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After Theme Park Closing, a Relocation of the Whales
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Key Points:
- Six beluga whales have been relocated from the closed Marineland park in Niagara Falls, Canada, to facilities in the United States, including SeaWorld San Antonio and Chicago's Shedd Aquarium.
- Marineland, closed to visitors since 2024, cited financial inability to care for its 28 belugas and had considered euthanasia without a relocation plan.
- US regulators approved the move in July, determining that no Canadian facility could adequately meet the whales' medical needs.
- SeaWorld reports that the two belugas, Bertie Botts and Frankie, are adapting well to their new 2-million-gallon saltwater habitat in San Antonio.
- Additional belugas from Marineland are scheduled for relocation to aquariums in Georgia, San Diego, Chicago, and Spain.
