{"id":214872,"date":"2025-10-15T13:17:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T13:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/214872\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T13:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T13:17:09","slug":"marinelands-scandalous-decline-cbc-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/214872\/","title":{"rendered":"Marineland\u2019s scandalous decline | CBC Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/frontburner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Front Burner<\/a>\u00b7Audio<\/p>\n<p>Tracking Marineland\u2019s controversial journey and what could happen to their remaining 30 beluga whales.\n<\/p>\n<p>CBC News  \u00b7 Posted: Oct 15, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Large sign with a photo of whales on it pictured in front of theme park entrance. \"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760534229_240_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Aerial (drone) images of Marineland Niagara. Closed to the public and for sale. Caretakers feeding the animals. (Patrick Morrell\/CBC)<\/p>\n<p>At its peak, Marineland was the second most popular tourist destination in Ontario\u2019s Niagara region after the falls. Visitors could get up close and personal with beluga whales, dolphins and orcas, and watch them perform in elaborate shows. Throw in a side of rollercoasters and other exhibits and you had a family friendly attraction built to last.<\/p>\n<p>But for years, the park has been mired in controversy and allegations of animal abuse. Business has declined to the point that the park is now closed to the public. However, several animals including 30 beluga whales remain trapped there. Marineland says it needs money or a new home for the whales, or else they might have to kill them.<\/p>\n<p>Liam Casey of the Canadian Press has been covering this story for years. He lays out what could happen to the whales, and what it all means for other parks like Marineland.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d love to hear from you! Complete our listener survey\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cbc.ca\/FrontBurnerSurvey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/frontburner\/transcripts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/frontburner\/transcripts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to Front Burner on your favourite podcast app.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/front-burner\/id1439621628?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Listen on Apple Podcasts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/1qL9keKtruUmZ1hPkhHZL1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Listen on Spotify<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLeyJPHbRnGaaAgINkiIQmNjTVRMB8RGI9&amp;si=g4Vxmp8msAKhGPPh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Listen on YouTube<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Front Burner\u00b7Audio Tracking Marineland\u2019s controversial journey and what could happen to their remaining 30 beluga whales. CBC News&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214873,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,66,323],"class_list":{"0":"post-214872","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}