Most recent fatality is 17th beluga to die since 2019 at Niagara Falls, Ontario, aquarium

Another beluga has died at Canada’s Marineland, as questions mount over the future of both the controversial theme park and one of the world’s largest populations of captive whales.

The most recent fatality – the fifth this year – is the 17th beluga to die at the Niagara Falls aquarium since 2019.