As KING 5's reporting surrounding Tokitae's long-awaited return to the Salish Sea rolled out this week, a class of Seattle third graders started to get excited at the prospect of welcoming the orca home. Tokitae was taken from the Puget Sound at just four years old and sold to the Miami Seaquarium, where she has spent the past 53 years. Plans are being developed to transport the whale to a sea pen in the Salish Sea where she'll once again get to interact with her natural environment. A class at Decatur Elementary wanted to give her a warm welcome, so they made "Welcome home Tokitae" signs, and wrote letters and poems. Read the full story here: https://www.king5.com/article/tech/science/environment/orcas/welcome-home-tokitae-seattle-third-graders-orca/281-8293c73b-a975-404c-b1db-935fabd789ad