The uncertain future of 30 beluga whales still living in tanks at Marineland—a shuttered aquarium and amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ontario—has drawn global outcry from animal rights activists this week after park officials warned they may euthanize the animals without immediate financial aid from the government.

“The idea that one would consider euthanizing them is just not morally acceptable, and it’s certainly something the government and the public should not accept,” said Charles Vinick, chief executive officer of The Whale Sanctuary Project, a Nova Scotia-based nonprofit that seeks to end the exploitation of whales and dolphins.

The park, which closed its doors to the public last year due to dwindling audiences and financial duress, issued its warning last week in a letter to Ca

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