BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- There's new hope for some of the whales still living at Marineland in Niagara Falls as The Whale Sanctuary Project will now have a refuge in Nova Scotia.

It has been weeks since Marineland Canada threatened to euthanize whales due to funding issues.

This new sanctuary would be able to take in some of the whales still in captivity at Marineland, but the situation remains urgent, and there are still some unknowns.

“We have 30 beluga whales that are really threatened by Marineland with euthanasia in the last few days, last couple of weeks, so this requires a real crisis approach moving forward,” said Charles Vinick, CEO of The Whale Sanctuary Project.

“It's about a three-kilometer bay on the eastern shore of Nova Scotia where it's quite rural,” said Vinick. ”We're

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