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Beluga Rescue: Four New Arrivals in Chicago | Dover News
Four beluga whales—Caspian, Peekachu, Rain, and Secord—have arrived at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium as part of a massive, government-backed rescue mission to relocate Canada’s last captive belugas from a shuttered theme park. This is the second wave of the effort, following four whales that arrived in July, with a total of 30 belugas and 4 dolphins set to be moved across five U.S. and Spanish marine parks. The journey, which saved these animals from a grim fate after 20 deaths since 2019, involved custom-built transport slings and months of expert preparation. Now in Chicago, the newcomers are…
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