Third Marineland Beluga Dies After Move, This Time in Spain
The death is the third beluga loss tied to Marineland's relocation effort, and veterinarians are conducting a necropsy to determine the cause.
- On Wednesday, Echo, a blind dolphin rescued from Marineland Canada, died at the Oceanogràfic aquarium in Valencia, Spain, after her condition deteriorated rapidly despite round-the-clock veterinary care.
- Marineland Canada relocated 30 belugas and four dolphins to U.S. and Spanish aquariums this summer to avert euthanasia following the park's 2024 closure and severe financial difficulties.
- Five animals have died since the summer transfers, including three belugas at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium and two in Spain—beluga Jelly Bean and dolphin Echo.
- Investigations into the causes of death continue at both facilities, while the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration previously noted that animals from the Niagara Falls park "are health-compromised."
- Former Marineland trainer Phil Demers attributed the deaths to "poor living conditions" at the park and alleged "the animals were already sick before they were transferred.
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Several marine animals have died in the United States and Europe after being moved from a amusement park in Canada, including the dolphin "Echo", which arrived in Valencia in Spain with "serious visual problems and other predispositions".
Marine mammals die after move from defunct Canada theme park
The once-popular theme park had claimed it could no longer afford to care for the animals after its closure, and said they would need to be euthanized if permission was not granted for their transfer.
5th Marineland animal dies following move to new aquarium
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A fifth animal that was transported from the former Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ontario, to a new aquarium has died, Oceanogràfic València announced Thursday. Echo, believed to be around 30 years old, was blind and arrived at the aquarium in Spain with several medical issues, the aquarium said. She was one [...]
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Dolphin transferred last August from Marineland Park, Ontario, died in an aquarium in Spain
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