Shedd Aquarium’s beluga whale population is about to double — from what it was a month ago. Four more of the white cetaceans are expected to leave the shuttered Marineland Canada this week, arriving in Chicago early Thursday if all goes to plan.
Four more beluga whales rescued from the former Marineland facility in Ontario, Canada, have arrived at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium. The whales are part of an ongoing rescue effort following the closure of the marine park.
Four more belugas have arrived at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago as part of a plan to move the last remaining captive whales from a shuttered theme park in Canada to aquariums in the United States and Spain. Another four whales arrived at the aquarium last month.
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