ICYMI - Death of beluga whales after move from Niagara Falls to Connecticut is under review by U.S.
Havana, a young female beluga, died last month at Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut. Havok, a young male beluga, died at the aquarium last summer. Mystic, which announced the deaths after they occurred, said last month that a third whale from Marineland was in intensive care.
In Canada, the Fisheries Department said it approved permits for the whales after receiving an “attestation of good health for each beluga,” and is not reviewing the transfer.Word of the U.S. review comes after the Animal Welfare Institute, an American advocacy group, asked the American government last week to investigate the transfer and treatment of the whales from Marineland.
The week the whales were moved, Ontario’s Animal Welfare Services found all marine mammals at Marineland to be in distress due to poor water quality. Marineland, in court documents last May, denied its animals were in distress. The two whales who died were found to have gastrointestinal problems, and all five transferred mammals had vision problems at Mystic, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in an inspection report.“In the months following the move, the animal experienced a reversion and worsening of the pre-existing gastric condition,” said a Mystic report. “The Marineland medical history for this animal included a history of gastric ulcers and associated bleeding, anemia and .
A beluga whale reaches to touch her trainer’s hand. Belugas are very sociable mammals who typically live in pods of hundreds.Trouble for Havana began soon after the move, according to a report filed by Mystic with the National Marine Fisheries Service last week.
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