A barren tank with concrete walls and artificial rocks, housed on the lower floors of a South Korean mega mall, has been home to a female beluga whale for close to a decade. The whale was believed to ...

Beluga whale expert Vergara stressed the urgency. “Bella is suffering alone,” Vergara said. “There is no doubt that a whale in captivity, especially a lonely one, will suffer from chronic stress which ...

The whale was believed to be around two years old when she was captured by boats in Russian waters in 2013 and sold to the Lotte World Aquarium – the largest in Seoul, run by one of South Korea’s ...