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Another beluga whale dies at Chicago aquarium after rescue mission from Canada park

Compiled Sep 22

Another beluga whale dies at Chicago aquarium after rescue mission from Canada park
Another beluga whale dies at Chicago aquarium after rescue mission from Canada park · Photo: The Associated Press

A third beluga, Osiris, died at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium after being rescued this summer from Marineland in Canada.

  1. early 2023
    Marineland announced it was for sale.
  2. late summer 2024
    Marineland closed to the public.
  3. earlier this year
    Canadian government agreed to move the last captive whales out of the country, avoiding euthanasia.
  4. late August and early September
    Peekachu and Rain died at the Shedd Aquarium after arriving from Canada.
  5. around the same time
    Another beluga that had lived at the Shedd for decades died.
  6. less than a week before Monday
    Jelly Bean died at Oceanogràfic de València in Spain.
  7. Monday
    Osiris died at the Shedd Aquarium.

“When Shedd was asked to help with this rescue, we understood that these animals arrived with significant vulnerabilities and that the outcome for every individual could not be guaranteed.”

Shedd Aquarium

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