BBC: Canadian marine park threatens to euthanise 30 beluga whales

[GJGCA]

[Amusement park wants to send them to China:]

But their transfer was denied by the Canadian government last week over concerns they would face similarly substandard treatment as "public entertainment".

The park then asked for federal funding to be able to continue caring for the animals - but this was denied, being branded "inappropriate" by Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson.

In the absence of funding as it winds down operations, Marineland has now said it may have to put the belugas to sleep, according to the New York Times and CBC News.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8jmddp1v49o

[rampartd]

1. release them

i'd like to save them, but at least let native tribes hunt them rather than waste them.

[Disaffected]

3. Easy to say but,

they are not considered able to survive in the wild (so would likely starve).

[montanacowboy]

2. JHC

are you fucking kidding me?
are they as stupid as we are now?
better to turn them free than killing them?
I am so goddam sick and tired of these so called marine sideshows which in the end is death for the animals.