Another Marineland whale dies at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago

Yet another whale from the now-closed Marineland theme park has succumbed to illness at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. Caspian, a 27-year-old female beluga, passed away on Wednesday despite intensive efforts by the aquarium's veterinary team. This marks the sixth death among animals relocated from Marineland since their summer transfer.

Prior to her death, Caspian exhibited signs of poor appetite and abnormalities in her electrolyte levels, as detected through blood tests. The park's findings indicated her blood had dangerously acidic levels. The aquarium team employed life support for Caspian for nearly four hours before she succumbed. In a recent necropsy, the Shedd Aquarium determined that Caspian and two other Marineland whales, Peekachu and Rain, had pre-existing chronic diseases.

The aquarium collaborated with four other institutions in the US and Spain to relocate all 30 of Marineland's belugas and four dolphins over a span of six weeks. The summer relocation came after Marineland cited financial difficulties and the inability to sustain its captive whales and dolphins. Two other casualties from the move include a beluga named Jelly Bean and a dolphin named Echo, who died at Oceanografic Valencia in Spain.