NewzChicago’s Shedd Aquarium has announced the death of a third beluga whale that had been rehomed to the facility. The 26-year-old female whale, named Osiris, was among thirty whales relocated this summer in a complex international rescue mission from a shuttered Canadian marine park to aquariums in the United States and Spain.
The international rescue effort was launched to rehome Canada's last captive whales following the closure of the marine park. The recent death at the Chicago facility marks the third fatality among the whales moved during this operation.
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