Beluga whales transferred to U.S. aquariums after Canadian theme park closes
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Nearly 30 beluga whales were sent to aquariums across the U.S. in a multinational emergency operation after their home aquarium in Canada shuttered. Jared Ochacher reports.
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SeaWorld San Antonio welcomes rescued belugas from former Canada marine park
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Beluga whales transferred to U.S. aquariums after Canadian theme park closes
Four beluga whales from a shuttered aquatic park in Niagara Falls, Canada, were on their way to Shedd Aquarium Monday as part of an “unprecedented rescue effort,” according to Canadian media. Two more whales were headed to SeaWorld in San Antonio Monday,
Four beluga whales were welcomed into their new home at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium on Tuesday after they were rescued from the failed Marineland of Canada in Ontario. After they were lifted out of their old tank on by a special stretcher — fins extended and flapping — the whales were each transported …
(NBC, KYMA) - A large scale operation is underway to move six beluga whales from an Ontario, Canada marine park to facilities in the U.S. In an emergency rescue, capping off a long-running saga, crews used cranes to carefully lift belugas out of their tanks at Marineland.
Four beluga whales plucked from a shuttered Canadian marine park arrived at Shedd Aquarium early Tuesday, as part of an "urgent" rescue mission. Shedd officials have said that as many as 10 belugas may be coming to Chicago in the next few weeks as part of the complex mission, which involved…
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Six beluga whales have arrived safely at their new homes after being transported from Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canadian Minister of Fisheries Joanne Thompson announced on social media Tuesday.
Four beluga whales arrived safely at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium Tuesday morning after being flown in from Canada. New whale residents at Shedd Aquarium The belugas, all female, were rescued from the closed Marineland marine park in Niagra Falls as part of the first successful rescue effort to relocate…
The rescue of 30 beluga whales from a closed Canadian theme park is underway, and Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium is playing a key role in the international effort.
Whales flown to US aquariums after long-running saga in which Marineland had threatened to euthanise cetaceans Six beluga whales have at last left Marineland, the embattled Canadian marine park in Niagara Falls that previously threatened to kill its own animals , and are arriving at US aquariums thi…
Marine experts are relocating nearly three dozen beluga whales from a shuttered Canadian marine park in an enormous undertaking expected to last weeks.
Dozens of beluga whales are being transferred to aquariums across the U.S. following the closure of the Canadian theme park that hosted them. Jared Ochacher has the story.
Dozens of beluga whales are being transferred from a closed Canadian theme park to a number of aquariums across the United States. CBS News reporter Jared Ochacher has more.
Two beluga whales settled into their new home at SeaWorld San Antonio this week following an international relocation mission from shuttered Canadian theme park Marineland.
For years, they lived in aging concrete tanks surrounded by murky water, as advocates documented what they described as deteriorating conditions and a growing death toll. Now, four female beluga whales, Acadia, Osiris, Sierra and Lillooet, have begun a new chapter at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium after a…
Two beluga whales have officially arrived at SeaWorld San Antonio with 11 more still on the way. It's an international rescue effort years in the making as they were relocated from a closed marine park in Canada that could no longer provide care for them.
When GNN reported last week that Canadian and US authorities approved the emergency transfer of some 30 beluga whales from a closed theme park in Ontario, little had been released about how one goes about moving a several ton marine mammal across state boundaries.
Nearly 30 beluga whales were sent to aquariums across the U.S. in a multinational emergency operation after their home aquarium in Canada shuttered. Jared Ochacher reports.
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