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Beluga Peekachu Dies After Relocation | Oakland News
A beloved beluga whale named Peekachu, just 23 and rescued from a shuttered Canadian park, died tragically days after arriving at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium — her passing coming amid concerns over dehydration and pre-existing health issues, including blindness in one eye. Part of an ambitious relocation effort to rehome Marineland’s whales across the U.S. and even to Spain, Peekachu’s journey was carefully orchestrated with climate-controlled transport and close monitoring — but her final hours were marked by urgent care efforts that couldn’t save her. The aquarium vows to release necropsy…
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