Yes — Tokitae (also known as Lolita) was widely regarded as the last Southern Resident orca in captivity until her death. She was a member of the endangered Southern Resident killer whale population captured from the wild in 1970 and lived at the Miami Seaquarium until she died on August 18, 2023. At the time of her death, she was the sole surviving captive orca taken from that population during the capture era of the 1960s and 1970s, as all the others had died earlier in captivity.
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