A baby beluga at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium. | Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Two years ago, Marineland of Canada — a theme park in Niagara Falls that trained beluga whales, dolphins, and other animals to perform acrobatic tricks for entertainment — closed its doors. The decision came after years of financial turmoil, along with journalistic investigations, whistleblower accounts, and government inspections that revealed animal neglect and suffering at the park. Since 2019, 19 beluga whales and one killer whale have died at Marineland. The...
Three beluga whales just died at one of America’s top-rated aquariums
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Sep 15, 2026 • 24 minutes ago
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