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Making it possible, Reino Aventura – which had originally paid $350,000 for Keiko – donated the whale to the newly founded Free Willy-Keiko Foundation, formed by the Earth Island Institute. At the same time, the Oregon Coast Aquarium agreed to build a new state-of-the-art facility to serve as a way station of sorts to allow Keiko to regain his health before returning to the wild. When the new tank was completed, Keiko was airlifted in January 1996 to his new home in Oregon in a plane donated by United Parcel Service (UPS).

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<a href="https://celebritypictures.org/celebrity/3398820/1978915"><img src="https://celebritypictures.org/images/3398820/3398820_2.jpeg" /></a><br/><a href="https://celebritypictures.org/celebrity/3398820/1978915">Making it possible, Reino Aventura – which had originally paid $350,000 for Keiko – donated the whale to the newly founded Free Willy-Keiko Foundation, formed by the Earth Island Institute. At the same time, the Oregon Coast Aquarium agreed to build a new state-of-the-art facility to serve as a way station of sorts to allow Keiko to regain his health before returning to the wild. When the new tank was completed, Keiko was airlifted in January 1996 to his new home in Oregon in a plane donated by United Parcel Service (UPS).</a><br/>Source: <a href="https://celebritypictures.org/">Celebrity Pictures</a>