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Fourth beluga whale rescued from Canada dies at Shedd, aquarium announces

The Daily Gazette 11 Oct 2026
CHICAGO — Another beluga whale rescued from a ...
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Ex-Marineland beluga whale dies in Chicago aquarium

CBC 10 Oct 2026
Shedd Aquarium in Chicago says Caspian, a 27-year-old female beluga, died on Wednesday, becoming the sixth animal from the closed Ontario theme park Marineland to die after a massive relocation of whales and dolphins over the summer ... .
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5th beluga whale dies at Shedd Aquarium

Chicago Sun-Times 10 Oct 2026
Another beluga whale rescued from the Marineland of Canada has died, the Shedd Aquarium announced Friday. Caspian is the fourth rescued beluga to die at the Chicago aquarium since their initial arrival in July, joining eight resident whales.
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Bob Kustra and Jenny Kustra-Quinn: The time for keeping beluga whales captive for our entertainment ...

Chicago Tribune 05 Oct 2026
There is no legitimate reason for us to deprive belugas of the right to flourish. .
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Letters: The Shedd Aquarium owes the public a full accounting of beluga deaths

Chicago Tribune 04 Oct 2026
The Shedd should release the complete necropsy reports, including histopathology findings. .
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Aquarium did all it could to save the beluga whales | Chicago Tribune

Herald & Review - Decatur 01 Oct 2026
Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium surely hoped its dramatic rescue of 10 beluga whales from the widely despised and imminently liquidating Marineland of Canada in Niagara Falls, Ontario, was going to be a public relations boon ... .
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Three of four beluga whales relocated from a shuttered marine park in Canada swim in ...

Lodi News Sentinel 27 Sep 2026
Three of four beluga whales relocated from a shuttered marine park in Canada swim in a habitat at the Shedd Aquarium on July 23, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/TNS) ....
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2 beluga whales had chronic gastrointestinal disease before death, Shedd reveals

Chicago Sun-Times 26 Sep 2026
Two of the four Shedd Aquarium beluga whales that have died in recent weeks suffered from a “chronic gastrointestinal disease” — a sickness that likely developed before they arrived here from a Canadian aquatic park, Shedd staff announced Friday.
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Foreign objects found in dead Marineland belugas, Chicago aquarium says

Toronto Sun 26 Sep 2026
Preliminary necropsy results performed on Peekachu and Rain, the Marineland beluga whales who died in recent weeks after being rescued by a Chicago aquarium over the summer, have been released.Article content.
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