Closed to the public for a year and heavily in debt, the aquatic park has unsuccessfully requested emergency funding from the ...

The federal department of fisheries and oceans has denied permit requests from Marineland Canada to export its 30 beluga ...

Marine mammals held in captivity more than two years or born in captivity for public display should not be released into the ...

After years of controversy and financial struggles, Marineland says it may have to euthanise 30 whales if it cannot find them ...

Federal Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson denied Marineland's request last week for a permit to ship Canada’s last captive ...

Thirty beluga whales are still alive days after a Canadian marine park threatened to euthanize them if the government did not provide immediate emergency funding, according to officials. "We can ...

A Canadian theme park said it will have no choice but to euthanize 30 beluga whales if the federal government does not provide emergency funding by the end of Tuesday.

The threat to kill the belugas as a solution to its economic woes, while shocking, reflects the ethical emptiness of the Canadian legal system when it comes to animals.

Once a mainstay of Canadian family tourism, Marineland spent decades drawing crowds to Niagara Falls with its marine animal ...

Two beluga whales from a Shanghai aquarium have returned to the sea in an Icelandic sanctuary, conservationists said Monday, expressing hopes of creating a model for rehoming some 300 belugas ...

Two beluga whales from a Shanghai aquarium arrived in Iceland on Wednesday to live out their days in a unique marine sanctuary that conservationists hope will become a model for rehoming some 3,000 of ...

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada’s last captive whales will remain at the Marineland park near Niagara Falls for now after the federal government denied the zoo's request to ship the 30 belugas to China.