Free Willy star returns to the wild

Keiko the whale, star of the hit film Free Willy, is adjusting to life in the wild after years in captivity and now lives with a school of killer whales off Iceland's south coast, scientists said Tuesday.

Free Willy star returns to the wild

Keiko the whale, star of the hit film Free Willy, is adjusting to life in the wild after years in captivity and now lives with a school of killer whales off Iceland's south coast, scientists said Tuesday.

"We are very excited and optimistic about Keiko's chances of surviving in the wild," Hallur Hallsson, spokesman for the Ocean Futures Society, told Reuters.

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