The Dolphin Company, which owns Miami Seaquarium, has filed for bankruptcy. It's just the latest in a string of legal battles for the embattled South Florida attraction.

The head of The Dolphin Company, the Mexican parent company of the troubled Miami Seaquarium, stridently denied media reports in the country that it is filing for bankruptcy — but did say it is beginning “a process to restructure its financial liabilities.”

A high-stakes legal battle between Miami-Dade County and The Dolphin Company, operators of Miami Seaquarium, took a turn Wednesday morning when a civil judge denied the county’s motion for immediate eviction over a late rent payment.

For the first time since Miami-Dade County told its tenant — Miami Seaquarium operator The Dolphin Company — that it needs to vacate the Virginia Key site by April 21 amid mounting animal welfare concerns, Local 10 News is getting a look inside.

The office of Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava issued a lease termination notice to the troubled Miami Seaquarium Thursday.

Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava has advised management of the troubled Miami Seaquarium that the county is seeking to terminate its lease for the Virginia Key site.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service confirmed Monday that it is working with “an experienced team of manatee rescue and rehabilitation experts to assist with the transport effort of manatees from Miami Seaquarium.”

The Miami Seaquarium reopened on Sunday after closing the park on Saturday to deal with the aftermath of the death of the captive orca whale Lolita, also known as Tokitae and Toki.

Officials at the Miami Seaquarium provided the latest health update on their orca Lolita Tuesday as they prepare to eventually move her to her home waters in the Pacific.

An executive with the Miami Seaquarium is expected to be joined by county officials and philanthropists Thursday morning to announce a plan to return beloved Orca Lolita to her “home waters.”

The U.S. Department of Agriculture cleared the way for the Miami Seaquarium to transfer its lease to The Dolphin Company, Miami-Dade County’s mayor announced on Thursday night.

Lolita, the ailing orca at the Miami Seaquarium, could be on the move soon, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava tells Local 10 News.

Miami-Dade County commissioners voted Tuesday to assign the job to The Dolphin Company, a Cancun-based operator of other aquatic parks in Mexico, the Caribbean and Europe.

The Miami Seaquarium will change ownership later this year.