Two belugas, four dolphins from Marineland heading to aquarium in Spain
An international rescue is moving 30 belugas and four dolphins, while Shedd Aquarium says a 23-year-old beluga died after becoming dehydrated.
- Peekachu, a 23-year-old female beluga whale rescued from Marineland and relocated to Shedd Aquarium, died suddenly due to dehydration despite supportive care efforts.
- Marineland is relocating two belugas and four dolphins to an aquarium in Spain and other facilities in the U.S., facing financial difficulties and being put up for sale.
- The Canadian federal government blocked Marineland's planned sale of 30 belugas and four dolphins to a Chinese aquarium, citing a 2019 law banning whale and dolphin captivity, breeding, and performances.
- Multiple aquariums in the U.S. and Spain, including Shedd Aquarium, SeaWorld, and the Georgia Aquarium, are involved in the largest rescue and relocation effort for captive belugas and dolphins from Marineland.
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The Oceanogràfic of Valencia has two new belugas, Cleopatra and Jelly Bean, who have just landed from Toronto, Canada, after a seven-hour direct flight on a specially chartered plane for their transfer. Both belong to the group of 30 specimens remaining in a limbo in a marineland water park in Ontario, Canada, since it closed its doors in 2024. On them it weighed the threat of being sacrificed, but the Canadian government rejected this possibili…
The animals arrived in València after a seven-hour direct flight from Toronto on a specially chartered plane for transfer
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One of the belugas transferred from Marineland, Ontario, to the Chicago Shedd Aquarium, died only two weeks after his arrival.
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Marineland beluga dies in Chicago as Canada's last captive dolphins leave the park
NIAGARA FALLS — Canada's last captive dolphins have left Marineland for a new home in Spain while a beluga recently relocated from the park has died in a Chicago aquarium.
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