![]() Orcas are protected in Norway, which only hunts minke whales, and authorities assured the world he was safe. ![]() He allowed fans to pet and play with him, even crawl on his back, becoming such an attraction that animal protection authorities imposed a ban on approaching him.īut his choice of Norway, the only country that hunts whales for profit, was a shock to many fans, who feared that whalers would go after him. ![]() The 6-ton whale delighted Norwegians when he first turned up near the village of Halsa in late August or early September of 2002. ![]() But he swam straight for Norway on an 870-mile trek that seemed to be a search for human companionship. Keiko, which means "Lucky One" in Japanese, was released from Iceland in July 2002 with hopes that he would return to the wild.
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