Aquarium fights to import belugas
Plan faces opposition.
The Georgia Aquarium has applied for a government permit to import 18 wild beluga whales from Russian waters, and animal rights organizations have set out to block the plan.
It would mark the first time in 20 years that belugas caught in the wild have been brought into the United States for display.
The whales would be owned by the Georgia Aquarium but would take up residence at six U.S. facilities. The aquarium says the new whales would improve the genetic diversity of the captive beluga population in the U.S.
Animal rights groups including PETA and the Humane Society, however, are fighting the move, arguing that the whales don’t belong in captivity.
— Read it at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and watch it at Today.
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