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Park News - (9/3/2026) According to CBC, two of the ten Beluga Whales sent to Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium from Marineland in Canada have now passed away, along with a third whale who was a longtime resident of the Shedd Aquarium.  The cause of the latest two deaths has not been determined yet, but they have reported that “Rain” who came in mid-August passed along with local resident Beethoven this week, following the passing of Peekachu last week after becoming dehydrated.

 
    (9/2/2026) Great news, as it has been reported that the final shipment of Beluga Whales rescued from Marineland (Canada) has been completed. All 30 of the Beluga Whales and 4 Black Sea dolphins are now said to have been safely relocated to their new homes at either SeaWorld San Antonio, SeaWorld San Diego, Georgia Aquarium, Shedd Aquarium, Mystic Aquarium or to the Oceanografic Valencia site in Spain.
   The last load included four large male Beluga Whales: Odin, Tank, Orion and Tofino.

 
    (7/23/2026) A new video along with some news updates show off some of the first Beluga Whales arriving at two of their new homes at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago and SeaWorld San Antonio.

 
    (7/21/2026) Good news from Marineland, as the local news confirms that the first six Beluga whales have now left the park in the first phase of many to relocate all of the remaining animals to new homes in the US and in Spain.
 
 
    (7/11/2026) Good news for the stranded Beluga Whales at the closed Marineland park in Canada. U.S. officials have now approved everything for the emergency rescue plan to relocate the whales from Canada and bring them into various new homes within the US. Under the approved plan, NOAA (the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) will help coordinate the transportation of the animals to the US based locations.
    The current plan will see 28 of the 30 Beluga Whales brought into the US: 13 to SeaWorld San Antonio, 3 to SeaWorld San Diego, 10 to the Shedd Aquarium, and 2 to the Georgia Aquarium. The remaining two whales, pending final permits, will be relocated to Oceanografic Valencia in Spain.
    While work begins to prepare for their relocation, the whales are remaining at Marineland while a Canadian team of vets will complete final health checks on them to ensure they are healthy enough to travel.

 
    (6/6/2026) Good news for the Beluga Whales still living inside the closed Marineworld park near Canada’s side of Niagara Falls. Joanne Thompson, Minister of Fisheries, has finally signed off on the transportation permits needed to move the whales to new homes across international borders. The permits have been signed to send them to 5 new homes in San Diego (SeaWorld is most likely), San Antonio (again…SeaWorld), Atlanta (Georgia Aquarium is likely), Chicago (Shedd Aquarium is likely), and some to Valencia, Spain (Oceanografic most likely). Each location already has experienced staff and facilities in place for existing Beluga Whales.
    Thompson, who has previously blocked previously attempts to send the whales out of the country to China admits that it is now the high “standards in the institutions” that they are now sending them to that has her satisfied that they will be well taken care of. All that remains are final health checks, import permits from the respective locations, and a final sign off to proceed once all the details are in place.
 
    (5/30/2026) Good news, as Marineland is now closed for good there has been some progress on moving the remaining animals within the park grounds to new homes. According to a local news report the former theme park’s 12 black bears are now on their way to the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado this week.
    The park is still working out details to rehome a few hundred deer on the property and working out the final details to rehome about 30 beluga whales and 4 dolphins to an assortment of aquariums across America. It says that currently the park is requesting a $10-20 million federal loan from the government to fund the process of moving the marine animals.
    The good news is that the government is said to be ready to go ahead with the process and make it happen, with the final hurdle holding things back is actually on Marineland for “refusing to disclose its finances” and for a federal loan to happen, there must be a level of transparency to make it clear that they indeed do need the loan.

 
    (1/27/2026) Finally some good news for the 30 Beluga Whales and 4 dolphins still trapped at the closed Marineland park in Canada. While the Canadian government previously blocked their approval of the export permits to allow the animals to be transferred to a marine attraction in China, the Minister of Fisheries that she has now reconsidering her previous stance after talking with the Marineland team about a new plan to relocate to various locations within the United States instead.
    Currently they have already issued a ‘conditional approval’ for the plan, but only for destinations within the United States. Marineland is still currently working out which animals will go to which facilities and still needs to provide those final transportation plans before things can move forward.
    The only named locations provided by Marineland so far include the Georgia Aquarium, Mystic Aquarium, Shedd Aquarium and at least one SeaWorld location.

 
    (12/20/2025) It’s been a few months since the closed Marineland park in Canada said that after their request to export up to 30 Belugas Whales and 4 Dolphins to China was denied that euthenasia may be their only recourse going forward. The Canadian government who denied the export request for the animals to a new home also rebuffed the idea that the government should now provide any funding to help keep the animals alive as well.
    Unfortunately, it seems no progress has been made at all, and any investors interested in the property for future use are not willing to commit to buying it until the animals have all been removed. So essentially, it seems that the former Marineland is trapped in a sort of limbo state, with the only currently approved plan was to create a sea-sancutary in Nova Scotia that would take years to get built, and even then it would only be able to hold up to 10 of the animals.
    There is one more possibility however that has now been proposed.  According to CBC a US based company (Knapp Capital Management) has proposed building a $4 billion entertainment complex on the Marineland site that would include hotels, casinos, a sports complex and other entertainment venues. However… the plan would also include a new official whale sanctuary, and the company says that if approved, “they’re ready to immediately take on the care of the belugas and dolphins, and would hire all the current staff to do so.”
    They’re not asking the local tax payers for a dime, “All we need is partnership from the government” in order to proceed. Unfortunately Knapp Capital Management says that after talking with the province and municipality, that any further process has “stalled”.
    It’s all a bit ironic as the local politicos just arrived for face-time with the media earlier this week to announce a huge new endeavor to bring new attractions and tourism to the Niagara Falls region, and yet they do not seem to want to involve the future of Marineland into those plans.