Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 12 Jan 1995.
Line: Whale / Free Willy
alt.ascii-art
· 6 messages · 12 Jan 1995 - 26 Jan 1995
Captain Ahab said that Ivan "Foo" Woehr <woe...@ucsub.Colorado.EDU> wrote: > Looking for whale pictures for something like Free Willy etc! > Please post A.S.A.P. - thanks! >-- > _ // Computer Engineering Major >||_ ^ ^ Smile Always! // Colorado University at Boulder >|| o o!!!! \_/ // Class of 199X Here's a whale I did for someone previously. You, however, can call it "Willy's Revenge." *grin* ____ ___ . ,, ,, . ', \,__ __,'',/ . .:>}}Y{{<:. .' \ \/' ./ ' .'. ''W' ' .' . \ / " \ / ,-----------"--, | \____/' -\ \ Row faster! \ ' .O `\ / | ,-- |\_______) O O | <' , "/ / / / ' .'; __ /N___/N____ `, '~~~' /'/'/'/' .',.'.`/' /' dcau ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~D~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Daniel -- @@@@88UUI::... @88UUUIII:::.. @::... @@@888UUUIII:::.. @@@888UUUII::.. @@888UUUIII::... @8I:::.. @@@888UUUIII:::.. @@@888UUUIII::.@@@888UUUII:::.. @8UUI:::...@@@888UUUIII:::.. @@@888UUUIII:::@@@888UUUII::... @88UUUI:::..@@@888UUUIII:::.. @@@888UUUIII::.@@@888UUUII:::.. @@888UUII:::.@@@888UUUIII:::.. @@@888UUUII:::. @@888UUUIII:::.@@@888UUIII::::@@888UUUII::... @@@8@8UUI::.. @88UUUIII:::@@@888UUUUIII:::..@88UUI::... dca...@casbah.acns.nwu.edu
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Daniel Au <dca...@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> wrote: >Here's a whale I did for someone previously. You, however, can call it >"Willy's Revenge." *grin* Or how about: "FEED WILLY!" >____ ___ . ,, ,, . > ', \,__ __,'',/ . .:>}}Y{{<:. .' > \ \/' ./ ' .'. ''W' ' .' . > \ / " > \ / ,-----------"--, > | \____/' -\ \ Row faster! > \ ' .O `\ / > | ,-- |\_______) O O > | <' , "/ / / / ' .'; __ /N___/N____ > `, '~~~' /'/'/'/' .',.'.`/' /' dcau > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~D~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In article <3flau5$2i...@gap.cco.caltech.edu>, Mike Jittlov <jit...@erehwon.caltech.edu> wrote: >Steinar Bang <ste...@falch.no> wrote: >> C> "FEED WILLY!" >> [ascii whale deleted] >>Since this was cross-posted to soc.culture.nordic, and apparently is >>a dig at Norwegian whaling, let me just state that Willy is an Orca >>(aka. "Killer whale") and the Orca is a protected species in Norway. > [deletia] > >Heard on the TV news: if you want to see the actual whale, which >starred in "Free Willy", you have to go to Mexico, where it was >sold as a performing animal (Willy was never freed). The whale's >health isn't too good, so "Free Willy II" will be using a special >effects replica. (Again, that's American TV news -- feel free to >correct/illuminate.) > According to CNN Wednesday (in bewtween coverage of the imminent subsidence of California beneath the floodwaters), Keiko the whale is being moved to a new 2.5 million dollar tank in Oregon, built after massive public outcry about the conditions he was living in. So there may be a semi-happy ending after all. -- ... --- ... ... --- ... ... --- ... ... --- ... ... --- ... ... --- ... Marc Reeve cmr...@ucscb.ucsc.edu | @deeptht.armory.com | @gorn.iuma.com "What do they look like, Jimmy?" "Dorks!" -Harvey Keitel & Quentin Tarantino Have Camera, Will Travel.
On 22 Jan 1995, The Phantom Photographer wrote: > In article <3flau5$2i...@gap.cco.caltech.edu>, > Mike Jittlov <jit...@erehwon.caltech.edu> wrote: > >Steinar Bang <ste...@falch.no> wrote: > >> C> "FEED WILLY!" > >> [ascii whale deleted] > [deletia] > > > >Heard on the TV news: if you want to see the actual whale, which > >starred in "Free Willy", you have to go to Mexico, where it was > >sold as a performing animal (Willy was never freed). The whale's > >health isn't too good, so "Free Willy II" will be using a special > > > According to CNN Wednesday (in bewtween coverage of the imminent subsidence > of California beneath the floodwaters), Keiko the whale is being moved to > a new 2.5 million dollar tank in Oregon, built after massive public outcry > about the conditions he was living in. > > So there may be a semi-happy ending after all. I thought a 'local' story from Victoria, BC, might fit with this thread and be of interest. A few years back a sick, gunshot-wounded, young Orca was rescued from certain death off the coast of BC. He was kept, for the first while, in a tank by the ocean, and Victoria residents were permitted to go see him. They really didn't think he would live, but enormous, heroic efforts by a lot of Victoria animal lovers, naturalists, scientists, and, I believe the staff of Sealand, brought him back to health. Victorians adopted him into their hearts, felt a special bond to this little killer whale and named him "Miracle". It was felt, after evaluation, that Miracle was probably too young to survive as an Orca orphan, and he was given a home at the Sealand killer whale tank. Later, some animal activists who are against all animals being held in captivity, took the law into their own hands and swam (I assume with SCUBA gear) down under the pen where it opened onto the ocean. (Unlike a lot of whale tanks which are concrete on four sides, Sealand's whale tank was netting on one side, so the whales could see a distance further than the edge of the tank.) The saboteurs wanted to 'free' the whales. Decide for yourself whether young tame Orcas can make the adjustment to surviving in the wild without special training and a long, complex adjustment period. The saboteurs cut the wire so the whales could get out. Curious, the whales went through the opening, or tried to. Miracle was injured, by the wire, I believe. And died. And left an empty space in the hearts of all those who worked so hard to save his life, and those who watched the valiant efforts. I had the opportunity to see Miracle when he (I think it was a he, I don't remember now) was in his temporary tank by the ocean. They were evluating him and treating his injuries and life-threatening diseases at that time. When I heard there was a movie coming out called Free Willy, I thought perhaps it was based on the story of Miracle. I haven't seen the movie. If it is based on Miracle, I'm not sure I want to know Hollywood's interpretation. Julie
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