23-year-old beluga whale dies at Chicago aquarium days after rescue effort from shuttered Canada park
- Posted on August 27, 2026
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23-year-old beluga whale dies at Chicago aquarium days after rescue effort from shuttered Canada park
CHICAGO (AP) — A beluga whale died days after she was transported hundreds of miles to a Chicago aquarium from a shuttered Ontario park as part of an ongoing effort to rescue Canada’s last captive whales. The whale, a 23-year-old female named Peekachu, died suddenly Tuesday as caretakers tried to rehydrate her, Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium said in a news release. Peekachu was one of eight whales moved from Marineland park in Ontario to the Chicago...
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