{"id":42393,"date":"2025-10-02T05:34:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T09:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckms.ca\/?p=42393"},"modified":"2025-10-02T06:33:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T10:33:46","slug":"federal-government-denies-marineland-request-to-export-belugas-cbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=42393","title":{"rendered":"Federal government denies Marineland request to export belugas | CBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/1.7643771.1758826757!\/fileImage\/httpImage\/image.JPG_gen\/derivatives\/16x9_1180\/ont-marineland-20240326.JPG?im=Resize%3D1179\" width=\"283\" height=\"159\">The federal department of fisheries and oceans has denied permit requests from Marineland Canada to export its 30 beluga whales. Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in China has been considering buying the whales for its ocean theme park.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/hamilton\/marineland-belugas-export-denied-1.7647908\">Federal government denies Marineland request to export belugas | CBC News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>my proposal &#8211; <strong><em>pass the hat!  ask everyone that enjopyed a day at marineland toss in 20$ to support a sanctuary with ocean space;<\/em><\/strong> i guess these animals can&#8217;t ever be reintroduced to nature??  regargless of what one thinks of marineland and the like, gotta do something with the remaining animals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>i <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/csilvest\/status\/1973692542584774969\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweeted to Dougie on this<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>i <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fark.com\/comments\/13830762\/0#c0\" target=\"_blank\">posted to fark.com on this<\/a>!  (but it got deleted???)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>tl;dr: 30 belugas will either die or will need to be rehomed; marineland will be bust very shortly; $2M\/month to keep the belugas.  but feds just denied export permission to send them to a chinese comany?organization?ediucational?, so not allowed.  but something needs doiing, and soon.  is beluga tasty?<br>here&#8217;s a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/g.co\/gemini\/share\/f03b04e4f239\" target=\"_blank\">chat i had with gemini<\/a>.  ignore the stuff about eating them.<br><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/nova-scotia\/north-america-whale-sanctuary-stalled-1.7488016\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/nova-scotia\/north-america-whale-sanctuary-stalled-1.7488016\" target=\"_blank\">Lack of consent stalls plans for North America&#8217;s first whale sanctuary in Nova Scotia<\/a> &#8211; 20M$ sanctuary in Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>fta:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The 2019&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/laws-lois.justice.gc.ca\/eng\/annualstatutes\/2019_11\/page-1.html\"><u>Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;banned keeping whales, dolphins and porpoises for breeding or entertainment in Canada. Exporting the animals requires a special federal permit.<br>The fisheries minister can only issue an export permit if it is for the purpose of conducting scientific research or if keeping an animal in captivity elsewhere is in the best interests of its welfare.<br>&#8230;<br>Animal Justice, a national animal law organization, praised the decision to deny the export permits. Its executive director, Camille Labchuk, <strong><em>noted that Chimelong Ocean Kingdom has an active breeding program and forces whales to perform in shows, which are activities that are illegal in Canada<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>also, some earworms for ya:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MarineLand Niagara Falls Commercial 1995 (Yeah, that commercial)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DzE2XUUwLSE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MarineLand TV Commercial 2013 - English\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vHby5tMgAWc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Marineland 1984\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iY-dKSVafVE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The federal department of fisheries and oceans has denied permit requests from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282],"tags":[147,1209],"class_list":["post-42393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-ontario","tag-whales","wpcat-282-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42393"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42409,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42393\/revisions\/42409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}