# @nbcchicago on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DalXCOjiHwV
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/67633568-nbcchicago-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/58c704ae68.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-07-09T19:24:36.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NBC Chicago (@nbcchicago) — https://gondola.cc/nbcchicago

## Caption

Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium is leading an effort that could soon more than double its population of beluga whales.

The eight already housed in the 3 million-gallon Abbott Oceanarium could soon be joined by up to 10 more rescued from the shuttered Marineland of Canada near Niagara Falls.

U.S. authorities approved an “emergency rescue” operation Wednesday to re-home Canada’s last captive whales and dolphins according to a consortium of marine parks, though permits from the Spanish government are still pending.

The approval by authorities comes after Ottawa endorsed a plan to move the animals to several facilities in the United States and one in Spain last month.

#beluga #whales #sheddaquarium #rescueanimals

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rescueanimals, sheddaquarium, whales, beluga

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