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Another beluga whale dies at Chicago aquarium after rescue mission from Canada park
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Key Points:
- A third beluga whale, Osiris, died at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium after being rescued from a closed Canadian marine park, following the recent death of a fourth beluga, Jelly Bean, at a Spanish aquarium.
- The belugas were part of a complex international rescue operation relocating 30 whales from Marineland in Ontario, which had closed and could no longer care for them, to aquariums in the U.S. and Spain.
- Belugas are highly sensitive to environmental changes and stress, and many of the rescued whales arrived with significant health vulnerabilities, complicating their adjustment to new habitats.
- The Shedd Aquarium is conducting necropsies to determine causes of death and has reported Osiris' passing to NOAA, with formal reports and findings to be shared once confirmed.
- Other facilities, including the Georgia Aquarium and SeaWorld parks, have also taken in rescued belugas, with current reports indicating stable health for those animals.
