Four more beluga whales arrive at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium as part of a transfer plan involving Canada’s remaining captive whales. The Shedd Aquarium is receiving the animals after they are moved from a shuttered Canadian theme park.
The transfer is described as the last phase of efforts to relocate Canada’s remaining captive belugas to accredited facilities abroad. Alongside Chicago, the broader plan includes sending belugas to aquariums in the United States and Spain, indicating the whales are being distributed across multiple institutions rather than moved to a single location. Reporting frames the move as part of a planned transition following the theme park’s closure, with the transfers continuing until all remaining captive belugas are relocated.
Different outlets provide the same core details—number of whales, destination, and the connection to the shuttered Canadian site—while emphasizing the multi-country nature of the relocation and, in some cases, citing the plan’s status as the final move of the remaining animals.
