Introduction to Keiko's Story

The story centers around Keiko, a killer whale who spent years in captivity and the efforts made by scientists and activists in the 1990s to return him to the ocean. Keiko's life began in the North Atlantic before he was captured and moved through a series of marine parks, each with increasingly poor living conditions. His time at Reino Aventura in Mexico City was marked by not only captivity but also the emotional trauma of being separated from his pod at a young age. The narrative effectively frames his journey from confinement to the broader implications of animal captivity and the human desire to fix perceived wrongs.