(Reuters) – An animals rights group is suing the U.S. government to thwart a Connecticut aquarium’s effort to get five new beluga whales, arguing in court that the aquatic animals would be harmed both from the trip from Canada and from being separated from other whales. FILE PHOTO: A white beluga whale wearing a harness is seen off the coast of northern Norway, April 29, 2019. Jorgen Ree Wiig/Sea Surveillance Service/Handout/NTB Scanpix via REUTERS The Darien, Connecticut-based group, Friends of Animals, filed its lawsuit Thursday against U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and the National Marine Fisheries Service in U.S. District Court to stop a permit for the Mystic Aquarium. The aquarium in Mystic, Connecticut, already has three beluga whales and it boasts of the largest 750,000-gallon outdoor habitat for whales in the U.S. Belugas, also known as white whales, are common in the Arctic Ocean’s coastal waters and are also found in subarctic waters, according the National Geographic website. They are classified as endangered in some parts of the world, and “near threatened” worldwide. “Beluga whales do not belong in captivity,” the lawsuit says. “They are highly social and intelligent animals who roam large distances in the wild. Captivity […]
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