Beluga Whales
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Marine area bigger than Lake Superior could soon be protected off Ontario’s shoresA vast marine area home to beluga whales and threatened polar bears off Ontario's northern shores is a step closer to protected status.EnvironmentFeb 21
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U.S. government reviewing deaths of 2 belugas moved from Marineland to ConnecticutThe U.S. government is reviewing the deaths of two beluga whales that were moved from Marineland in Canada to an American aquarium last year.CanadaMar 31, 2022
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Beluga whales ingest as many as 145,000 particles of microplastics a year: SFU studyResearchers examined five species of arctic fish eaten by the whales, revealing 21 per cent had microplastic particles in their gastrointestinal tracts.EnvironmentOct 19, 2021
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Whales and other marine mammals susceptible to COVID-19 through wastewater: studyBoth dolphins and beluga whales have been infected with related coronaviruses in the past.EnvironmentNov 9, 2020
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Nova Scotia coast chosen as potential home for retired whales raised in captivityThe Whale Sanctuary Project announced that it wants to provide a home for about eight whales in a 40-hectare inlet southeast of Sherbrooke, N.S.EnvironmentFeb 25, 2020
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Protesters blast Vancouver Aquarium after captive belugas shipped to Spanish park it operatesThe aquarium helps operate the Spanish marine park where the belugas are headed, which doesn't sit right with activists.EnvironmentMay 11, 2019
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Marineland, Vancouver Aquarium shipping beluga whales out of Canada ahead of new lawFisheries and Oceans Canada said it has approved permits for Marineland to move two belugas from the Niagara Falls, Ont., facility to Oceanografic in Valencia, Spain.CanadaMay 3, 2019
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U.S.-based animal protection group hoping to create whale retirement sanctuary in Nova ScotiaThe Whale Sanctuary Project says it is holding public information meetings in Dartmouth, Liverpool, Port Hawkesbury, Sherbrooke and Sheet Harbour to identify a possible seaside sanctuary for beluga whales freed from entertainment parks.CanadaJan 30, 2019
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How your cat could be making beluga whales sickToxoplasmosis is an increasingly prevalent disease affecting a wide range of marine mammals, and the only definitive hosts of the parasite that causes it are felines -- both wild and domesticated.EnvironmentOct 15, 2018
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Beluga whale rescued from N.B. river last year spotted off Cape Breton with fellow belugaThe whale appears to be in good health, but researchers want to know why it travelled so far away from where it was released last year.CanadaJul 20, 2018
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