For anyone who's seen the movie, the answer is as plain as the blowhole on the killer whale's head. The lovable celluloid cetacean has been wrenched away from his orca family, which lingers loyally within squealing distance just offshore, and his unscrupulous owner wants to kill the prisoner for his life insurance. Even Captain Ahab would vote to let Willy out of his watery cell.
But when it comes to Willy's captive cousins in the real world -- an estimated 466 dolphins, 34 belugas, 20 killer whales, 10 false killer whales and two short-finned pilot whales are held in the U.S....
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