HALIFAX - Marineland says it has more than a dozen reasons why none of its remaining 30 belugas should be sent to a proposed whale sanctuary in Nova Scotia.

The shuttered Ontario theme park, which is trying to sell the whales to avoid bankruptcy, made headlines last week when Federal Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson denied Marineland's request for a permit to ship Canada’s last captive whales to buyers at an aquarium in China.

Marineland responded by saying it doesn't have the money to continue feeding the whales and asked for emergency funding from Ottawa, warning that it might otherwise have no choice but to euthanize the snow-white mammals.

Thompson has said she "would love to see the whales in a sanctuary," but Marineland has argued that no such sanctuary is currently available fo

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