Closed to the public for a year and heavily in debt, the aquatic park has unsuccessfully requested emergency funding from the ...

Mercado is a cognitive scientist and a 2023 fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation. He knows how certain sounds, such as whale ...

Each newly named whale tells a story of resilience. Among them is the approximately 51-year-old Hedgehog ( #1307 ), who has ...

The threat to kill the belugas as a solution to its economic woes, while shocking, reflects the ethical emptiness of the Canadian legal system when it comes to animals.

A spokesperson for Solicitor General Michael Kerzner says they can confirm that the 30 beluga whales at Marineland are alive and remain in the care of the now closed marine amusement park. Kerzner’s ...

Marineland’s 30 belugas remain at the defunct Niagara Falls, Ont., amusement park after Ottawa turned down its export request ...

Thirty beluga whales are still alive days after a Canadian marine park threatened to euthanize them if the government did not provide immediate emergency funding, according to officials. "We can ...

The uncertain future of 30 beluga whales still living in tanks at Marineland—a shuttered aquarium and amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ontario—has drawn global outcry from animal rights activists this ...

The park closed in September 2024, but it still has wildlife. A senior government official tells EW the park's suggestion of euthanasia is "absolutely inappropriate." Joey Nolfi is a senior writer at ...

Animal rights groups are now calling on the Canadian government to intervene and seize the whales. Over two dozen beluga whales at the now-defunct Marineland amusement in Niagara Falls, Ontario, could ...