A trainer at SeaWorld Orlando was severely injured last year when one of the park’s killer whales bit her arm, breaking several bones.

An plan announced last week to return Lolita, a killer whale held captive for more than a half-century, to her home waters in Washington’s Puget Sound thrilled those who have long advocated for her to be freed from her tank at the Miami Seaquarium.

The beached 21-foot killer whale that was found dead on a beach in Flagler County was buried in a secret location.

Scientists who examined the killer whale found dead on a Flagler County beach Wednesday said the female orca appeared to be ill when it beached itself.