Two Beluga Whales Are Rescued From Performing As Show Animals In China, And Their Smiles Say It All

In 2011, Little Grey and Little White were transferred from a Russian research facility to the Changfeng Ocean World aquarium in Shanghai. The following year, however, Merlin Entertainments, a company opposed to keeping whales and dolphins in captivity, bought the aquarium and the idea of taking the whales back to the sea was born. According to Padgett, the belugas' new home is a much larger, natural environment with lots of potential benefits.