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Four more belugas arrive at Chicago aquarium from shuttered Canadian theme park

CHICAGO (AP) — Four additional belugas arrived at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium as part of a plan to relocate Canada's final captive whales from a defunct theme park to aquariums in the United States and Spain. The four newcomers, named Caspian, Peekachu, Rain and Secord, brought the total rescued whales and dolphins to 34. The move aims to prevent the whales from being euthanized.

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