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 Keiko (Orca) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Keiko was captured near Iceland in 1979 and sold to the Icelandic aquarium in Hafnarfjörður.
Keiko (circa 1976 - December 12, 2003) was an orca which performed in the first of the three Free Willy movies.
Donations from the studio and Craig McCaw led to the establishment of the Free Willy Keiko Foundation in February 1995.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Keiko_(Orca)   (423 words)

  
 Keiko, star of 'Free Willy' movies, dies in Norway
Keiko's keepers said the whale seemed to adapt to living in the wild despite so many years in captivity, learning to slap his tail and do jumps called side breaches that are typically done to stun fish.
Keiko was rehabilitated at the Oregon Coast Aquarium and airlifted to Iceland in 1998, where handlers prepared it for the wild, teaching the orca to catch live fish in an operation that cost about $500,000 a month.
Keiko, the killer whale made famous by the "Free Willy" movies, has died in Norwegian coastal waters where he remained after millions of dollars and a decade of work failed to coax him back to the open sea, his caretakers said early today.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/152384_keiko13.html   (935 words)

  
 "let's talk about life..." personal blog owned by Keiko Amare
Punya teman baru buat keiko adalah hal yang menarik.
Soalnya, keiko memang gak pernah ketemu, dan gak mau tahu dia ada apa enggak.
Sejak kecil, keiko gak pernah selektif sama teman.....kenalan oke,....meski belum tentu jadi teman dlm periode lama.
keikoamare.blogspot.com   (2736 words)

  
 Keiko O'Brien - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Keiko O'Brien, née Keiko Ishikawa, is a character in the fictional Star Trek universe, played by Rosalind Chao.
When the Dominion War began, Keiko and the children were evacuated away from the war zones.
When Miles was reassigned to Deep Space Nine, Keiko decided to start a school, and Jake Sisko and Nog were the first students to enroll.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Keiko_O'Brien   (241 words)

  
 The New Yorker: Fact
The aquarium's position was that Keiko was not ready to leave; the foundation's position was that (a) Keiko was indeed ready to leave, and (b) he belonged to the foundation, not the aquarium.
Keiko's living quarters were splendid, but everything had to be done by boat, since the land that formed the bay around him was a sheer ridge of petrified lava.
Keiko, who had become infected with his own virus—a papillomavirus that had caused the pimply irritation on his skin—was still languishing in Mexico, but now he was in demand.
www.newyorker.com /fact/content?020923fa_fact   (5272 words)

  
 Keiko Died in Freedom - December 2003
Keiko spent the last years of his life in the cold clear waters of the North Atlantic, experiencing the sights, sounds and ocean life common to his species in their natural environment.
Keiko, our master teacher, our ambassador of the wild, put a face and a personality to the complexity, power, beauty, and intelligence of the sea and of all that is wild.
The success is that Keiko swam through that gate to freedom over three years ago, met wild whales, fed himself, traveled his own route through the northern seas where he was born, and every day exercised the freedom of choice that we worked so hard to restore to him.
www.oceanfutures.org /features/2003/dispatch_12_16_03_keiko.asp   (1127 words)

  
 Keiko's Journey Home
Keiko, the star of Free Willy, was the most famous killer whale in the world until his untimely death in December 2003 aged 27.
Keiko was the only whale who fitted the description, and so his life as a celebrity began.
Unfortunately for Keiko, the captain of one particular trawler had been offered a substantial sum of cash to capture a young Orca; Keiko was the perfect subject.
www.btinternet.com /~Jess.Jones/keiko.htm   (604 words)

  
 CNN.com - Call to kill 'Free Willy' star denounced - September 4, 2002
Keiko, which means "Lucky One" in Japanese, was captured near Iceland in 1979 when he was 2 and spent most of his life in captivity in Canada and Mexico.
Keiko turned up in a Norwegian fjord six weeks after he was returned to the wild from his pen in Iceland.
Keiko, the killer whale featured in the 'Free Willy' movies, delights children in Norway.
archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/09/03/norway.whale   (771 words)

  
 BBC NEWS Entertainment Keiko the 'Free Willy' whale dies
Keiko, the killer whale that starred in the film Free Willy, has died in Norway at the age of 27, 18 months after he was returned to the wild.
Keiko, whose name means "Lucky One" in Japanese, starred in three Free Willy films, in which a young boy befriends a killer whale and encourages him to jump over an aquarium wall to ocean freedom.
Keiko was captured when two, but after the success of the film, he was freed from cramped conditions in Mexico City.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/3315519.stm   (401 words)

  
 Keiko
Keiko did take initiative to separate from the boat, once staying away for 7 days.
On these walks, Keiko was trained to fallow a boat around in the open ocean.
Keiko is a 23 year old Icelandic male.
www.angelfire.com /gu/orcas/keiko.html   (570 words)

  
 frontline: a whale of a business: about keiko: keiko's saga
Keiko is one of six orcas being trained by the park, but he is the youngest and most timid.
But Keiko, its star, is failing and by the time the film is released in 1993, Keiko has a compromised immune system, is severely underweight and suffers from significant muscle atrophy because of his small tank.
Keiko is born in 1977 or 1978 in the North Atlantic off of Iceland.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/whales/keiko/saga.html   (600 words)

  
 Discovery Channel :: Keiko Reluctant to Return to Wild
Keiko has remained largely dependent on his team of "guardian angels" who follow his every move in the wild and often feed him the 40 to 50 kilograms (110 pounds) of fish that he requires each day.
Keiko, who settled in Taknes Fjord in western Norway in November after his release from Iceland last year, will be dependent on his handlers for at least another seven months.
Keiko, 26, spent 22 years in captivity, mostly in water theme parks and starring in the "Free Willy" movies.
dsc.discovery.com /news/afp/20030818/keiko.html   (380 words)

  
 STARTREK.COM : Biography
Keiko and Miles invited Kira to live with them in their quarters so they could care for her during the pregnancy, and in 2373, Kirayoshi O'Brien — a boy — was born in a traditional Bajoran birthing ceremony.
As a child, Keiko helped her grandmother with her Japanese brush painting; it was her special task to fill the old chipped cup that her grandmother — whom she called Obachan (a Japanese term of endearment for an older woman) — used to clean the brush.
But Keiko's second pregnancy nearly ended disastrously when she was seriously injured in an accident aboard a runabout during a botanical survey mission.
www.startrek.com /startrek/view/library/character/bio/1119865.html   (443 words)

  
 Tell Me A Story !
Keiko helped in the gardens as best she could, but she was a frail little girl and wasn't able to do as much as she would have liked.
Keiko had to be sure the wheel was well oiled so that it would continue to turn and pull up water for all the plants.
Keiko enjoyed her job, it was nice to be able to help her family.
netnet.net /~dciango/story6.html   (889 words)

  
 Keiko Died Free Willy Whales in Captivity Killer Whales Iceland Funeral Pneumonia
Although this is a sad end to the story of Keiko, his handlers are quick to point out that at least Keiko had five years of freedom before he died.
Marineworld in Ontario, Canada bought Keiko in 1980 when he was first captured off the coast of Iceland.
But three years after the original film was made, Keiko was rescued by a marina in Oregon because he wasn't being properly cared for in Mexico.
www.kidzworld.com /site/p2479.htm   (390 words)

  
 About Keiko
Keiko History: A timeline from Keiko's capture in 1977/78 to Ocean Futures recent work training him to live free in his native waters.
When a Life magazine story later revealed that Keiko was living in unhealthy conditions in an amusement park in Mexico City, millions of people expressed their concern.
Thanks to this show of support, Keiko was nursed back to health in Oregon and returned to his original home in Iceland.
www.oceanfutures.org /keiko/keiko_about.asp   (255 words)

  
 Keiko's Story: The Timeline
Keiko is eating live steelhead weighing from three to 12 pounds each, comprising up to half of his daily intake of food.
Keiko makes amazing progress during his sea "walks," even beginning to interact with wild orcas in the vicinity of his sea pen.
Keiko begins initiating contact with wild orcas in the vicinity and spends several days away from his human companions.
www.hsus.org /ace/14811   (1119 words)

  
 Keiko
Keiko´s staff has been hard at work installing a camera and an underwater microphone (hydrophone) systematically in Keiko´s pen, to continue facilitating research and educational projects, so that we can learn and teach as much as we can from Keiko while he is under our care.
Keiko has been thriving in his new (or is it old?) home in North Atlantic waters.
We do have a relative time-frame to reach a decision, however: Keiko´s veterinarian, Dr Lanny Cornell, has estimated that if Keiko is to be fully back to the wild, it will be done within the next two years.
vestmannaeyjar.ismennt.is /vefir/comenius/sea/keiko.html   (214 words)

  
 "Free Willy" Sleeps with Fishes - Dec 13, 2003 - E! Online News
Keiko, the aquatic star of the 1993 movie Free Willy, whose real-life struggles to become a free-wheeling whale made him the world's most famous sea creature weighing at least five tons, was found dead Friday.
After nearly two years, Keiko continued to struggle with the concept of fishing, preferring to be hand fed by his helpful human friends.
Keiko's private physician, also known as a vet, said the famously friendly big mammal was in "excellent" health until Thursday.
www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,13101,00.html   (765 words)

  
 Keiko (II)
Keiko, a Genus Orca whale, was born in 1976 and captured off the coast...
Find where Keiko is credited alongside another name
Discuss this person with other users on IMDb message board for Keiko (II)
www.imdb.com /name/nm1430748   (98 words)

  
 Time for Kids Magazines
Keiko's journey began in the frosty blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean near Iceland, where he was born about 20 years ago.
Because Keiko had lived almost his whole life in captivity, it was too risky just to set him free.
While Keiko was getting stronger at the aquarium in Oregon, his caretakers were busy designing a new home for him in Iceland.
www.timeforkids.com /TFK/magazines/story/0,6277,88611,00.html   (754 words)

  
 Killing Keiko?! - Sep 06, 2002 - E! Online News
In 1998, Keiko was moved from Oregon to Iceland where the Free Willy Keiko Foundation refocused efforts to prep the pampered thesp for life on the open sea.
No, Keiko, the Free Willy whale, may still not know much about fending for his fat self, but the good people of Norway have looked into their hearts and decided not to give up on the blubbery blob and pump him full of lead.
Keiko, now 25, was first taken in by humans in 1979 when he was captured near Iceland.
www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,10498,00.html   (592 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/keiko
Keiko are a band that like this idea, and anyone who’s seen or heard them would certainly agree that they adhere to it well.
Keiko formed in Redditch, near Birmingham, in May 2004, the three members having never played together before.
Keiko’s music is lean, vital and brimming over with energy.
www.myspace.com /keiko   (1249 words)

  
 Welcome Keiko
Keiko has also been making more noise than he had ever done before and that indecates that he is signaling other animals.
The reason is that access to keikos pen is restricted and the Keiko foundation did not allow us to set up a camera on the pen.
Keiko has arived to Vestmannaeyjar after his long journey from Oregon.
www.eyjar.is /keiko   (490 words)

  
 Meet Keiko Kasza
Keiko Kasza was born on a small island in Japan.
Keiko Kasza moved to the United States to go to college in California.
When Keiko Kasza makes up her stories, she likes to pretend that she's one of the characters.
www.eduplace.com /kids/hmr/mtai/kasza.html   (122 words)

  
 Keiko
Keiko and Aries digging in the tall grass.
Keiko as a baby...picture courtesy of RatpiT's Kennel of MN....
Here CeeCee gives a mild correction to show Keiko who is boss (and who is tired of the jumping and playing!)
imageevent.com /windmillkennel/theratsterriersthatis/keiko   (649 words)

  
 Keiko, Killer Whale--Animals/Geography/Literature lesson plan (grades 6-8)--DiscoverySchool.com
Keiko is a killer whale who lived for a long time in an aquarium and had to be taught how to live independently.
Keiko now resides in the part of the world he came from—Iceland.
Context: One proposal was that Keiko live in a fjord protected by a sea pen.
school.discovery.com /lessonplans/programs/thefreewillystory   (1308 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Music: The Piano
Which may be a good thing for Keiko Matsui's chronologists and critics, with some new inerpretations of the great old works to chew on, but in my own humble opinion, the original works sounded better.
This is truly a showcase CD for Keiko, revealing all her talents.
On the heels of a repackaging assortment of Keiko's older works, aptly named Collection (and barely two years old), here comes another compilation of old tracks, now titles Piano.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000093FJK?v=glance   (1139 words)

  
 Keiko HARADA: Composers: ELISION Ensemble
Born in Tokyo in 1968, Keiko HARADA studied composition, piano, chamber music and conducting with Manabu KAWAI, Akira MIYOSHI, Michio MAMIYA, and Yoriaki MATSUDAIRA at the Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo, where she completed the Masters course in 1992.
Her awards include first prize in the 62nd Music Competition of Japan Awards, the Yasuda prize, the E. Nakamichi prize for studying abroad, second prize in the 5th Akiyoshidai International Music Festival and Seminar (1993), and the Yamaguchi Prefectional Governor prize (1995).
www.elision.org.au /composers/harada.html   (174 words)

  
 Han Keiko
Han Keiko (潘恵子) was born on April 5th, 1953 in Tokyo.
Some of the events that Keiko has appeared in recently are as follows.
Some of the books and magazines that Keiko has appeared in prominently are as follows.
www.tcp.com /doi/seiyuu/han-keiko.html   (177 words)

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