After the film became a hit, fans decided to track down the real life Willy, an orca named Keiko. They found the poor killer ...

The orca Keiko was taken from the wild as a young whale before spending most of his life in captivity. Once fans, especially children, of the 1993 film learned that the animal star didn't enjoy ...

But it seems that Keiko, the most famous whale in the world, cannot live without human contact, as the main picture shows. The 33ft-long star of the film Free Willy is frolicking in a Norwegian ...

In 1996, Keiko, the killer whale that starred in the 1993 movie “Free Willy”, was rescued from captivity and taken to an ocean bay in Iceland two years later. He eventually left with a pod of ...

Wikie and Keijo, the two remaining captive orcas in France, are set to move soon, but if that move is to a sanctuary is still undecided Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been ...

The orca Keiko was taken from the wild as a young whale before spending most of his life in captivity. Once fans, especially children, of the 1993 film learned that the animal star didn't enjoy the ...