Mu 1993, kanema wa banja "Free Willy" adatulutsidwa. Inasimba za tsogolo la chinsomba chopha munthu dzina lake Willy, chomwe chinamangidwa. Chithunzicho chidatha moyenera - Willy, mosiyana ndi zochitika, adalandira ufulu. Mathero a namgumi wakupha a Keiko, yemwe adasewera ndi Willy, anali atakumana ndi tsoka lalikulu.
Atatha kujambula "Waulere waulere," Warner Brothers adaganiza zopatsa Keiko moyo wovomerezeka. Othandizira kukhazikitsa Free Willy-Keiko Foundation, pomwe anthu ochokera padziko lonse lapansi amasamutsa ndalama kuti whale wakupha abwerere kumalo omwe amakhala.
A Oregon Aquarium adalandira $ 7 miliyoni zopereka kuti amange nyumba yatsopano ya Keiko, komwe amatha kukonza thanzi lake asanasamuke kunyanja. Keiko adanyamulidwa ndi UPS. Kuti ndiyendetse nyambo yakupha matani 3.5, ndikufunika kugwiritsa ntchito ndege yoyendetsa ndege ya Hercules.
Mu 1998, Keiko adasamutsidwira ku Iceland, komwe adamasulidwa. Momwe whale wakuphayo amasinthira mikhalidwe yatsopano yomwe idayang'aniridwa ndi akatswiri kuchokera ku Free Willy-Keiko Foundation. Keiko adachoka ku madzi aku Iceland mchaka cha 2002 pamodzi ndi gulu la zinsomba zina zakupha. Mosakayikira, adalephera kuyankhula ndi anthu - chaka chomwecho, nzika za m'modzi mwa olamulira a ku Norway adawona Keiko akusambira kupita kugombe ndikusewera ndi ana, kuwalola kukwera kumbuyo kwawo.
Keiko sanachite bwino kulowa pagulu la zigawenga zakupha zamtchire. Anakhala nthawi yayitali akulankhula ndi anthu. Kuphatikiza apo, thanzi lake lidalibe matenda. Mu 2003, Keiko adamwalira (mwina ndi chibayo). Pamanda a Killer Whale ku Norway, omenyera ufulu a Free Willy-Keiko Foundation adakhazikitsa chipilala.
Nyama za m'madzi
Nyama za Killer ndi zina mwa zinsomba zokhala ndi zinsomba ndipo ndi mamembala akulu kwambiri a banja la dolphin. Amakhala munyanja zonse padziko lapansi. Amadziwika kuti amasungabe ubale wolimba ndi mabanja awo, amakhala ndi chikhalidwe chovuta, ambiri mwa iwo amakhala moyo umodzi mgululo: ena samasiya banja la amayi awo. Zazambiri, zazikazi zimatha kukhala ndi zaka 90, ndipo zazimuna pafupifupi 60.
Moyo
Keiko anagwidwa mu 1979 ali m'mphepete mwa nyanja ku Iceland ndipo adatumizidwa kumzinda wam'madzi wa Iceland wa Habnarfjordur. Patatha zaka zitatu, anagulitsidwa ku Ontario, ndipo kuyambira 1985 anayamba kuchita nawo ku Mexico City Amusement Park.
Mu 1993, kanema wa "Free Willy" adatulutsidwa. Keiko, yemwe adachita imodzi mwamagawo akulu mufilimuyi, adakhala nyenyezi yeniyeni. Zopereka zinayamba kubwera kwa iye: anthu amafuna kusintha momwe moyo wa wopha nsomba uja wakuphira, womwe panthawiyo anali kudwala kwambiri, ndikukonzekera kwawo kuti amasulidwe kuthengo. Kuti athandize ndalama mu 1995, Keiko Relief Fund idakhazikitsidwa. Ndi ndalama zomwe adatulutsa mu 1996, adasamutsidwira ku Oregon Coast Aquarium ya Newport, Oregon, komwe adalandira chithandizo.
Mu 1998, pa ndege ya Boeing C-17, Keiko adaperekedwa kudziko lakwawo ku Iceland. Ku Reykjavik, chipinda chapadera adapangira Keiko, pomwe adayamba kukonzekera kuti amasulidwe. Ngakhale kuti kubwereranso kwa whale kupha kuthengo kunayambitsa mikangano (akatswiri ena adanenanso kuti sangakhale moyo wawo wokha), mchaka cha 2002 adamasulidwa kuthengo. Keiko adayesedwa ndi Ocean Futures.
Atamasulidwa, Keiko anayenda ulendo wamakilomita pafupifupi 1,400 ndipo anakakhala ku Taknes fjord kumadzulo kwa Norway. Ngakhale kuti achibalewo anachita chidwi ndi Keiko, anali kuwakonda kwambiri anthu. Akatswiri omwe amamutsatira adapitilirabe kumudyetsa kuthengo.
Keiko sanathe kuzolowera moyo wamtchire. Adamwalira pa Disembala 12, 2003 wa chibayo. Mwambo wokumbukira unachitika ku Oregon Marine Aquarium ukumukumbukira.
Chiyambi cha nkhani
Mu 1979, Keiko, yemwe ndi namwali wopha nyama wazaka ziwiri, adagwidwa akudyetsa banja lake pagombe la Iceland ndipo adagulitsidwa ku aquarium yakomweko. Pazaka izi, Keiko adadziwikabe ngati mwana yemwe amadalira paketi yake ndipo amangophunzira kusaka ndi maluso ena othandizira kupulumuka.
Nyenyezi yaku Hollywood
Mu 1992, opanga a Warner Bros. anali kufunafuna chinsomba chopha, chomwe chidzakhale nyenyezi ya kanema wawo wotsatira, "Free Willy." Keiko adasewera Willy, nangumi wogwidwa yemwe adapulumutsidwa ndikumasulidwa munyanja ndi mnzake ndi wophunzitsa Jesse.
Kanemayo anali wopambana modabwitsa, ndipo omvera adayamba kulingalira za momwe moyo wa opha zigawenga umapezekera. Ana ochokera padziko lonse lapansi adayamba kutumiza makalata opempha kuti Keiko amasulidwe, amatumizanso ndalama zawo kuti zithandizire kutengera nyama yomwe ili kuthengo.
Pambuyo pa prese ya filimuyi komanso chifukwa cha zilembo zikwizikwi kuchokera kwa ana, Warner Bros. Studios adagwirizana ndi asayansi, akuyembekeza kuti angayambitse kumasula Keiko.
Kukonzanso zinthu ku Oregon
Warner Brothers, Humane Society ndi billie Craig McCaw agwirizana kuti apange malo osungiramo zinthu amtengo wapatali okwana $ 7.3 miliyoni mu aquarium pagombe la Oregon. Makulidwe ake anali ofanana kuwirikiza kanayi kuposa omwe amakhala ku Mexico.
Mu 1996, Keiko adafika padziwe lake latsopano, ndipo litadzaza madzi ndi nyanja. Anayambanso kuphunzira kudya nsomba zam'madzi. Kuphatikiza apo, ophunzitsira ake adayika chinsomba patsogolo pa chinsombacho ndi zithunzi ndi mawu a anamgumi opha ndi cholinga choti amudziwe iye ndi malingaliro awa, popeza anali asanakumanepo ndi zinsomba zina zakupha kuyambira zaka zake zonse ku Canada.
Ku Oregon, Keiko anaphunzira kupuma pang'ono pansi pa madzi. Ali ku Mexico, adachita izi kwa mphindi ziwiri zokha, zomwe ndizochepa kwambiri kwa nangumi iliyonse. Kuphatikiza apo, chifukwa yakuzama kwa dziwe, Keiko adayamba kupanga kulumpha kwakukulu kuposa momwe angathere ku Reino Aventura.
Kubwezeretsedwanso kumalo achilengedwe
Mu 1998, gulu la akatswiri omwe adatsogolera ntchitoyi adaganiza kuti Keiko, yemwe panthawiyo anali ndi thanzi labwino, adzasamutsidwira kumzinda wakwawo ku Iceland kuti apitirize kukonzanso. Pa Seputembara 9 chaka chomwecho, adanyamulidwa pa ndege yonyamula zida za Boeing S-17 kupita ku Kletzvik Bay ku Vestmannaeyyar, komwe adagwidwa mu 1979.
Matendawa
Nthawi ina, Keiko adadwala chimfine, adayamba kukhala wopanda chidwi, ndipo patadutsa masiku awiri, pa Disembala 12, 2003, matrasti ake adazindikira kuti ali ndi moyo wopanda nyanjayo. Zinapezeka kuti chibayo chimayambitsa kufa. Keiko adayikidwa pamtunda, pamphepete mwa fjord ya ku Norway. Adakhala motalikirapo pang'ono kuposa momwe ma wawa opha nthawi zambiri amakhala mu ukapolo.