaphansi kwamanzi. Ngenkathi eseMexico, wakwenza kuphela imizuzu emi-2, encane kakhulu kunoma yimuphi umkhomo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngenxa yokujula kwechibi, uKeiko waqala ukwenza ukugxuma okuphezulu kakhulu kunalokho akwazi ukukwenza eReino Aventura.
Ukuvuselelwa endaweni yendalo yemvelo
Ngo-1998, iqembu lochwepheshe elihola lo msebenzi lanquma ukuthi uKeiko, owayenempilo enhle ngaleso sikhathi, wayezothuthelwa emanzini akhe e-Iceland ukuze aqhubeke nokuvuselelwa. NgoSepthemba 9 ngawo lowo nyaka, yathuthwa ngendiza yezimpahla zamasosha iBoeing S-17 yamyisa eKletzvik Bay eVestmannayeyar, lapho athunjwa khona ngo-1979.
Lesi sifo
Ngesinye isikhathi, uKeiko wabamba umkhuhlane, waba nozwela, kwathi ezinsukwini ezimbili kamuva, ngo-December 12, 2003, abaphathi bakhe bathola isidumbu sakhe esingaphili echibini. Kwatholakala ukuthi inyumoniya yaba imbangela yokufa. UKeiko wangcwatshwa emhlabeni, emaphethelweni we-fjord yaseNorway. Waphila isikhathi eside ukwedlula ukuthi imikhomo ebulala imvamisa yayihlala ekudingisweni.