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Canadian government endorses a plan to move whales from shuttered Marineland park to US and Spain

The Canadian government has endorsed a plan to move the last remaining captive whales from a shuttered theme park and zoo in Ontario to aquariums in the U.S. and Spain

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Valium, health checks and fabric slings: the complex logistics of moving 30 beluga whales

Canada has reached a tentative deal for 30 belugas in an amusement park to be shipped to four aquariums in US

The Guardian - UK

Captive beluga whales threatened with euthanasia granted last-minute reprieve after Canada approves export to US

Marineland, a defunct amusement park near the Niagara Falls, had reportedly told Canadian officials that the only options for its 30 surviving belugas were ‘export or death’

The Independent UK

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Canada gives conditional approval for Marineland to export remaining belugas to the US

Canada’s last captive whales have a received a reprieve from death after the Canadian government conditionally approved a plan to export them to the United States

The Independent UK

'It's so close to Christmas': East London siblings face eviction from family home after mother dies of cancer

The family say they are being asked to leave the flat they grew up in just months after their mother died of cancer

Evening Standard

Marineland’s decline raises questions about the future of zoo tourism

Thirty beluga whales are at the risk of being euthanized at the now-shuttered Marineland zoo and amusement park in Niagara Falls. Marineland said in a letter to Canada’s Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson it will have to euthanize the whales if it doesn’t receive the necessary financial support to relocate them.

The Conversation

Marine park threatens to euthanize 30 whales if Canada does not provide funding

Marineland’s warning comes after Canadian official blocked the transfer of the beluga whales to a theme park in China

The Guardian - US

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Marineland asks Canadian government for emergency cash to feed whales — or euthanasia imminent

The Marineland park near Niagara Falls has asked the Canadian government for emergency funding to feed and care for its whales, saying euthanasia is otherwise imminent

The Independent UK

Canada blocks Marineland’s plan to send remaining beluga whales to China

Canada’s last captive whales will remain at the amusement park for now

The Independent UK

‘A life of captivity’: Canada refuses marine park’s request to export its whales to China

Fisheries minister says rehoming Marineland’s cetaceans in China would only ‘perpetuate the treatment’ the whales have endured

The Guardian - US

Counter culture: stories from 75 years of Britain’s Caribbean food shops

As the Windrush anniversary draws near, five shopkeepers reflect on their work, lives and community pride

The Guardian - UK

Derry school staff run marathon in memory of two young mums

Gillian Snodgrass and Nicola Robinson passed away last year

Belfast Live

Mum of baby girl who died after choking at nursery slams government childcare cuts plans

'Make cuts elsewhere instead of potentially endangering our children' says Joanne Thompson

Manchester Evening News

Women 'rushed to help' mum as boy refused bus travel

Joanne said the bus driver's attitude could 'make or break' someone's day

Liverpool Echo

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