A beluga whale at Marineland in Niagara Falls in June, 2023. Twenty whales – 19 belugas and one killer whale – have died at Marineland since 2019.

The federal and Ontario governments are urging each other to help 30 belugas at Marineland, which has threatened to euthanize the whales if the park does not receive emergency funds from Ottawa.

The federal government should reconsider its position after denying Marineland permits to move the belugas to an aquarium in China, Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday.

Federal Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson said last week that she denied the permits to move the whales to Chimelong Ocean Kingdom because she did not want to subject them to a future of performing in captivity, which is consistent with a law passed in 2019.

Marineland said it is quickl

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