Marineland's first beluga dies
QMI Agency
First posted: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 05:20 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 05:29 PM EDT
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. ─ One of the first beluga whales to call Marineland home has died.
Beyli died in August from what Marineland says was natural causes due to old age.
In a statement, Marineland said the whale was close to 40-years-old and "was in excellent health until his passing."
Ceta Base, a group that runs a national database of captive marine mammals, posted on its Facebook page on Sunday that Beyli died Aug. 24.
Beyli was brought to Niagara Falls in 1999 from a facility in Russia.
As of August 2013, Marineland had 36 belugas.
Marineland's first beluga dies | Ontario | News | Toronto Sun
QMI Agency
First posted: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 05:20 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 05:29 PM EDT
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. ─ One of the first beluga whales to call Marineland home has died.
Beyli died in August from what Marineland says was natural causes due to old age.
In a statement, Marineland said the whale was close to 40-years-old and "was in excellent health until his passing."
Ceta Base, a group that runs a national database of captive marine mammals, posted on its Facebook page on Sunday that Beyli died Aug. 24.
Beyli was brought to Niagara Falls in 1999 from a facility in Russia.
As of August 2013, Marineland had 36 belugas.
Marineland's first beluga dies | Ontario | News | Toronto Sun