Cranes, Cargo Planes, and Vets in the Water: Inside the Beluga Rescue

7 more rescued beluga whales reach Texas after 2,000-mile trip from shuttered Canadian park

After a nearly 2,000-mile trip from Canada, seven more rescued beluga whales have reached SeaWorld San Antonio, marking another major milestone in the high-profile relocation effort caused by the closing of a marine park. The park has nine rescued belugas, and the transfer represents the biggest one-time move in the international rescue operation. What happened? The new arrivals are seven female belugas — Xena, Gemini, Skyla, Meeka, Eve, Neva, a…

Cranes, Cargo Planes, and Vets in the Water: Inside the Beluga Rescue

The post Cranes, Cargo Planes, and Vets in the Water: Inside the Beluga Rescue appeared first on A-Z Animals.What happens to marine life when their captive home closes? For the beluga whales that lived at Canada’s Marineland theme park near Niagara Falls, it meant moving thousands of miles away. Their journey involves cranes, planes, and trucks to complete the arduous relocation. Here’s how aquariums across North America and Spain are jumping in…

SeaWorld San Antonio welcomes seven beluga whales as part of rescue effort

SeaWorld San Antonio has welcomed seven rescued beluga whales as part of an urgent and unprecedented effort to relocate the animals from Marineland in Canada.The seven whales join two rescued male belugas who arrived at SeaWorld San Antonio on 21 July as part of the first transport, which included the relocation of four additional whales to the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago."Given this is the largest number of belugas being moved at one time, we are…