Looks like the sad saga of Keiko is coming to an end.
Keiko will never be wild because of nearly 25 years of conditioning. What we've done is create a huge pigeon who will spend its life begging for food from fishing boats and others. To me, this whole event has been a lesson in media-driven idealism that's not grounded in any fact whatsoever. It looks good to save Keiko from the evils of the Oregon Coast Aquarium (which is a fine aquarium BTW -- we went there in 2000 while on vacation, and they turned Keiko's tank into an excellent underwater exhibit.) But what looks good may not be good. It's just hype without help.
I wish sometimes we could have a special provision of the First Amendment that would allow for freedom of the press suspended in circumstances where their endless, dollar-driven hype would hurt more people than it would help.
