Tag Archives: Marineland

Marineland’s crumbling infrastructure, staffing shortage and lack of resources have created dangerous conditions for its belugas and they should be moved immediately, a fired beluga trainer says. Kristy Burgess, who worked at the Niagara Falls, Ont., park when a young beluga was put down in February, said Marineland’s threat to …

Marineland says it has more than a dozen reasons why none of its remaining 30 belugas should be sent to a proposed whale sanctuary in Nova Scotia. The shuttered Ontario theme park, which is trying to sell the whales to avoid bankruptcy, made headlines last week when Federal Fisheries Minister …

The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has denied Marineland Canada’s request to export its 30 remaining beluga whales to a theme park in China. In a statement, DFO Minister Joanne Thompson said she could not “in good conscience” approve the export and that her decision aligned with regulations …

Marineland says it has euthanized a seven-year-old beluga whale after a long battle with several different medical conditions. It is the 18th beluga to die at the Niagara Falls, Ont., tourist attraction since 2019. Three other belugas sold to a Connecticut aquarium in 2021 have since died. Kiska, the country’s last remaining …

Another beluga whale has died at Marineland and four years into a provincial probe, Ontario’s solicitor general is saying little about the investigation’s progress. The latest beluga death is the fourth in the past year, provincial records show. Since 2019, 16 belugas and one killer whale have died at the …

Marineland has been ordered to pay nearly $85,000 in fines and restitution after it was found guilty under Ontario’s animal cruelty laws of three charges related to its care of three black bears. The amount, which was jointly proposed by lawyers for the Crown and Marineland, includes a $15,000 fine …

Marineland Canada has revealed details about its late June opening and some well-known attractions, like roller coasters and some animal exhibits, will not be an option for visitors. The Niagara Falls, Ont., park will open June 28 and operate seven days a week until the end of the Labour Day …

A third beluga from Marineland has died at a U.S. aquarium after arriving there two years ago. Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut says the beluga named Kharabali exhibited abnormal swimming behaviour in November and was eventually moved to its intensive care facility 11 days ago. Mystic says staff were giving Kharabali …

TORONTO — Two months after the deaths of 14 whales and a dolphin at Marineland came to light, Ontario has refused to make public any steps taken to improve animal safety at the park, as critics demand action and transparency. In August, The Canadian Press published figures on recent animal …

Kiska, a killer whale at Marineland and the last captive orca in Canada who has swam alone in her tank for more than a decade, has died. The Ontario government said Marineland, a theme park in Niagara Falls, Ont., informed the province Thursday of her death. The province had Animal …