Marineland beluga dies at U.S. aquarium weeks after transfer

One of the beluga whales transported from the now shuttered Marineland to Shedd Aquarium in Chicago has died only weeks after arrival in the U.S.

Shedd Aquarium said Peekachu, a 23-year-old female beluga, died suddenly on Tuesday.

She arrived as part of a group of eight female whales and was considered “unique” by the aquarium due to being blind in one eye and was one of the smaller whales.

“Despite what could have been a limitation, Peekachu had little trouble socializing and finding her way around a new habitat,” Andrew Pulver, Shedd Aquarium’s vice-president of animal care, said in a statement.

Peekachu had also shown early progress as she…

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