Two belugas, four dolphins from Marineland heading to aquarium in Spain
The relocation is part of a 34-animal transfer plan as Marineland runs out of money and moves its last captive dolphins out of Canada.
- On Wednesday, Shedd Aquarium announced that 23-year-old beluga Peekachu died suddenly on Tuesday evening after caretakers provided supportive care for dehydration detected through blood tests.
- The transfer was part of an international rescue involving five institutions after Marineland, which closed in 2024, faced severe financial difficulties and threatened to euthanize 30 remaining whales.
- Despite being blind in one eye, Peekachu showed "early signs of progress as she settled in with the fellow rescued whales," and aquarium officials are conducting a necropsy to understand her overall health.
- Federal Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson called the death "difficult news" but expressed confidence in the care, while Shedd remains "guarded but hopeful" regarding the remaining belugas undergoing round-the-clock monitoring.
- Six belugas remain at the shuttered park with plans to relocate them to U.S. aquariums soon, though animal rights advocates previously raised concerns about health risks from long-distance transfers.
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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.
Canada’s last captive dolphins leave Marineland as one of its belugas dies in Chicago
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. Trainers worked over several hours Wednesday morning at the shuttered theme park in Niagara Falls, Ont., to load four dolphins and two belugas into tanks on transport trucks that headed to Toronto Pearson International Airport for the journey to Oceanografic Valencia. Echo, Li…
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Because they were threatened to fall asleep in a park in Canada, several Beluga whales were transferred to other parks in an elaborate rescue operation. One of them is now dead.
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