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This Is The Moment A Captive Beluga Whale Returns To The Sea After A Lifetime Of Captivity

The pair of whales, Little White and Little Grey, were captured at two years old and performed for years in a small pool in a shopping mall. Last year, they were flown 6,000 miles from an aquarium in China to a new facility in Iceland but they couldn’t be released straight into the ocean...

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