Two beluga whales die at Chicago aquarium including one rescued from shuttered Canadian theme park
- Two beluga whales, including one recently rescued from a shuttered Canadian theme park, have died at a Chicago aquarium — days after another rescued beluga died at the facility.
- Rain, a 20-year-old female beluga who arrived at the Shedd Aquarium in August from Marineland in Canada, and Beethoven, a 34-year-old male who had been part of Shedd’s resident beluga pod for decades, both died on Wednesday, the Shedd Aquarium confirmed.
- Over the summer, the Shedd rescued eight belugas from Marineland, a theme park in Ontario that permanently closed in 2024, prompting an international effort to relocat
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- Two beluga whales, including one recently rescued from a shuttered Canadian theme park, have died at a Chicago aquarium — days after another rescued beluga died at the facility.
- Rain, a 20-year-old female beluga who arrived at the Shedd Aquarium in August from Marineland in Canada, and Beethoven, a 34-year-old male who had been part of Shedd’s resident beluga pod for decades, both died on Wednesday, the Shedd Aquarium confirmed.
- Over the summer, the Shedd rescued eight belugas from Marineland, a theme park in Ontario that permanently closed in 2024, prompting an international effort to relocat
Sources: The Independent