The Canadian government blocked Marineland's attempt to export the animals to a park in China.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/50739392

A Canadian amusement park is threatening to euthanise 30 beluga whales after the government blocked its request to send them to China.

The park is said to have told ministers that it was in a “critical financial state” and unable to provide adequate care for the whales

  • Archangel1313@lemmy.ca
    18·
    4 days ago

    They wouldn’t survive. They’d have no idea how to hunt for food, which means they’d just die of starvation.

      • snoons@lemmy.caEnglish
        8·
        4 days ago

        Which is exactly why captive whales is a shit idea. Better use of that facility would be a marine life haspital… bet they’re pretty far from the ocean so…