"A review of the number of captive belugas, the captive beluga infant mortality rates, and the death rates for adult captive belugas, along with the Aquarium’s own predictions, leads to the conclusion
that beluga whales will cease to be displayed in United States aquariums and facilities soon...
Anyone have any experience with this? My mom and I are visiting (for the first time) this summer and it's the first time I'll have ever seen a beluga in person. I'm deeply considering paying for the beluga encounter, but at $205 per person I'd love some input before I buy any tickets.
Ty in...
(From 1/8/22) Belugas had their final health check before the move back to the bay. According to an Instagram post and comments made by the sanctuary, the whales are in good health and the move is scheduled to occur within the next few weeks.
Beluga Update
I understand that this title may be controversial, but please read this with an open mind. Cetacean captivity is a controversial subject among the zoo community and many people on this site support cetacean captivity; however, I think it's still important for people in the zoo community to...
I found this research study which revealed that bottlenose dolphins live just as long or longer in American zoos and aquariums. I think the Dolphin Research Center (which looks after captive dolphins themselves) had a role in this study, so the research could be biased and therefore might not...
https://www.change.org/p/release-orcas-and-beluga-whales-from-the-whale-jail-in-srednyaya-bay
I have been forwarded the above link with a petition to sign. I could not find any reference to this on Zoo Chat so apologies if this is not in the most appropriate forum. Can anyone give current...