U.S. approves ’emergency rescue’ plan to import Marineland’s whales and dolphins
The plan sends up to 28 belugas to U.S. aquariums and two to Spain after Marineland said it could no longer care for them.
- On Wednesday, a U.S. consortium announced the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration approved an "emergency rescue" to import 30 beluga whales and four dolphins from Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ont.
- The shuttered Niagara Falls facility is up for sale and struggling to fund animal care, following 15 whale deaths at the park over the past four years.
- Five facilities will receive the animals: Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, SeaWorld locations in San Antonio and San Diego, and Oceanografic Valencia in Spain.
- Ottawa endorsed the transfer plan last month, and the American consortium expects to arrive in Canada soon to assess the animals' health as part of the relocation process.
- Marineland officials welcomed the authorization, stating the relocation serves the best interests of the whales, which are the last such captive marine mammals remaining in Canada.
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U.S. approves relocation of Marineland belugas
Thirty beluga whales stranded at the now-defunct Marineland park in Niagara Falls, Ont. appear to be bound for the United States instead of to the Arctic Ocean, as one Nunavik man had proposed.
The United States authorities have approved the rescue plan for the transfer of marine animals.
U.S. approves emergency rescue plan for Marineland whales and dolphins
U.S. authorities have approved an "emergency rescue" operation to import Canada's last captive whales and dolphins, a consortium of marine parks said Wednesday. The shuttered Niagara Falls, Ont., tourist attraction is up for sale and the park has said it is running out of money to care for its complement of 30 belugas and four dolphins. Ottawa endorsed last month a plan to move the animals to several facilities in the United States and one in Sp…
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