Guest --zeSto-- Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 well I never watched the movie, but I probably have more respect for a whale than I do for much of the entertainment industry. http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38182000/jpg/_38182094_keiko300.jpg'> Keiko, the former performing whale who has made a new home in a Norwegian fjord, may have to be killed, a Norwegian expert has said. Keiko swam to Norway, apparently in search of human contact, only six weeks after being freed from Iceland. Whale expert Nils Oien now says Keiko has little chance of surviving a winter in the cold fjords, and even if he is moved again, is still likely to return. "Personally, I doubt very much that Keiko will be able to feed in the long term," he told Norwegian state radio. "This means that he would otherwise face starving to death. I therefore think that putting the whale down might perhaps be an alternative." Full Story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kissmyass#1 Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 that sucks. i heard about this on the news:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_Europe Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 It was all over the news here too, apparently the expert have been getting deaththreaths all day for these statements... so maybe both Keiko and him will die... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpent of the light Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 if they kill it, they'd better use a longboat and have vikings do the job, and then eat it. otherwise i'm gonna have to care.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest --zeSto-- Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 He added that the aquariums which had used Keiko as an object of entertainment must now take responsibility for his current situation. yep! how much cash did the movies make? Millions? To bad you cant buy a whale back into the wild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 they need to put Willy up in a house off the coast of Florida and buy him a hot little whale mama to keep him interested and at home. If they don't want to spring for a house at least a condo with a fat pool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest --zeSto-- Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 right on pistol ! http://pooltoyz.com/images/Whale.jpg'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 :lol: oh shit good one zesto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_Europe Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 Thats one hot whale momma... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ctrl+alt+del Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 hahaha how pathetic i went to the website to see if there were more pictures. that girl is busted as hell when you see her in closeups http://www.pooltoyz.com/images/animalspic.jpg'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest --zeSto-- Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 that's hurting bro! at least you wont be calling "free Willy" when you see her! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest --zeSto-- Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 http://www.swimthings.com/Catalog/bwhale.jpg'> ohhh shamu ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sneak Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 jump, willy, jump.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest socrates Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 That whale is looking at that girl, i swear to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~KRYLON2~ Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 wouldn't you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 "Stay up nigga." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbian bum Posted September 6, 2002 Share Posted September 6, 2002 Originally posted by SkyDancer666 if they kill it, they'd better use a longboat and have vikings do the job, and then eat it. otherwise i'm gonna have to care.... HAHA YES!!!! exactly. They could do somthing worthwile with his life. And another thing, people might pay a good amount of money for his meat. You could donate the proceeds to a charity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted September 6, 2002 Share Posted September 6, 2002 You CAN'T eat Willy!:mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest willy.wonka Posted September 6, 2002 Share Posted September 6, 2002 hmmmmm....tuna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest --zeSto-- Posted September 6, 2002 Share Posted September 6, 2002 buy Willy a http://www.houseindustries.com/img/newsmasthead.gif'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted September 7, 2002 Share Posted September 7, 2002 Get the kid a lapdance. Norway Bans Contact With Keiko Fri Sep 6,10:51 PM ET By DOUG MELLGREN, Associated Press Writer OSLO, Norway (AP) - Norwegian officials on Friday barred people from getting near Keiko the killer whale, hoping to protect the star of the "Free Willy" movies from hordes of fans he appears to enjoy. AP Photo Members of the team monitoring the orca's progress, Fernando Ugarte, left, and Colin Baird follow Keiko, the killer whale who became famous as the star of the "Free Willy" movies, on Monday, Sept. 2, 2002 in the Skaalvik Fjord, Norway, about 400 kilometers, 250 miles, northwest of Oslo. Norwegian authorities imposed a total ban on close contact with Keiko the killer whale on Friday, hoping to protect the star of the ``Free Willy'' movies from hordes of fans. (AP Photo/Scanpix, Kjell Herskedal) AP Photo Keiko is photographed and stroked by vistors Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2002, in the Skaalvik Fjord, some 400 kilometers (250 miles) northwest of the Norwegian capital of Oslo. Keiko, the killer whale who became famous as the star of the ``Free Willy'' movies, has turned up in a Norwegian fjord some time after he was returned to the wild from his pen in Iceland. (AP Photo/Gorm Kallestad, SCANPIX) Six weeks after he was released from his pen in Iceland, the six-ton orca turned up 870 miles away in a western Norwegian fjord last week, drawing crowds wanting to pet him, swim with him, and even climb on friendly whale's back. Keiko, now about 25, was captured as a two-year-old off Iceland, and lived in a series of aquariums until his stardom in the three "Free Willy" films led to a project to return him to the open ocean. Experts leading the $20 million project have pleaded with locals and tourists around the narrow inlet to leave the whale alone, even though he appears to thrive on human contact. They also warned that all the attention could deprive Keiko of sleep and distract him from finding his own food. Ivar Roen, head veterinarian for Moere and Romsdal County, where the Skaalvik fjord is located, said the ban was imposed because fans had not heeded appeals to leave Keiko alone. Hundreds of visitors have seen him each day, and officials fear thousands more will appear over the weekend. The ban keeps unauthorized people from going within 165 feet of Keiko or feeding him, Roen said. Police will fine anyone who violates the ban. Fans have thrown fish to the giant sea mammal, and Keiko's trainer, Colin Baird, said that makes him stay nearby rather than hunting for the 110 pounds of fish he needs daily. "All the attention and feeding were preventing him from returning to a natural life, which was the purpose of the project," Roen said. Baird hopes that with fewer distractions, Keiko will get bored and hungry and set off to find his own food, perhaps finding a pod of killer whales to join. Since arriving in the fjord, Keiko has spent much of his time close to a floating boat dock, which sometimes appears to be close to sinking under the weight of dozens of fans. Roen said the ban also took into account the need to protect people from injury, since Keiko's size and strength make him a hazard despite his friendliness. Experts fear that Keiko could starve if he remains in the fjord or is trapped by ice during the winter. If he doesn't leave, they have said they could use fish to draw him out or find an area for him to spend the winter under human care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest willy.wonka Posted September 7, 2002 Share Posted September 7, 2002 does anybody else find it fucked up and strange how a killer whales dorsal fin will fall once in captivity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted September 7, 2002 Share Posted September 7, 2002 A visitor reaches out to pet Keiko, the killer whale who became famous as the star of the "Free Willy" movies, in the Norwegian Skaalvik Fjord, some 400 kilometers (250 miles) northwest of the capital Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2002. Keiko turned up in the fjord this past weekend, six weeks after being released from his pen in Iceland, where experts had spent years helping the orca make the transition from life in captivity to life in the wild. (AP Photo/SCANPIX, Gorm Kallestad) Keiko the killer whale, star of the "Free Willy" movie, has turned up in a narrow Norwegian fjord, where he has made a splash with the locals. The 10-metre long whale, released into the wild just six weeks ago, even allowed children to ride on his back as he put on a display for them, showing he is the same playful ocra in real life as on screen. Trainer Peter Noah works out with Keiko in the frigid waters in Klettsvik in the Westman Islands in Iceland in this 1998 file photo. REUTERS/Stringer Norwegians, left to right, Odd Kyrre Lund, Oeyvind Lorentsen, and Kolbjoern Lorentsen, admire Keiko the killer whale, who became famous as the star of the "Free Willy" movies, in Norway's Skaalvik Fjord, Monday. Sept. 2, 2002. Keiko was returned to the wild some six weeks ago from his pen in Iceland and swam nearly 870 miles to this western Norway fjord. He rescued from a Mexico City amusement park in 1996 and rehabilitated at the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport, Ore., before he was airlifted back to Iceland in 1998 and taught to catch fish. (AP Photo/Kare Hendset/Scanpix) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
When Posted September 7, 2002 Share Posted September 7, 2002 mmm whale meat :yum: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest willy.wonka Posted September 7, 2002 Share Posted September 7, 2002 that story is actually nice...they freed willy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
test pattern Posted September 7, 2002 Share Posted September 7, 2002 They should just let the whale die out there on it's own. I always wanted to find a whale corpse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.T Boy Posted September 7, 2002 Share Posted September 7, 2002 Originally posted by Europe It was all over the news here too, apparently the expert have been getting deaththreaths all day for these statements... so maybe both Keiko and him will die... even in italy this was on the news. well i assumed it was from what i could read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_habiT Posted September 7, 2002 Share Posted September 7, 2002 Man, that's fucked up. Man: nature's worst enemy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_El Mamerro Posted September 7, 2002 Share Posted September 7, 2002 If not Vikings, then F-16 fighter jets armed to the teeth with air-to-ground missiles... put up a lovely fireworks display for the Norwegians. Bring sturdy umbrellas. No, what they should do is set up some kind of pet whale care station... A nice little facility where Willy can come eat and do his thing, and still be able to visit people and stuff, all while being completely free. I think it'd be ill for a town to have a pet whale in their backyard. Beer, El Mamerro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest willy.wonka Posted September 7, 2002 Share Posted September 7, 2002 haha..i just read some of pistols reply... i didnt know the poor guy was starving!!!! bring him back to SEA WORLD where he can be happy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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