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A third beluga that was a part of a massive international move of whales from Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ont., has died.
Oceanografic Valencia, which is in Spain, said Jelly Bean died suddenly on Friday.
Jelly Bean and another beluga named Cleopatra were relocated to the aquarium in late August.
Two Marineland belugas and a resident beluga at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium died within weeks of their move.
Marineland said it was running out of money and needed the whales gone otherwise they would be euthanized.
The closed tourist attraction moved all 30 of its belugas and four dolphins to five aquariums, in Chicago, San Antonio, San Diego, Atlanta and Valencia in Spain.
Marineland’s last six beluga whales, the last of the mammals in Canadian captivity, were moved from the closed theme park and flown to the U.S. Thirty whales and four dolphins have been relocated since July.