Keiko, the killer whale star of the "Free Willy" movies, was buried Monday in a snow-bound pasture during the deep darkness of Nordic winter in a ceremony kept secret from the public. [cnn]
It does sound beautiful:
</samp>In freezing temperatures and a heavy snow storm, the killer whale was dragged by an excavating machine and two tractors to the burial site about 10 meters from shore.[nyt]</samp>