First beluga whales from Marineland arrive in Texas as international rescue effort gets underway
- By July 22, 2026 / 5:17 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google Two beluga whales settled into their new home — a 2-million-gallon salt water pool — in Texas on Tuesday following an international relocation mission from a shuttered Canadian theme park.
- The whales, named Bertie Bott and Frankie, traveled more than 1,500 miles from Niagara Falls, Ontario, to SeaWorld San Antonio.
- The same trip also brought an additional four belugas to the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago.
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- By July 22, 2026 / 5:17 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google Two beluga whales settled into their new home — a 2-million-gallon salt water pool — in Texas on Tuesday following an international relocation mission from a shuttered Canadian theme park.
- The whales, named Bertie Bott and Frankie, traveled more than 1,500 miles from Niagara Falls, Ontario, to SeaWorld San Antonio.
- The same trip also brought an additional four belugas to the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago.
Sources: CBS News