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Euthanasia imminent for beluga whales in theme park if funding not approved

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Newest development Oct 8, 2025 · 2 reportsA marine park in Canada warns that it may euthanize 30 beluga whales

The zoo and theme park closed its doors to the public last year and has been trying to sell its assets since then.

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  1. Euthanasia imminent for beluga whales in theme park if funding not approved

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    A marine park in Canada warns that it may euthanize 30 beluga whales

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  1. CBS News

    Canada (opens CBS News)

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    The heavily scrutinized Marineland theme park in Canada says, without emergency funding, it will have to euthanize 30 beluga whales.

  2. News Nation Now

    Euthanasia imminent for beluga whales in theme park if funding not approved (opens News Nation Now)

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    The zoo and theme park closed its doors to the public last year and has been trying to sell its assets since then.

  3. The Boston Globe

    A marine park in Canada warns that it may euthanize 30 beluga whales (opens The Boston Globe)

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    Canada’s fisheries minister refused to issue an export permit for the animals to go to China because they would continue living in captivity.

  4. Entertainment Weekly

    Canadian theme park to euthanize 30 beluga whales unless it receives emergency funds (opens Entertainment Weekly)

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    Controversial Canadian theme park Marineland will euthanize 30 beluga whales unless the park receives emergency funding, with the government denying a request to export the whales to China.

  5. New York Post

    Defunct marine park threatens to kill 30 beluga whales if emergency government funding isn’t approved (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Marineland, a defunct marine park in Niagara Falls, threatened to slaughter its remaining 30 beluga whales due to a lack of funding after Fisheries Minister Joanna Thompson blocked its plan to send them to a an aquarium in China.

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