“It will take decades to stop it.” Bella is one of five captive beluga whales in South Korea, according to Jo Yak-gol of Hot Pink Dolphins. “Beluga whales are captured from the Arctic Ocean ...

Three other belugas sold to a Connecticut aquarium in 2021 have since died. Another beluga dies at Marineland, Ontario saying ...

Petersburg.” Headlines announcing the arrival of a possible Russian spy dolphin soon circulated around the world as the beluga (dubbed Hvaldimir by locals) continued its Norwegian residency.

The cetaceans most commonly held in captivity for human entertainment are orcas, beluga whales, bottlenose dolphins and Pacific white-sided dolphins. The tradition of housing cetaceans in captivity ...