Can Keiko ever be free?
Right now, for the first time ever, Keiko is in an open fjord without nets or pens. He is free to choose whether to stay or go. Many people have doubted Keiko’s progress at every stage. Some people felt he would not survive the move from Mexico City to Oregon, or that his skin condition would never heal, or that he would never learn to eat live fish or socialize with wild whales. At each stage Keiko has proved his naysayers wrong. We are optimistic that Keiko has learned the skills necessary to be a wild whale, and we will continue to give him the chance to do that.
