Caspian, a 27-year-old female beluga from Marineland, has died at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium — the sixth animal from the shuttered Ontario park to die since whales and dolphins were relocated over the summer.
The mass move was supposed to save them. Six deaths later, advocates ask whether transport stress, new waters, or pre-existing conditions are killing Marineland's refugees one by one.
Marineland's decades of controversy ended with the park closed and its animals scattered across the continent. Every death since keeps the file open — and keeps pressure on Canada's captive-whale laws.
Sources: CBC News. Context from the Young Hadene newsroom.
Caspian, a 27-year-old female beluga formerly of Marineland.
Six animals from the closed Ontario park.