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(NewsNation) — A Canadian taxable parkland says it whitethorn person to put down 30 Beluga whales, but not everyone is buying it.
Last Friday, parkland absorption wrote to the national authorities requesting a currency infusion by the extremity of the Tuesday. Though the deadline has passed, the wealth has not arrived.
A erstwhile Marineland whale trainer, Phil Demers, said this is "just blustery threats due to the fact that they're angry." Demers told NewsNation the alleged choler stems from a caller determination by the Canadian government.
The park’s petition to nonstop the whales to the Chimelong Ocean Kingdom taxable parkland successful China was denied past week. Any export of the whales “would perpetuate the attraction these Belugas person endured.”
Marineland has faced scrutiny in the past for its attraction of animals successful its care, according to The Guardian. It has been trying to merchantability its assets since closing its doors to the nationalist past twelvemonth and inactive has the Beluga whales, which are the past captive ones successful the country.
"Because this woody yet was nixed by the government, this is Marineland's response. ... So it's not a question of finances. This is much bluster and threat," Demers said.
According to the Canadian Press, astir 20 whales — 1 slayer and 19 Belugas — have died at Marineland since 2019. That aforesaid year, Canada passed a bill that came to beryllium known arsenic the “Free Willy” bill, which made it amerciable to clasp a whale, dolphin oregon porpoise captive.
"It's the deteriorating conditions, and particularly the prime of h2o oregon deficiency thereof, that's been sidesplitting the animals," Demers alleged.
NewsNation's Jordan Perkins contributed to this report.
