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Two more whales have died at a Chicago aquarium, including one that recently moved there as part of the massive undertaking to relocate 30 belugas and four dolphins from Marineland.
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that → die → Marineland
The whales died Wednesday afternoon despite “immediate efforts by animal care and veterinary teams to provide lifesaving measures,” Shedd Aquarium said in a news release.
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Aquarium → die → release
Rain, a 20 year-old beluga, arrived at Shedd in mid-August after being moved out of the closed tourist attraction in Niagara Falls, Ont.
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Rain → arrive → Falls
Beethoven, a 34-year-old beluga that had lived decades in Chicago, was the other whale to die.
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that → live → Chicago
“These losses are hard, made more difficult by the fact that it will take time to get concrete answers about what led to their passings,” Shedd said in a statement.
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Shedd → make → statement
“Necropsies, blood tests and additional exams are underway to help better understand what happened.”
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what → help → ?
Marineland said it was “deeply saddened” to learn of Rain’s death.
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it → say → death
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“Our thoughts are with the trainers and staff who loved and supported Rain.”
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who → get → Rain
Marineland, along with Shedd and several other aquariums, recently completed an unprecedented relocation of captive whales after shipping 30 belugas and four dolphins to five destinations.
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Marineland → complete → destinations
Another Marineland beluga, Peekachu, died last week at Shedd after it became severely dehydrated.
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it → die → Shedd
An investigation into Peekachu’s death remains ongoing.
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investigation → remain → death
The animals were the last captive whales and dolphins in Canada after the federal government banned the practice in 2019, but granted an exception for Marineland.
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government → ban → Marineland
Marineland is up for sale and sources say a deal is in place for the land so long as the animals are gone.
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animals → say → land
Several hundred deer still remain at the park.
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deer → remain → park
Marineland closed to the public in 2024.
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Marineland → close → 2024
Its founder, John Holer, died in 2018 and his widow, Marie Holer, died not long after the park closed for good.
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park → die → 2018
The park has said it was running out of money and had to get its animals out.
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it → say → animals
The federal government blocked a previous plan to move the whales to an aquarium in China, which prompted Marineland to threaten to euthanize the animals if it did not get an emergency cash infusion.
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it → block → infusion
Marineland turned to a consortium of aquariums abroad.
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Marineland → turn → aquariums
The whales and dolphins have moved to Shedd, SeaWorld locations in San Diego and San Antonio, Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta and Oceanografic Valencia in Spain.
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whales → move → Spain
The whales were given a clean bill of health in the days before each move, with Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson responsible for giving the final approval before each of the six moves.
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Thompson → give → moves
Nineteen belugas, one killer whale and one dolphin died at Marineland between 2019 and 2025.
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belugas → die → 2019
In 2021, Marineland moved five whales to Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut.
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Marineland → move → Connecticut
Two of those whales died within a year of the move and the third died two years after the transfer.
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third → die → transfer
Mystic said the whales had pre-existing conditions while Marineland said they were healthy when they left.
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they → say → conditions
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