A third beluga that was a part of a massive move of whales from Marineland has died.
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Jelly Bean, 19, died “suddenly and unexpectedly” on Friday, said Oceanografic Valencia.
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The Spanish aquarium took in Jelly Bean and another beluga named Cleopatra in late August from the shuttered theme park in Niagara Falls, Ont., along with four bottlenose dolphins.
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aquarium → take → dolphins
“In recent days, Jelly Bean had experienced feeding difficulties, prompting the veterinary team to intensify her monitoring,” Oceanografic said in a statement.
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“During this period, she showed signs of improvement and remained responsive to her caregivers, while continuing to receive around-the-clock monitoring.”
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Two Marineland belugas, Rain and Peekachu, and a resident beluga, Beethoven, at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium died within weeks of their move.
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The aquarium’s investigation remains ongoing.
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investigation → remain → ?
Nineteen belugas and Marineland’s lone killer whale, Kiska, died at the park between 2019 and 2025.
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The park had the largest collection of captive beluga whales in the world with 30.
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Former owner Marie Holer put the park up for sale in 2024 before closing for good after that summer.
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She died days after the closure after taking over the helm from John Holer, who founded the park in 1961 and died in 2018.
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Sources say the park has been tentatively sold on the condition all the animals are gone before closing.
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Several hundred deer remain at the park.
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Marineland and Oceanografic moved the two belugas along with four dolphins to Spain in a 20-hour odyssey on Aug. 27.
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“At this time, it is not possible to determine the cause of death,” Oceanografic said.
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“Oceanografic’s veterinarians will conduct a necropsy together with the pathology team at CEU Cardenal Herrera University to try to determine the factors that may have contributed to her death.”
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Marineland has said its whales were healthy at the time they left the park.
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Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson also cleared the whales and dolphins to move.
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Marineland moved its whales and dolphins to five parks in the course of six weeks: SeaWorld locations in San Diego and San Antonio, the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, Shedd Aquarium in Chicago and Oceanografic in Valencia.
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“We were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Jelly Bean,” Marineland said in a statement.
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“Our thoughts are with the people who cared for her – the staff and caretakers who knew her daily, and everyone who followed her story.”
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In 2019, the federal government banned whale and dolphin captivity, but grandfathered in Marineland’s animals.
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It also forbade breeding, which forced Marineland to separate its males and females.
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The law also banned performances.
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The park blames some of its deaths, in part, on those changes.
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Last year, Marineland had a deal to sell all its whales and dolphins to Chimelong Ocean Kingdom, an aquarium in China with a Guinness Book of World Records for the world’s largest aquarium.
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It was the only place in the world Marineland could find that would take them all.
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But Thompson nixed the deal, saying it wasn’t in the best interest of the whales because they would be subject to different laws, including breeding and performing tricks.
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In response, Marineland made international headlines when it said it was running out of money and needed an injection of federal funds, otherwise it would euthanize all its whales.
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That threat of euthanasia remained on the table unless it could get the whales out.
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It turned to a consortium of aquariums from the United States and Spain for help.
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Thompson eventually approved that move, despite the fact the whales and dolphins ended up in spots where breeding and performances were allowed.
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The last captive whale in Canada, Tofino, left Marineland’s waters on Aug. 31.
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