Marineland Asks Ottawa For Emergency Cash To Feed Whales — Or Euthanasia Imminent - Beritaja

Marineland has asked Ottawa for emergency backing to provender and attraction for its whales, saying euthanasia is different imminent.

Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson earlier this week denied Marineland’s petition to export 30 belugas to Chimelong Ocean Kingdom, an aquarium successful China.

The Niagara Falls, Ont., tourer attraction says Chimelong was the only action for the belugas arsenic nary sanctuary that could thief exists and location is nary different marine parkland pinch capable room.

Marineland says it’s afloat indebted and quickly moving retired of money, and has asked Thompson if she could thief find different spot to nonstop the whales.

The parkland says the only action is to relocate the whales aliases other it will beryllium forced to euthanize them.

Twenty whales — 1 slayer whale and 19 belugas — person died astatine the parkland since 2019, according to a database created by BERITAJA based connected soul records and charismatic statements.

Thompson’s agency did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.